Any new products on the drawing board?

[AG]

We got a good 2/3 of the Moreplay upgrade manual done today. We will finish up the photo shoot of the assembly next weekend, after some new PC boards arrive.

Hi,
Any news regarding the upgrade?
thank you
AG.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Hi,
Any news regarding the upgrade?
thank you
AG.

Dan is getting close to finishing the manual, and I'm getting close to wrapping up a bill of materials.  The large order for PC boards we did arrived, so those are ready to go too.

 

[Doc B]

Yes, I have been working away at it and the manual is about 3/4 complete. We have a busy week ahead of us and the manual will probably get wrapped up next week.

 

[Wvanwagoner]

Will the new S.E.X 4 be a single triode design?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Will the new S.E.X 4 be a single triode design?

No.

 

[dth31]

"Winding down" is much more about Eileen and I than it is about Bottlehead. The company is chugging right along and there are lots of new possibilities on the horizon. I'm headed to PB's tomorrow to finish up the Moreplay upgrade manual shoot. We also have the replacement for the S.E.X. amp 3.0 coming soon. S.E.X. 4.0 will go back to our roots and be a pair of monoblock amps that will go great with the Moreplay. We also have the big 805A amps that I have been running for a while now, that will be the highest powered (and perhaps the best sounding) amp kit we have ever done. We will be talking about some other product ideas tomorrow as well.

Back in September, Doc mentioned that a new 805A amp was in development. Anything you can update us on?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Back in September, Doc mentioned that a new 805A amp was in development. Anything you can update us on?

I'm happy to provide any information that the bosses feel is appropriate!

 

[dth31]

 

[Paul Birkeland]

For the big amp, I would mention that we are accumulating parts for that release, but we haven't started on the manual and we are still waiting for a few parts to arrive in order to do so. 

The new SEX amp will come first, since that development work is about complete, and we need a replacement for the old SEX amp more urgently. 

-PB

 

[dth31]

Commitment! That’s great to hear. And doesn’t sound like it will be too far off.  Looking forward to the release. Thanks PB!

 

[Jameson]

Definitely committed to getting both out as soon as we can. PB, PJ, Dan, and I have been actively discussing often and they have an open offer for me to come out and shoot the manual as soon as practical.

SEX 3 is my favorite amp and I can’t wait for people to see its successor.

 

[phatfish]

Wanted to say the new shirts look great and I just ordered one.  8) New site looks great as well. 

I love my mainline and eros2 setup, and would love for there to be more upgrade kits to soup up these and other kits in a polished official bottlehead manner.  I did make some mods to a speedballed crack, but I'm hesitant to mess around with the more expensive kits outside an an official kit. 

Just wanted to provide some new product food for thought!  You likely have a sizable captive audience of people that have maxed out on your current kits (I'm limited to headphone use).