NAD: Lenz High Octane (Lenz Is Legit)

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braintheory

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This is one of the rare times I give high praises to a recent made amp. It was one of those items where I knew on the first chord I played that it’s something good. It delivers on having the Recto flavor I love, while being able to (if desired) be at least as tight as any other amp I have (without a boost) besides just the Hermansson, Dorado or Hell Razor and no clank or anything remotely like that as some here complain about with those amps

Compared to the Rev C, the C is still more organic, much fatter, deeper low end, it won’t evict early Recto’s, they still have some magic that distinguishes them (for me at least), but the Lenz has a lot more clarity, more balanced, way tighter and actually more aggressive and ripping/grindy in the higher frequencies. Will be very interesting to see how Lenz evolves since he’s only 24. I’d also love hear it with EL34’s if it can take them. I don’t like to speak prematurely since I just got the amp, but so far at least after comparing with my other high gain amps it’s looking to definitely rank highly. I’m curious about his other amps now
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braintheory said:
This is one of the rare times I give high praises to a recent made amp. It was one of those items where I knew on the first chord I played that it’s something good. It delivers on having the Recto flavor I love, while being able to (if desired) be at least as tight as any other amp I have (without a boost) besides just the Hermansson, Dorado or Hell Razor and no clank or anything remotely like that as some here complain about with those amps

Compared to the Rev C, the C is still more organic, much fatter, deeper low end, it won’t evict early Recto’s, they still have some magic that distinguishes them (for me at least), but the Lenz has a lot more clarity, more balanced, way tighter and actually more aggressive and ripping/grindy in the higher frequencies. Will be very interesting to see how Lenz evolves since he’s only 24. I’d also love hear it with EL34’s if it can take them. I don’t like to speak prematurely since I just got the amp, but so far at least after comparing with my other high gain amps it’s looking to definitely rank highly. I’m curious about his other amps now
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Awesome!

Really like Eddy's clips and playing style.
 
Congrats!!! I’ve watched his demo of that amp more times than I care to admit. It sounds fkn glorious. Very angry and snorty. I would love to have one of his amps. What did shipping cost you if you don’t mind me asking?
 
braintheory said:
This is one of the rare times I give high praises to a recent made amp. It was one of those items where I knew on the first chord I played that it’s something good. It delivers on having the Recto flavor I love, while being able to (if desired) be at least as tight as any other amp I have (without a boost) besides just the Hermansson, Dorado or Hell Razor and no clank or anything remotely like that as some here complain about with those amps

Compared to the Rev C, the C is still more organic, much fatter, deeper low end, it won’t evict early Recto’s, they still have some magic that distinguishes them (for me at least), but the Lenz has a lot more clarity, more balanced, way tighter and actually more aggressive and ripping/grindy in the higher frequencies. Will be very interesting to see how Lenz evolves since he’s only 24. I’d also love hear it with EL34’s if it can take them. I don’t like to speak prematurely since I just got the amp, but so far at least after comparing with my other high gain amps it’s looking to definitely rank highly. I’m curious about his other amps now
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Looks like this ones going straight to the wishlist haha
 
PurityS.L.G said:
Congrats!!! I’ve watched his demo of that amp more times than I care to admit. It sounds fkn glorious. Very angry and snorty. I would love to have one of his amps. What did shipping cost you if you don’t mind me asking?
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I bought it second hand, so I don't know, but maybe I will if I get his other amps in the future. It is very angry and ripping
 
thegame said:
Did this amp not come in a CARDBOARD box and not have FILTER capacitors? You hypocrite!
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For real though it is a big relief to have a newer made amp that I can't use my typical buzz words to describe: filtered, cardboard-y, plastic-y, sterile, from concentrate, none of that trash. I think the Naylor's and Wizard's still may be just a touch more raw, but this is definitely a raw sounding amp

Somehow I have come across this past year some modded vintage Marshall's that did sound really filtered. That was a real letdown
 
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