Naked Envy

Big discounts on open-stock Feliks Audio

"I can't build something this good, and that pisses me off."

A famous amplifier designer, who we cannot name for obvious reasons, uttered those words after sitting down at our headphone booth at CanJam NYC last year and listening to the Feliks Audio Envy headphone amp.

By then, our team was used to having listeners removing their headphones after an Envy session and saying, "This is the best in show."

Not a long time later, John E. Johnson, founder of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, declared the Envy a "masterpiece." This is the headphone amp Kevin Deal himself chose for his home listening room.

We're sure you know that 300B tube amps are an entire hobby unto themselves. Owning a 300B amp is an audiophile rite of passage like being a petrolhead and maintaining an old Alpha Romeo, or a bicyclist who has at least one vintage Italian lugged steel frame pass through their "stable".

Feliks Audio changes this dynamic somewhat with the Envy. It keeps the magic of 300B tubes but moves the experience away from hobbyist tinkering into the proud, reliable ownership of a beautifully built, contemporary high-fidelity product.

Built on a metal chassis with oiled solid wood, the Envy is hand-crafted in Poland using the very finest parts wired point-to-point with the highest quality conductors.

We have two open-stock Feliks Envy available at big discounts. There's an oak Performance Edition for $7,915 ($880 off retail), and a walnut Standard Edition for $6,965 ($1,230 off retail).

The Standard Edition includes Electro-Harmonix Gold 300B power tubes and premium copper wiring. The Performance Edition includes Full Music 300B with nickel anode power tubes and UPOCC (single crystal copper) wiring.

Not sure if Envy is destined to be your favorite deadly sin? Come over to our store in La Verne, ensconce yourself in our aviator armchairs, and listen to any combination of headphones and amps available in front of you, see photo above. Appointments are not necessary for headphone demos.

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