Bottlehead 2026

Apr 8

Written By iain

This is pretty amazing. A big bottle Bottlehead kit the Bottlehead Paradyne 805A Monoblock Amplifier Kit. https://bottlehead.com/products/bottlehead-paradyne-805a-monoblock-amplifier-kit I think I sold most of my 805 tubes a while back. Nice to see the new bottlehead owners moving forward.

Power 35 WPC

Gain 15 dB at 8 ohm tap

Input Impedance 1M Ohms

Output Impedance 1.53 Ohms (on the 8 Ohm tap)

Damping Factor 5.2

Bandwidth At 6dB Below Rated Power (12.5V/19.5W): -3dB at 13Hz and 50kHz. At 1W: -3dB at 8.2Hz and 50kHz.

Tube Complement 2 x 805A, 2 x 6BL7, 2 x 7L7 (one of each tube per monoblock)