Heaven11 Billie MKII, A Very Special Amp

The Heaven11 Audio “Billie” Hybrid Integrated Digital Amplifier is an audio powerhouse in a compact, gorgeous case, and Holt Hill Audio is proud to be their first North American partner and reseller. Built in Montreal, Canada, the Billie’s modern aesthetic and minimalistic design belie the power underneath. 

Ok…let us say it up front. WOW!

Yep, It’s called the Billie and it is currently in the MKIII generation, but we're going to chat up this spotless MKII version. This is a sleek, bespoke, gorgeous, small sized beauty that runs a tubed class A pre-amp mated to a solid state Class D amp. The amp puts out over 200 WPC into 4 ohms and 120 WPC into 8ohms yet out comes in at a svelte 12 lbs. The integrated has it all. It includes a built in phono preamp, DAC and headphone amp (that is really quite nice) and also includes bluetooth streaming (if you desire to not use an off board streamer). In other words, it’s ready to make music right out of the box. Just add speakers and you are good to go. This amp uses the JJ EC99 tube and there is a pair of them that sit on top of the amp, giving off a glow show at night.  When you order you can upgrade to Gold Pin tubes which would bring a touch more detail and smoothness but even with the stock EC99’s the sound is just beautiful. Rich. Sublime. Warm. The kind of sound that makes you want to listen into the wee hours of the night. We have the Gold Pins in stock for those who can't wait to upgrade. These tubes will last around 10,000 hours of use. That’s a long time as they are not power tubes, but rather are used to drive the class A preamp section. The tubes do make a difference here and normally this is not the case with hybrid amps. Most hybrids I have heard up to $5k normally sound faster, leaner and more extended up top. That’s not a good thing really as it takes away some of the richness and musical nature of the music!

So, what is “musical” when it comes to an amp? Well, for us here at HHA, that term means all music should sound fantastic. It means there is enough mid bass to deliver body and drive and enough treble information to provide some air and sparkle. It means the bass is whole and complete, filling in the lower registers. There should be no holes in the sound and it should never sound lean or stripped of life. We've heard many mega buck amps sound HiFi rather than musical. The Billie is of the Musical variety and is a superior performer to integrates costing MUCH more.

We have been big fans of Itai and his company so much so that we invested in them years ago via a "Kickstarter" program so you know, we are in this camp 100%. This particular unit presents as-new and comes with all the as-new accompaniments. Its flawless like it just came out of its box for the 1st time; spectacular.

Come to the shop for a demo or hit the buy now button. Comes complete with original box, packaging, remote and everything it should - totally complete.

Heaven11 Billie MKII: $1,899.00 plus shipping and sales tax when applicable