[slwiser]

Originally Posted by Pokato

My friend just got his 780 with the Jena cable, and his amps are the Raptor and the Predator...His initial impressions when compared to his other cans(HHF-1, ALO-701) was for some reason the 780 sounded thin and hollows with the Raptor...the base was good, but not focused at all. He said his ALO-701 actuallys sounded better than the 780...

However, when he changed the amp to the Predator, the 780 sounded awesome!

Could this be the syndetical of the 780 between tubes and solidstates amp?

It may be that the ALO-701 just sound better to him than the ALO-780, as simple as that. I was using the tube amp Yamamoto HA-02 with my stock 780 before sending if off to Ken for re-cabling. I should get it back first of next week to see for sure. My Yamamoto HA-02 tube amp is more detailed than the AT-HA5000 SS amp that I had. So don't think some tube amps when properly designed and configured can't push like SS.