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10-15-2007, 11:02 PM
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I think so..
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yes I can see that...so..what was upgraded? and the price difference between SE and stock
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10-15-2007, 11:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chesebert
yes I can see that...so..what was upgraded? and the price difference between SE and stock
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Eh, I'm not sure..
IMO that gold looks oooogly.
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10-15-2007, 11:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chesebert
so..what was upgraded?
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The end panels.
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10-15-2007, 11:49 PM
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Sorry for the OT, but a quick question to Fitz:
Are you still doing any mod's for the 336i?
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10-15-2007, 11:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nick20
Sorry for the OT, but a quick question to Fitz:
Are you still doing any mod's for the 336i?
Thanks,
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Yes, I still do the standard mods for the 336 when I'm hired to do so.
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10-16-2007, 12:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chesebert
when you say 'amazing bass' which cans are you using?
I can attest to the out-of-head feeling of DV amp; my 332 does the same thing. However, I don't think I am getting 'amazing bass' when compared to the Dynahi I use to have. Is 337 that much better than 332 wrt to bass? (I use K701)
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The bass was awesome on my JVC DX1000's.
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Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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10-16-2007, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Skylab
The bass was awesome on my JVC DX1000's.
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hmm...looking at the imp rating for dx1k and k701 they are similar, I am certainly not getting 'awesome bass' with my k701...I wonder why..is 337 that much better in bass vs 332?
<edit> Just had a listen to my rig. Maybe the bass is not as bad as I thought it was. If you can describe 'awesome' in a little more detail. Like mid bass, depth, slam, PRaT, etc. </edit>
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10-16-2007, 03:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chesebert
hmm...looking at the imp rating for dx1k and k701 they are similar, I am certainly not getting 'awesome bass' with my k701...I wonder why..is 337 that much better in bass vs 332?
<edit> Just had a listen to my rig. Maybe the bass is not as bad as I thought it was. If you can describe 'awesome' in a little more detail. Like mid bass, depth, slam, PRaT, etc. </edit>
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The bass was remarkably well defined, tight, and powerful. Much better defined than any other tube amp I have ever owned, including the DV 336i.
The 337 is quite different from the 332, so I wouldn't be surprised that they differ.
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Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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10-16-2007, 04:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skylab
The bass was remarkably well defined, tight, and powerful. Much better defined than any other tube amp I have ever owned, including the DV 336i.
The 337 is quite different from the 332, so I wouldn't be surprised that they differ.
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I was told by the maker of DV that 332 is a smaller version of 337, but they have essentially the same topology, sans the tube difference, and 1 less transformer.
When is the next chicago meet? I think I need to bring my 332 to get some serious comparison done.
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10-16-2007, 04:12 AM
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Drop by with your 332 anytime!
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Pics: Main Home Rig; Bedside Rig; Office Rig; Portable Rig;
Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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10-16-2007, 04:19 AM
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I Don't Suppose...
I don't suppose it could possibly be... the difference in the phones... and not the amps... could it!?! Well duh.uh...
The DV332 has "awesome bass"... if... you have the right phones!
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Amps: WooAudio 6 SE Maxed - Aphex 204 Aural Exciter (to remove HD650 veil) - Shellbrook Maxi Moy Portable - Grant Fidelity B-283 Tube Buffer -- Sold: Singlepower Extreme (tried, but canceled order) - Darkvoice 332 w Svetlana 6S19P-EV & Tung Sol 5654 tubes (superb) - Musical Fidelity X-CANv8 - Musical Fidelity XCAN v3 (with PinkFloyd Mods) - Musical Fidelity X10 v3 Tube Buffer with XPSU v3 - Graham Slee Solo 2007 - WooAudio 3 - Grado RA-1 - Shellbrook Audio Lab Hybrid Head (Millet Hybrid) - Core Audio Tube Buffer - Meier Audio Move.
Phones: Senn HD580 (new version modded & de-veiled) w RAL Senn Cryo-Silver cable - Grado RS-1 - ATH AD2000 - Denon AH D5000 w Markl Mods -- Sold: Bose Tri-Port ("the beginning”) - Senn HD280 Pro - Senn HD600 x2 (old versions) & HD650 x2 (old and new versions) w Cardas, Zu Mobius, Headphile Senn v2 Blacksilver cables - Grado SR125 - Grado SR225 - Grado SR325i - Grado GS-1000.
Accessories: Signal Cable Black Magic PCs x2 - Iron Lung Jellyfish PCs x2 - CT Cryo Silver ICs x6 - Shellbrook Silver Mini IC - RnB Audio Sky Blue Mini IC - Caig Pro Gold - Walker SST - Herbie‘s Tube Dampers.
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10-16-2007, 04:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gradofan2
I don't suppose it could possibly be... the difference in the phones... and not the amps... could it!?! Well duh.uh...
The DV332 has "awesome bass"... if... you have the right phones!
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I see what you are saying, but what I said was that the DX1000's have better bass with the 337 than any of my other tube amps. So I was comparing the same headphones with different amps in concluding the 337 has great bass.
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Pics: Main Home Rig; Bedside Rig; Office Rig; Portable Rig;
Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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10-16-2007, 05:37 AM
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The topology of the 337 and 332 may be the same, but just the fact that the tubes are octals versus novals in itself will lead to differences in sound.
Also, there are a couple of threads on the Darkvoice forum with pictures hinting at part changes. Any combination of them could turn out to be the 337SE. For me, I'd rather just upgrade the parts myself.
Here are the three threads:
http://www.diybuy.net/thread-82139-1-1.html
http://www.diybuy.net/thread-71485-1-2.html
http://www.diybuy.net/thread-51309-1-1.html
The output caps are currently 51uF SCR (Solen) MKP caps. Perhaps changing to some other brands will improve the sound. I'm also planning to change the power supply caps to 105°C rated electrolytics.
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