I would have to respectfully disagree Mop. I have the following: E88CC ( came with Sunrise III) ECC82 ECC802S and just picked up a pair of 6N6P 80's NOS. I can say I noticed a significant difference in overall loudness between the E88CC and the ECC82 where the E88CC was louder with everything...

Yea i have played around with the output resistance. I find that the overal tonaility becomes slightly darker but it also sounds less dynamic. The AD900X is a 38ohm phone so med res is nearly the same (32ohm). From what i have read that really hurts dampining factor.    I just found foobar and...

Hello All,   I just got the Sunrise III. Came with JJ E88CC tube. Still burning it in but i am looking at other tubes that might go better with lower impeadence cans ( ATH-AD900X ). I find it get too loud too fast. Currently looking at 12AU7 as i read it is a lower gain tube.   Any...

Anyone else have this amp? I just got mine about 2 weeks ago. I am really liking it however i do have a few issues with it. Mostly with the included tube JJ E88CC  and my ATH-AD900X.   I don't know much about tube as this is my first foray into tube amps but i think this is a high gain tube as...

Let the burn-in begin     

While walking around Seoul's Yongsan Electronics market ( imagine about 8 blocks and about 20 buildings full of electronic stuff ) i happened to walk by a street vendor that had an assortment of headphones. Most of which were cutesy stuff that just yelled i sound crappy... but i did find a small...

Quote: Yea i had that same thought about the demo cans. but i described what i heard from those headphones as best i could. and from what i heard the AD900X sounded the best.    You should take a trip to seoul. It is an amazing city.  Can't say i tried the Soju, not really into...

I was up in Seoul doing some site seeing before i head back stateside and found a shop in the iPark mall at Yongsan Station. The Headphone shop (yes thats its name) is just a small vender or kiosk if you will but the wall they do have has several major brands all just hanging there for your...

Last weekend in korea and had a lot of down time so i went to check out Digital Code, looked a lot bigger in the pictures, and it was a neat place. Sampled XBA 3 and 4 ( 3 sounded more natural and balanced. i think the 4s tips were too big so i couldn't get a good seal) and several other brands...

Ds,   How are those CKN50s treating you? Don't recall seeing a full on review\ impression on them as the ES700 seem to have gotten most of the love. I do remember you saying that AT has really upped their game so maybe some of that will be translated down to their two newer and cheaper...

Dsnuts,   This might be the hardest question you have ever been asked... between the ES700 and the AD900X, if you could only keep 1, which would it be? 

Wow, That Digital Code store looks awesome. HanYang in ETLand is like a cramped basement version of Digital Code, mostly because it kinda is in a basement. Wish i had time to check out Digital Code before i leave Korea. Oh well. 

Quote: And don't watch her show either.... biggest waste of time ever.  you know she is going to be royally screwed up when she gets older....  

Ds,    How do the ES700 compare to the XBA-3? Which would you see yourself using more on a plane or bus? Not that i can buy either one anytime soon... just like to know.

I was in ETLand near the Yongsan Station and the Electronics Market. The Plevel had a headphone shop named Han Yang that had many many brands. Prices didn't seem all that competitive, but its was a pretty awesome place to check out.