The new Holy Diver released by audio fidelity is the best it's ever sounded. Plus you can get most AF releases for about 10 dollars cheaper on amazon they're the only audiophile discs I still purchase. I got mine for about 15 bucks (as opposed to the ca. $25 buck list price which you WILL pay...

Update:   I sent the amp in for repairs and after two weeks shes on her way back home. Things were really starting to go down hill before i sent it out, the volume pot would buzz every time i put my finger on it, so steve replaced it with a free upgrade to a stepped attenuator and the input...

+1 for Pure Music. This program literally traansformed the sound of my system. There was a five fold increase in soundstaging, tonal realism and instrument separation. It has many cool odds and ends as well such as reverse play, automatic sample rate changes, dithered volume control and memory...

thank you Frank, the list of dealers youve provided me will hold me in good stead over the next few years and i appreciate that. i will contact steve soon and will most likey send it in when the time arises. and i just want to congratulate you  on your magnificent taboo/headpone amp. I have no...

thank you Frank, the list of dealers youve provided me will hold me in good stead over the next few years and i appreciate that. i will contact steve soon and will most likey send it in when the time arises. and i just want to congratulate you  on your magnificent taboo/headpone amp. I have no...

I never used non-spec tubes in it, Where i live even amp technicians know squat about tubes so i took his advice with a grain of salt. let me be clear, that the only tubes i have put in that amp have been spec'd for it, and recommended by other users including skylab among others. Those tubes...

s now that time has passed, the arcing problem has diminished to the point where it only happens occasionally. i can live with that. the hum persists but is easily drowned out by music playing. Now isnt a good time for me to send my amp into decware because im in the process of moving, but i...

ok so i just got home and decided to try my fate and i plugged in the 6n1ps i had on hand and there was no arcing whatsoever with it, i tried switching to a different one of the three sylvania 6922's and it arced with that one as well and only in that tube socket the other positions didnt arc or...

thanks for the advice Skylab, i purchased and received a trio of jan sylvania 6922, now i have a new problem that has arisen from the amp itself i believe. W/hen i start the amp now, the tube on the left when looking at the amp from the front arcs (which is what i believe flashes of light within...

thank you, i didnt end up using either as i thought the information i was receiving was false. i overnighted a trio of jj 6922's and a bendix 6106, my only problem now is the quite noticeable hum coming through my hd 800's. i ordered a trio of the 6n1p's that shipped with my csp to begin with as...

Hello All,   So ive just returned home after  2+ week vacation to find my csp2 with an audible hum through my hd 800s, ive already ordered a new set of tubes for it it, but untill they get here im sort of in a fix. My Zen TABOO has a 12ax7(not sure, could be 12au7 or 12at7) out front and i...

I don't know if this is still under discussion, but two tracks that always please me regardless of phones are"smoke gets in your eyes" as performed by the tsuyoshi Yamamoto trio on their exemplary dxd relase on the fim label, what a wonderful trio. Also my foolish heart off of bill Evans waltz...

you have a very valid point, i would say that personal opinion has a very large part to play in the way in which we all percieve a given sound and that whether its the hd800's or the k501s we all are put through the ringer when it comes to describing sound. as for the opposite sex (not...

Quote: i agree, particularly in comparison to the HD800. the 650s even with foams removed give an impression of muffled highs, and to the chagrin of many people id say that my dt 990s are a more fitting midline phone for my taste and while they impart a definitely colored sound they are...

gsilver - i commend you on your choice of cabling...all this hulabaloo over cables further deteriorates outsiders conception of the aural hobby we all partake in and im happy that youve found some semblance of nirvana with your cabling cause shelling out $$$ on cables is only perpetuating the...

oh i know, it seems that audiophilia/headphilia is such a taboo among hobbyists owing mainly to the fact that it is so subjective whereas something like cars or cinema is something where "commoners"  can see the light of day (can see definable truth as in quality blu ray discs i.e. criterion...

ppps... i own the HD800 and i truly believe them to be the most reveling nd transparent phones that i have listened to, and i personally think that they lend themselve more to my Decware CSP2+ than benchmark. i also think that media player/source has alot to do with it, when pluigged in to my...

im inhibited, so forgive my quick judgement its 113AM pacific time where i am as opposed to EST that i am used to so blame it on jet lag...

Quote: ? a very nice collection of various other products of the high end but... how does it relate?

the thing i hate the most about high end audio is that when i try to relate the qualities that are most important to me within a recording to others, particularly my family or others around me they look at me like ive missed two weeks of medication, can anyone relate? it seems to mean that high...

well, i just recently got the upgrade bug waaay too bad. Damage done: HD650's, DT990/600, and the big enchilada HD800. To think I was once happy with one set of reference phones. Now i wont need to nuke my wallet again for at least 10 years, although im not completely ruling out the idea of...

So, I just purchased a pair of HD 800s and i'd like to roll some moderately nice tubes in my csp2. I've purchased a Sophia Mesh 274b and need some help picking out three tubes to roll for the other three, im not looking to break the bank but id like to get a noticeable improvement in SQ over the...

thanks for getting back to me, i actually have to csp2/ taboo setup running Zu's Soul Superfly. Boy are they a wonder to hear. After hearing your opinions i think I'm leaning more towards a set of uber premium phones and i think ill shelve buying a woo amp until i'm really craving something...

Bump, lets put it this way, if i had a choice between the WA6SE with the parts mod and later on adding the sophia rectifier and the HD800, which would give me better value for my money given my current setup?

Hello all,   I've freed up some change in my budget and am looking invest in another tube headphone amp I currently have the csp2+ with input voltage controls and a benchmark dac-1 pre and am equally in love with both. My cans are K701 and i have both the HD650 and DT990/600 on their way to...