Very good, your experience was useful for us. As it should be, if there are no electronics or settings problems, the Violectric has no noise.

If it can be useful to you, this evening I deliberately connected the following devices to a single socket + various multi-socket adapters (multi-sockets costing a few euros) : a smartphone charger, laptop charger, a lamp, DAC + V200 (to make any audiophile shudder). I set the pre-gain to -12 on...

Without turning the volume up.. if you touch the knob do you hear the noise getting worse?

Do you hear more or less noise when you touch the knob?

I will do exactly as you told me.. I imagine that the Planar II has the same cable but without that annoying cover.

In my opinion something went wrong with those headphones or the system. Mine don't present any kind of problem (tested with my other headphones). Unfortunately I still have its horrible original cable (very stiff and wrinkled) which I want to replace as soon as possible.

I don't understand how those scratches could go unnoticed during inspection. My V200 is assembled to perfection, knob and connections perfectly centered. I increasingly think that even electronically the products made years ago were part of quality and not quantity (as I currently see), even on...

If the amplifier is perfect, try asking L.P. if they can send a replacement cover, it's not difficult to replace it.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience with these headphones. It's not easy to equalize the Avantone Planars. The curve I attached is perfect for my amps (Lehmann/Violectric), but may vary slightly with an amp other than mine. What equalizer do you use?

Something didn't work, but where did you buy the Avantone Planar?

If you think you have two similar amplifiers, consider upgrading the board. I checked all the audio tracks I have available (around 670) and the V200 has never outclassed the Linear and vice versa. They are two amplifiers characterized in the neutral range with slightly different audio nuances...

This is the curve I use with QRange:

The Avantone are very balanced, absolutely not tiring. When I equalize them they give me that sound that reminds me of floorstanding speakers.

The Pre-Gain should be set for a medium to medium high perceived volume (not deafening). Perfect as you did now, between 50 - 60% of the total rotation. I do the same with my V200 (now also for the Lehmann Linear).

When you listen to this amplifier you immediately perceive a high quality sound image that has been studied very carefully for a long time (even years), not a product designed to be improved with subsequent versions or redesigned from scratch. It is enough to see that even the advanced models...

The marker is discolored, it looks like a 0.6A fuse. The correct fuses to insert are T 0.5A at 120V. Lehmann linear in Europe uses fuses from T 0.25A to 240V.

The 13th is definitely the year (2013)

The Meze 99 have very dirty bass. If you equalize I recommend the Sony MDR-1AM2.

Sorry, I corrected the post above in English. Yes, I knew about this update, but the sound signature of my old Linear is something amazing. With the V200 and the Linear I have two non-identical high-quality amplifiers.

I too was worried about the capacitors, but this amplifier has only been used for a few hours a year. I removed the cover and saw if the capacitors visually showed any deformation or swelling. Then I did several audio tests with the V200 (as a verifier) and 16 ohm Sony closed headphones...

My Linear is from 2009.👋

I have attached the Pre-Gain settings diagram of the current Linear which is the same as the old model, like mine (they are identical).

I like all the headphones I currently have and the next one might be the HD660s2. With the gain switches at 0dB I drive the Sony MDR-1AM2 and Austrian Audio HI-X65 well. For the Avantone Planar I have to set the Gain to 10dB and for the HD650 18dB. I would say that for the HiFiMAN Arya...

I present to you my Black Cube Linear. Photo just taken.

Ok (I'm following you).. then come back here when you do some listening tests with the HD660S2. 😉