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Does anyone who owns this Headsix also own a Portaphile V2 Maxxed?

I'm wondering how close they sound to each other. The V2 has 3 x AD8610's and this has 2.

What I'm also curious about is how the Portaphile has been ranked below RSA in other comparisons, but the Headsix is being ranked higher than RSA by some people here.

Unless the Headsix does something magically better than the Portaphile, I'm wondering if the Portaphile also sounds better than some RSA amps.

I only own the Portaphile so can't compare, but I'm always curious about how it compares to others. This seems like an interesting amp to compare it to. For example, how does the Headsix sound so good using AD8610 without using as much battery power as the Portaphile? etc...

My Headsix just arrived today
what a pleasure not only to listen to(i scorched my meal at the first noncritical listening) but also to deal with, i ordered saturday night[27] and got it today[30]( Jan also is a very nice person to talk to btw) !!!

I think theres a synergy-thing with the KSC75 too

I never got to open my KSC75, I donated them in an unopened retail package to my doctor today, who has been riding his bike along side of cars on the street, while wearing his E4c. When I gave him some Shure Black Olive foams at the last visit, I didn't like that I was making his ride more dangerous...

I bought them on 9/16/07 for $16.35 shipped from ebay. Now I'll have to order another set...

Send one to skylab, and he will do comprehensive review for you

It is work in progress. But I want to do it right and at the moment work and my 5 month son is taking all my time, so I only have time to listen to the Headsix on my daily trainride.

But one thing is sure. It is a lovely amp

I'm working on it. Did you see my mini-review?

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...&postcount=272

In addition to the previous review, I now have 200 hours on the HEADSIX and I hear a slight increase in bass and airyness of the soundstage. The bass is still tight and quick highs are still very smooth without grainyness, and the mids are still forward and rich.

However, I do find that it drives my HD25, HFI700, Shure SE530 and Livewires much more easily than HD600. I have to listen to Handel's Messiah at 100% volume with HD600 and 80-90% on Ultrasone HFI700, and only 30% with my IEM's

Jan, is the gain set on low when it ships? I assume it is because all my IEM play quite loud, with no hiss between songs.

I am also getting a minimum of 25 hours from a rechargable 9v battery depending on the volume levels, and at more moderate levels I just got 50 hours out of the rechargable when it ran out this morning! These are the Tenergy 250Mah batteries that were $10.96 for a 4-pack on ebay.

The gain on mine was set to high, I couldn't move the volume past a quarter turn. With the gain set to low however it is much better.

I agree!!! I've practically begged for any reviews with more details than: "It sounds good".

Since none were really posted (other than Larry's), I decided to order my own .

Hopefully it will be here early next week.

I emailed Jan and he replied that all Headsixes were set to High Gain.

Also, I'm quite surprised the HeadSix isn't sold out yet considering that this thread has been viewed over 25,000 times!

Has Jan said how many of the 600 run he has left anywhere?

In post 289 he stated that 134 amps had been sold so that would mean he has 466 of the amps left.

It takes time but I have no doubt they will be sold out just as the HeadFive did. There is a marked difference (in 'difficulty' scale) between viewing threads and actually forking out the cash.

Cheers!

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