APEX PINNACLE OR TWO OF THESE : ECBA & DNA STRATUS/ CAVALLI LG/ RSA DARK STAR - Page 2  

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Originally Posted by SHAHZADA123 

I've had the SR009/WES and loved it but due to financial reasons had to sell them.

I will go the electrostat way but later...

What financial reasons? Look at your collection.

Trim the fat.

My opinion is to simply roll tubes.  I'm not a fan of the look but the EC BA is world class and the listed options aren't 'better'.

Unless I'm mistaken, the picture is pretty small, the LG is a tube buffer.  Most of the guts are power supply.  If you think the BA is underpowered... imagine taking the 300Bs off ;)

That said, is it a power thing or something else?  Not sure I've heard complaints of the BA/LCD-3 combo before.

I haven't tried it with the LCD 3 but should be hearing it come March. There would be no reason for it to not to driven to full potential though. It sounded great with the HE-6 and HE-500.

I found that with a little work (finding the perfect tube in your collection) for each one of your headphones it sounds awesome with everything since you're only hearing the tube.

The only problem with it is that quest to find the right tube can of course get very expensive. :D

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Originally Posted by SHAHZADA123 

The ECBA is very good with the HD800s as well as Grados. But not ideal for LCD3s/ HE6/ K1000s

 

Hows the LG with LCD3s.

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Originally Posted by SHAHZADA123 

Compared to the Mjolnir, the ECBA sounds sluggish with the LCD3s.

Everything sounds slow beside the Mjolnir... everything :D

There must be some misunderstanding here - the Pinnacle drives the K1000 and the HE-6 very, very well.  In fact driving the K1000 was one of the primary reasons I designed the Pinnacle.

Maybe it was a comment about another amp?

Pete

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Originally Posted by Radio_head 

 Pete has even told me that the Pinnacle is not the best for phones like the K1000 (and some would extend that to the HE-6) though it can drive it fairly well.

Hi Pete, I just looked back over my notes, wherein I transcribed our conversation verbatim.  Your words were "well, but not to ear-splitting levels."  I enjoyed our conversation very much, it was an eye-opener for sure.  I'm sure its one heck of an amp. I have edited my original post to reflect that.  If you still feel it inaccurate I can remove it entirely.

As for the point Todd has brought up, well yes people trying to rationalize their purchases is always a possibility.  Far more probable however is that people hear some pretty darn good sound for what they payed for with the EC, Cavalli, DNA gear, or what have you and have a very hard time suggesting someone pay 2-3 times the amount on another amp they haven't heard, especially if they love what they have so much already.  My personal decision to not buy a pinnacle was based on a) not wanting to have to spend that kind of money if I didn't feel it was necessary and b) talking to many (10+) users who have tried everything out there, including the Pinnacle in admittedly not ideal meet settings.  On the other end of the spectrum, I haven't spoken to an unhappy Pinnacle owner.  

Maxvla has had many people insult his hearing/tastes, but never a vendor to my knowledge.  I suppose that is prejudice from you being the amp's seller.  As such it would behoove you to stay out of this thread, especially to make personal attacks.  Maybe you could PM some of your happy owners and ask them to stop by and say a few words?

Semi related, I was wondering if the Pinnacle used an AC heater or DC heater?  That it's SS is already a big plus but the description doesn't pin down what ' a sophisticated filament supply' entails.  If AC, does it also go the out of audible band route?