The (new) HD800 Appreciation Thread - Page 67

OK, I bit too. Reading about the Taboo got me excited. Read more and more and then it hit me ... I can use all the 6922 tubes, the price is much lower considering the retubing involved with a Luxman. So tonight I'm $1,500 poorer but I have a huge Cheshire grin on my face.

Now I just have to wait and its already driving me nuts.

^^^ ditto the F5 key is gonna need back up on this one.

In a 2x3pin setup only 4 of 6 wires are actually connected, hence the 4 pin XLR becoming the (proper) standard.

edit: Beaten to the punch on the next page.

It's the thought that counts, thanks.  Now I just have to pick a cable for the phones...

It's probably not noted often enough around here that the headphones themselves are not balanced nor is a 4-pin or dual 3-pin cable.  It's really the amp that is balanced or not.  

Just semantics really, what is meant is connections capable of conveying the benefits of balanced amp topology. You are probably right to remind people though, always new people coming into the hobby that need to know that.

Pretty sure the Taboo is only balanced after the transformer from taps and otherwise single ended.  Like a backwards WA22 which is a balanced amp that is single ended after the transformer.

Sorry, I don't know the paring, but I wouldn't trust 6moons' reviews too much. 6moons site = business&marketing for me, most of the time. And the vague language they use in their reviews doesn't win my trust either. 

 +1 .

Thanks, I had always wondered how skeptical about their reviews I should be. I am just going on light info, perhaps light for a good reason.

Personally I like 6moons for reviews.  Though I will agree that you need an audiophile dictionary to decode what is said most of the time.  It's almost too descriptive.  But they always show internal shots so anyone hiding behind a pretty face is going to look the fool pretty quickly.

 

Case in point, 6moons ripped EddieCurrent a new one on their BA review and in turn EC made changes to correct the problems.  For those who never read it, they loved the sound but found documentation and assembly lacking.

Very early impressions on my new B22 are that it looks fantastic but may not be as well suited to the HD800 as the Soloist.  Very early though and certainly not done the A/B yet.  In fact my Soloist is off the rack while I get a feel for the B22... again ;)

really?! Good to know. I thought Beta with hd800 would have been hard to beat. keep us updated. 

Mosfets and high impedance generally don't get along too well.  Which is not to say I doesn't sound good, just that it's not optimal.

So my Wife is running the soundboard for the High School play (She is really good at it too!) She walks into the man cave and asks to borrow my HP's for the weekend on the board. She points to the HD800's  

 

I quickly grab the HD25-1 ii's and send her on her way.....Whew!