bloodlemons
New Head-Fier
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Hey guys!
First post. I have done a lot of lurking and reading on this site, but I can't find exact answers to my current dilemma:
I have a newish Little Dot Mk II with Mullard M8100 drivers and Novosibirsk 6N6P power tubes. I have been trying to find the right headphones to pair with it. I already had a pair of Sony MDR-7506s, but those are more for monitoring than recreational listening. I picked up a pair of Grado SR225e's and they sounded pretty good, but lacked bass. So I picked up the TTVJ flat pads and that seemed to help, but I can't get over feeling like the soundstage (particularly vocals) sounds "congested," for lack of a better word. It sounds pretty good, but I keep wanting to turn them down a bit to back off that congested tone and of course that's not working. Plus the soundstage is pretty unimpressive.
I then picked up a pair of Beyerdynamic DT-880s (600 ohms). No congestion here, but even though there is a decent amount of volume at full gain and full volume, it doesn't feel like the Little Dot is driving the cans hard enough, and there is hardly any bass. Sad panda.
So now I have three pair of fairly decent headphones and none are them are making me happy. I suspect that driving the DT-880s harder may be the answer, but I don't really want to replace the Little Dot Mk II so soon after just getting it and rolling the tubes, etc. I read some things about JMoney leather pads for the DT-880s, but it looks like those were somewhat controversial at the time and hard to come by now.
I can't be the only one here who's run through these pairings. Does anyone have any advice regarding these pieces?
Thanks in advance!
Matthew
First post. I have done a lot of lurking and reading on this site, but I can't find exact answers to my current dilemma:
I have a newish Little Dot Mk II with Mullard M8100 drivers and Novosibirsk 6N6P power tubes. I have been trying to find the right headphones to pair with it. I already had a pair of Sony MDR-7506s, but those are more for monitoring than recreational listening. I picked up a pair of Grado SR225e's and they sounded pretty good, but lacked bass. So I picked up the TTVJ flat pads and that seemed to help, but I can't get over feeling like the soundstage (particularly vocals) sounds "congested," for lack of a better word. It sounds pretty good, but I keep wanting to turn them down a bit to back off that congested tone and of course that's not working. Plus the soundstage is pretty unimpressive.
I then picked up a pair of Beyerdynamic DT-880s (600 ohms). No congestion here, but even though there is a decent amount of volume at full gain and full volume, it doesn't feel like the Little Dot is driving the cans hard enough, and there is hardly any bass. Sad panda.
So now I have three pair of fairly decent headphones and none are them are making me happy. I suspect that driving the DT-880s harder may be the answer, but I don't really want to replace the Little Dot Mk II so soon after just getting it and rolling the tubes, etc. I read some things about JMoney leather pads for the DT-880s, but it looks like those were somewhat controversial at the time and hard to come by now.
I can't be the only one here who's run through these pairings. Does anyone have any advice regarding these pieces?
Thanks in advance!
Matthew