Spread the love. Let's hear your story about how much you love your MAD Ear+ Purist HD. My story: I had some very specific ideas in mind for my MAD Ear+ Purist HD. The main reason for the purchase was to make my RS-1 and PS-1s sound glorious (a legendary Head-Fi synergy - do a search...

I'm transferring this over to the main Headphones forum. This started off as a search for Canadian manufacturers, but it has expanded since then. I'm mostly focusing on Canadian manufacturers/distributors/retailers of headphone gear and trying not to branch off into regular home theatre...

Keeping the title in line with the Crack OTL's thread.   Bottlehead is releasing a new headphone amplifier, "With Output Transformer". It's not as low-cost as the Crack, but since it has output transformers, it will make it far easier to drive all headphones.   Here's the link...

I'm thinking of buying a Mapletree MAD Ear tube amp from a fellow headfier. I live however in Sweden and the amp has been bought in the USA. The voltage in Sweden is 230V, 50 Hz. I will obviously need a different kind of power cable or a power outlet converter, but as I'm unfamiliar with...

I'm considering purchasing the Mapletree Ear + HD for my Grado PS1000's but a little hesitant about stepping into the tube world. Are spare tubes easy to buy for this amp? Any advice on where to purchase spare tubes and what to buy would be much appreciated.

  I am really pretty new to the headphone hobby, so I am trying to educate myself as much as I can. A friend of mine gave me a Mapletree amp while he is away for a year in Asia. Is there a particular brand of headphones that will mazimize synergy  with this tube amp.

Been looking around for amps that can be self built and are sold in kits. I'm compiling a list, so please post if you know of any that aren't mentioned. Thanks! Solid State Jaycar Electronics Stereo Headphone Distribution Amplifier // £10.25 AMB Labs Mini³ // $88.92 AMB Labs Beta 22...