I have never heard of Yamamoto. Interesting amps.
Yeah, I know there are plenty of recommended amps. I am just frustrated. I know what I want, it is just hard to find it. When I listen for a long time, I like to turn the volume down. I hate hearing the amps hum, the background noise, etc. But, get something quiet and you cannot drive some headphones well. I just want a tube amp that drives everything well, with no background noise.
Edit: Judging from the specs, these headphones are pretty sensitive. I will know for sure sometime this week.
The Yammy is certainly not too loud too quick, rather the opposite. I haven't got any hum with it as well. Standard tubes with Herbie's dampers.
No hum on my Luxman amp or Luxman dac as well. A bit louder a bit quicker than with the Yammy though.
Sounds really good with the HA5000, same comments as the Luxman.
For the Zana, I haven't got it yet, waiting for craig to finish it, so better check MuppetFace's answer.
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The Zana Deux SE is one of the quietest tube amps I've ever used. The designer uses Audio-Technica headphones to check for background noise levels, so there's absolutely no hum with it.
This answer thus.
MuppetFace, good with the HP-P1 as well? Nice! I hope mine finally comes in this week.
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Heh, I'm 182cm and I weigh the exact same actually. = ) So must be my head. And trust me, inside's even worse! xD
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