A real experience is building one of Nelson Pass's first watt amps. I built the F6. Beautiful sound. Plans and parts can be found at DIY audio. Still love the vintage stuff though. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/

Mine is restored too - it has the guts to drive anything. The sound is excellent!

So much beautiful gear to be found in this great thread!

Ya, not all HPs sound good on the jack - for instance I run my HD600s off the speaker taps on the HK.

Same stunning results listening to HPs via my restored HK330A. Hard to beat vintage gear!

A beast! ^^^

Vintage receivers are great because they have power to spare for these power hungry beasts. The headphone jack is driven from the main amp via a dropping resistor. I drive mine with a restored HK330A - the sound is fantastic.

And probably puts out more than that.

@Monsterzero what is the WPC on the 11GX beast you have there?

I have a 330A I will never let go. If your C is as good as I think it is, I would keep it!

I'm not much for horns either.

Tubes are awesome, I have a restored fisher 400 receiver paired with LS3/5a speakers. Quite amazing!

Now that he has been bitten by the bug, I'm sure a table will follow soon!

Very nice gear, bet it sounds awesome!

Good stuff that Sansui gear, of the three vintage units I have, my restored Fisher 400 receiver has the best sound of the bunch. Like it better than my HK330A and Pioneer SX-1250, although they are no slouches either. Happy listening.