I recently found the perfect fit of tubes for my 336i and my AKG 701: metal-base JAN-RCA 6080WC (for the 6AS7) and black- base Tung-Sol 6SN7GT (bought coincidentally for just 7 $). The Tung- Sol works better for me than the Sylvania 6SN7's. The change in sound with my 701's in this particular...

I just did some tuberolling yesterday and I think I moved a big step forward. My curent setup is: Marconi 6SN7 and a Raytheon-Jan 6080WC. I'm using it with a Linn Mimik CD player and a LP12 record player with an AKG 701 (Sennheiser HD 600 is in my inventory, too). Especially with the 701...

Hi, has anybody tried different power cables on the 336? Besides tuberolling, this is a 'tuning' method which I have not yet tried but I'd be curious if any of you have. For my other hifi gear, I really took the time to optimize power supply. Being well aware that this is depening on the...

Hi FloydCouncil, I personally find that rock and pop work very well together with the Sennheiser and the Darkvoice 336i. You can listen at extremely high levels without any compression effects and in fact you won't notice the levels - only other people around you will. They gut punch, they...

Hi there. Comparing the Sennheiser's with the AKG's is like comparing two very different kind of sounds. I had an AKG already a long time ago (the K280 Parabolic - looked wierd) and started to drive it with preamps. It was nice. Until I changed to the Sennheiser 600 and knew what I was...