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W​ith respect to the discussion about amps designed to drive the AKG K1000s, I was informed by a builder and designer of some Bottlehead Audio tube amps that the Bottlehead Paramount Monoblock Amps were designed specifically to optimize the performance of the K1Ks, which were so beloved by Dan...

​Dear Fellow K1000 Owners...glad to make your acquaintance, all.  Just took the leap for a mint pair of K1Ks that were previously owned by someone associated with Stefan Audio Art...I can't quite get its ownership pedigree right yet, but suffice to say it is in absolutely mint condition and came...

@hptubes and ginster6,   Thanks for your comments...I have had more time with the PL and Harbeth combo and have to say it is magical at times with the right recording.  Funny you should mention an upgrade "itch"...as it turned out, I wanted an improvement over the Audio Technica AD2Ks without...

Hello, HPTubes,   Have not been on Head-Fi forums for a while, primarily due to encountering folks at a local audio shop where I live who were very generous in their equipment audition program by allowing me to be seduced by a pair of Spendor S2/R3 speakers after I bought a Coffman GHA-1...

I have the Coffman GA-1 headphone amp and just read a quite interesting review in The Absolute Sound mag about the LCD-X which the reviewer praised quite highly.  The amp pairing was the Pathos, with the source running through a PS Audio PureDac.  Since you did alot of listening with the LCD-X...

Big Pops, Any clue for us clueless folks as to the needs of the day?  How many tables are available and such?  If it starts at ten am, is it the library opening time and those not bringing gear can expect much of the tube gear warmed up properly for a quality listen an hour or so later?   Do...

I will be bringing the Coffman G1-A and a Cayin ST-50 source, along with a few mid-fi cans.  I might bring a vintage Pioneer receiver just to show how good gear was back in the day.

J-  If you are on the move for a used VPI or SOTA TT, you might want to check with Kurt at Echo Audio and Bill Davidson at Fred's Sound of Music, both in Portland   Echo had a SOTA Sapphire that is in gorgeously grained blonde-black wood.  Can't remember the cartridge tho. Saw it for $1,300...

Quote: Whoot, dude?  I thought you were taking the D7000s to your grave!    Josh:   I really haven't plumbed the depths of this amp...the phonostage is very good and I expect it will get better as the Sumiko Pearl cartridge on my Sota Comet TT goes thru its break-in period.   With...

Count me in.  I have new gear that I'd like the gang to take a listen to...check out the Coffman G1-A all-tube analog phono preamp/headphone amp at the Coffman Audio Labs website.  I'll bring it and am looking forward to paring it with the planar magnetics...so far, I think the dang thing has...

Quote:   I could not agree more with sheldon.  The HA-1 headphone amp is going to be something and is way up there near the top of the class of reference headphone amps, I would gainsay.  It remains a spiritual revelation every time I put in well-recorded CDs.  The tone and timbre of...

I will be coming down to Echo around noon or 1 pm to settle the Coffman amp business (yes, I lost all measure of sanity) and unfortunately, won't be able to stay for the meet with my own gear as I have to be in Vancouver by 4 for a 50th birthday dinner...however, would like to see what is there...

I should have made my statement about Chris being a good reviewer with a qualifying statement....he's a "good reviewer with headphones" only in the sense that he's the only one I am aware of that has a subscribing audience through an audio "magazine", even if it is online.  He seems to devote...

Quote: estreeter,   Good point...since this thread is not getting much action as far as member reviews go...a bit too new to the market and with alot of competition, it might take a while....thanks for the link. Chris Martens is a good reviewer, BTW.