Thanks!

Another question for you folks. I like the WA6 with Sophia Princess and 6FD7 for my (low impedance) Denon D5000. But I'm finding it just a little bright with the (high impedance) Beyer T1. Any recommendations for tubes I should try in order to tame the HF a little bit with the T1, without losing...

So, any clues on where to purchase a good matched set of 6FD7?     Edit: Ugh, sorry all, I should do more research before posting. I'm lazy.  I see Jack sells them, there's a link on the WA6SE page.

Thanks! Does the 6FD7 require an adapter? Sorry, not a great tube expert.   Edit: looks like the answer is no, that it's a direct replacement for the stock 6DE7.

Hi folks! Just joining this club, have acquired a WA6 with stock tubes. I plan to purchase upgrade tubes from Jack. I will be getting the Sophia rectifier. Now I'm trying to figure out which drive/power tubes to try. I'd rather not buy all of them, I'm kind of on a budget - or at least trying to...

Quote: Originally Posted by SoundMatters12 **Update as of Friday, April 16th** If you did not apply the first time around, please feel free to do so now! We will keep the submission process open for approximately two weeks from now. I'm in, I'd be happy to participate and do...

Thanks, all! It was a lot of fun, glad I had a chance to meet a few of you. (Shoulda had name tags though to associate people with online ids... I know it's geeky but still...) This was my first head-fi meet, and it was well worth the drive down from Baltimore. I was glad to finally have a...

Cool. I'll be there. As I said before, I'll be late (~2pm), but I'm bringing: HE5/EF5 Audiotailor Jade markl D5000 (w/ Lawton cups) Modded M-Audio 24/96 DAC (with spdif/toslink/aes digital input) ultra-cheapo cd player with digital output

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make it, though I may not be there till ~2pm. I can bring a speaker amp.

Hi all! I'm kind of an infrequent head-fi'er, but I know GreatDane a bit from another forum - would welcome a chance to meet you in person, GreatDane! I'm in Baltimore so it's a short hop, some chance I might be able to attend. If I do, I could contribute to the auditory mix an Audiotailor...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pyriel0 HE-5's don't take anywhere near 2 watts or even one watt. Its rated 87db at 1 mw. 90db = 2mw / 93db = 4mw / 96 = 8mw / 99 = 16 mw. Even K1000's only take 400mw for 100db. How on earth do you think the HE-5 takes 2 watts? Those numbers are...

Yeah, sounds like the jack is maybe a little loose or dirty and is not making good contact with the plug. You could try cleaning the plug and the jack with a little rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball or q-tip for the inside of the jack. Other than that, might not be much you can do without...

Well, to put myself back on the other side of the fence... now that I've got a tube that actually works (the RCA that came with it, and a replacement I got from a respected member here, were both bad - so it goes with tube gear and 40+ y.o. tubes), and have spent nearly a week so far breaking...

Quote: Originally Posted by PaulyT But the initial issue - the l/r imbalance - was clearly the RCA tube that came with it, because that went away with the second tube I tried (a Sylvania), but then that introduced distorted sounds that were not present with the RCA. I'm not yet ready to...

Yes, immtbiker, I hear you; I apologize for speaking out of my frustration. I understand the EF5/HE5 is not the world's most expensive headphone rig. In fact I've probably put about the same amount into my current Jade+D5000 combo. I had my hopes up very high based on reading this and other...

Well, I'm getting a bunch of other tubes since I was planning to do some rolling anyway, so hopefully at least one out of the 5 others I have coming will work with the EF5...

No, no EQ. Squeezebox is streaming FLAC (lossless), digital (optical) to a good DAC, straight to the amp. (Same thing I'm using with the Jade+D5000 rig, no issues there.) Yes, I think it's just bad luck with tubes, which are the blessing and curse of tube gear... My only other amp is the...

Well, so far my EF5/HE5 combo has been nothing but trouble. When I first got it, there was a noticeable left/right imbalance. I suspected the tube, and got a replacement (from another source, not the manufacturer), and it cleared up that problem, but now there's some very noticeable distortion...

Yes, that's part of the reason I want to be careful in burn-in, so I can evaluate this for myself. But in this case, I don't think the perceived imbalance is because of the headphones, rather the amp, because when I plug my Denons into the EF5, I feel the same way - that sounds that are supposed...

Just got my HE5/EF5 combo today, and while it's too soon to make any audio quality judgment (I'm skeptical about the whole burn-in thing but I figure I'll give it a chance), my first impression is that the balance is noticeably off, that the left side is stronger than the right. It's not the...

Just got mine today (Friday) - not bad at all considering I only ordered it on Monday! Time to celebrate and start enjoying these! I assume the H/L switch on the top of the EF5 is a gain? There didn't seem to be any manual with it... Not that a volume knob and on/off switch are all that...

Aww man.... and I just spent a ton of $$ (a ton for me anyway) on an EF5/HE5 combo! (which just showed up at my house today! ) In fact that's what I was going to post about, that it seems my Jade has a bit of a hard time driving the HE5 - which have definitely been described as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zoide X2 I ordered the HE-5 today (not enough money to for the combo though!) and I'd love to have them soon PM'ed Nankai (is that Fang himself?) and was told that they're in stock, and shipping to USA takes 5-7 days.

Thanks, good info on the searching. Ok, I've pulled the trigger on the HE5/EF5 combo, here's hoping for a rapid delivery, as I'm not a patient man, and very anxious to hear these...

Been thinking about joining this little club. So what's the current status of the HE5/EF5 combo, are they in stock and shipping? What's the wait been like for folks who've ordered lately? What are the main threads on these? I've read (or at least skimmed ) the "initial musings" thread. Are...