Great review rb2013! It's really interesting to see the HG 6N23P come out of on top of the shootout!   Just one question about your PW 6922. Some people say every different revisions of PW sound quite different. Like the early Eindhoven-made 7L0 and 7L1 production (factory code "6") would be...

But even if the "HG" 6N23P tube was better than the 6922 PW, I think I would still keep the PW, as they really do something no other tube I've owned does. rb2013 talked about "flow", the ability to draw you in a magical musical world for hours on end, and the PW did that better than any other...

Wow, as quick as ever! Thanks for your answers!   So I guess I'll just bite the bullet and eventually get a pair of those Chinese adapters, and save myself all the DIY trouble... Just one question to the MK IV or IV SE users: do these adapters fit through the brass rings? I have a faint memory...

Hi everyone! Sorry again for my long absence... I'd been amp-less for over a year (and away from my home country) and couldn't follow the new trends on this thread, so there was little point in me posting here. But I always kept reading the thread to keep up with the new ideas!   I'm finally...

Just read the last 30 some pages out of curiosity; nice work people! I can't believe how many tube possibilities we now have for our LDs! I also can't believe my name is still being mentioned after such a long absence, thanks for not forgetting about me and those first monstrous experiments with...

So, they finally released the firmware on their website huh?   I'm kind of curious now, did anyone hear an immediate difference in sound quality like I did?   At any rate, new firmware and drivers are not only working great for me, but also sound so much better than before it's almost hard...

Many interesting points have been raised in the last page or two, and if you just use all those suggestions you should be able to get the Hiface 2 to work on Win 8.1 with USB 3.0 ports and with the latest drivers--and sound a little better.   First, the firmware, I just updated my Hiface with...

  Great work, gibosi! One more tube type tested on our LDs! I feel like I'm almost being left behind at this point lol, with my barely rigged MK IV that only has a 6DJ8 tube mounted on a basic adapter...   I wonder what David Zhezhe would think about all this lol... It really would be great...

Great stuff man! I knew these C3g were worth trying!   As usual, how I would love to be able to directly compare the best 6DJ8 to the best 6SN7 to the best C3g to the best... But, alas, I can't... More like, no one has yet really; except maybe gibosi who's been pretty thorough in comparing the...

Alright, just got 5 MUSES02 and a pair of MUSES01 in the mail--those ebay fakes you know lol.   First off, not that I really care much or I like to argue, but I have very little reason to assume these are fakes. Lettering, holes and pins are exactly the way the "true" MUSES have been...

  Nope.   I'm not even sure whether or not China sent them yet, so reviews might have to wait a while...

Quick comparison of premium 6DJ8 tube sizes that should help explain the "tall bottle" expression I've read about a few times:     From left to right: - Amperex US 6922, 1962 -> regular glass "bottle" height - Philips Holland E188CC, 1960 -> regular glass "bottle" height - Amperex...

It's nice to see so many people finally taking a leap of faith and building their own double triode adapters! Trust me, it's the best decision you'll have ever made for your LD!   Of course now you need good tubes for your sparkly or less sparkly adapters. While I can give ideas and review...

  Nice! Good timing, seeing as I was about to PM you to know if you had gotten the package...   Yup, the OG are pretty amazing tubes and really do give you that "holy Schiit" moment!   Now wait until you get the urge to get the even more premium types lol... Mind may be blown a few more times!

  Speaking of voltages, has anyone formally measured the voltages for both 6N6P and 6N30P tubes? Since I don't have any 9-pin socket savers - let alone some with test points - it would pretty difficult to measure for me...   Fresh measurements with the Amperex Holland PW 6922:   Wall = 224V...

  Think of my poor wallet after Xmas and buying all those premium 6922 tubes lol!   All jokes aside, I keep coming back to the idea of getting a Lyr for my HE-500; but every time I do, I wonder whether it would really be an improvement over the MK IV SE and end up not getting one...   Let's...

  Fascinating comparison, I've been waiting for this kind of review ever since we started using 6DJ8 types on our LDs!   But, the comparison I would be even more interested in would be between a Lyr and a maxed-out MK III or MK IV.   As a MK IV SE owner - which would be pretty close to the...

  Yup, using that otherwise very basic mains filter made so much of a difference I'm still surprised about it...   I really think the C3g would be be worth the trouble of trying it; I mean, it's an extremely critical frame-grid pentode, and I read that the 6DJ8 would never have been developed...

  Indeed, it would just be too much of a shame for people not to try the 6DJ8 (and other) types just because they're afraid of making/crafting an adapter. It really isn't that hard once you get the diagrams down, and you've got metric tons of help here on this thread, so go for it and roll...

Well, I just bought both the MUSES02 and the MUSES01 to try them out. I just couldn't miss out on all this opamp fun lol...   Anyway, will report back when I do get them.

Yup, TD speaks the truth. I definitely wouldn't use x3 and x4, as it both sounds bad and and requires a little too much volume on the dial to get to comfortable levels.   I do recall Little Dot recommending the highest gain for high impedance cans (300 ohms +) like the HD650, so I think you...

Typical answer would be to test what setting sounds best, but Little Dot would probably recommend gain x10 as a best match for this type of headphone.   Hope you like the amp!

First time on this thread, please treat me nicely!   I just read about the positive returns on the MUSES opamps. I'm kind of curious as to what position most of you tried these in (I/V, buffer...) since I can think of at least 5 sockets where I could (re-)upgrade chips in all my gear...   I...

Can't wait to get mine; it feels like Christmas all right!   Have all the batches of "Jergpads by Modulor" been sent, or is there still one or two to go? I'm probably way towards the end of the list lol...

  Technically, it shouldn't make a difference since nothing is supposed to be plugged on pin 7 anyway, or pin 6 for that matter... But yes, EF95 would be good practice, on the off chance anything goes wrong.