I have made a quick and impulsive decision after reading this thread and seeing that Audio-GD now have a new batch of Ref 7.1 up for sale. I am driving my K1000 and HE5LE from an old modded Audio Note Kit One using a Lyngdorf CD1 and Little Dot Dac-1 as sources. For some time now I have felt...

Roscoeiii,   Absolutely - I am enjoying my new HE-5LEs a lot with the VI+. The headphones seem to match this amp very, very well. As others have noted, the VI+ is a very clean sounding amp, which I find do the HE-5LEs a lot of good. While both my HD650s and K1000s sound excellent running...

This is one of my all time favorite albums as well. Really well recorded, and great musicians. Oregon has a long history as a recording group, so you should look into their other recordings. A favorite of mine is "Live at Yoshi's". As a former classical guitarist, I have a soft spot for Ralph...

Hmm, not sure that this observation is completely fair to the MK VI+. I was only talking about the synergy between the HE-5 and the MK VI+ running with the hight gain setting for my K1000's. I am quite sure that the amp will do significantly better than the Mk V when running with the low gain...

Hi Moodyrn. Nice writeup of your experience. I recently got my hands on a HE-5 myself thinking that my LD MK VI+ would be a good match. I am running this amplifier with the high gain setting for my AKG K1000's. The HE-5 didn't really do well here, so I started using it with my LD MK V. This is...

For a few months I have enjoyed this combo, and last week I got my hands on four Tungsol 5998's, which have added tremendously to the enjoyment. I feel that I finally have found the right tubes for the MK VI, as the amp now provides such a balanced, rich and almost creamy sound through the...

Hi there, I have been looking for a proper amp for a while now to drive my K1000's. As I am both on a budget and would like to get into tubes, I have been considering the Little Dot Mk VI+. There seems to be no reports about the MK VI and K1000's on the head-fi site. Does anyone have...

I just got my hands on a pair of used K1000's. No. 05485... An original AKG K1000 amp was thrown into the deal. Does anyone have any solid experience with this combo?