[TYATYA]

I found tubes for HD800S (tube for HD650 dont suit)
Pre tube : Shylavia 5692 brown base.
Power tube : Tungsol JAN-CTL-5998.
Good combination.

 

[TYATYA]

My game end with JAN-CTL-5998 Tungsol and JAN - CHS-6SN7GT Sylvania.
3.5 to RCA Furutech iD-35R

When drive HD650, I find out that I wasted $ on HDVD800 amp.
Paid in total : $250 for DV336se, $155 for tungsol, $ 65 for sylavian and $78 for furutech cable.
I think Furutech 3.5 to rca did an excellent job to those tube

 

[JohnBal]

My game end with JAN-CTL-5998 Tungsol and JAN - CHS-6SN7GT Sylvania.
3.5 to RCA Furutech iD-35R

When drive HD650, I find out that I wasted $ on HDVD800 amp.
Paid in total : $250 for DV336se, $155 for tungsol, $ 65 for sylavian and $78 for furutech cable.
I think Furutech 3.5 to rca did an excellent job to those tube

It looks like you have some nice tubes there. Some of my favorites for sure!

 

[atarione]

So finally after months of fiddling w/ the cable from whatever headphones I was using.. I got well tired of my DV336SE dropping the right channel. Using relevant caution and care I opened the thing up and tracked down a poor solder connection and managed to fix it... but since mine lasted all of a month before I started having trouble with it... I wouldn't ever recommend this amp..

if you can't fix it yourself.. or if you don't know people with tube amp repair experience or whatever anyways... oh well at least mine is working again..

 

[UntilThen]

Never had any problem with my DV336se even though I bought it 2nd hand. As with any gear, it's just the odd ball.

 

[atarione]

Never had any problem with my DV336se even though I bought it 2nd hand. As with any gear, it's just the odd ball.

I mean fair enough.. but with this an a lot of the stuff from overseas you're really in a bad spot if you end up with the "odd ball" the fault with mine was pretty blatant and demonstrates a lack of QC as it shouldn't have left the factory like it did..

If you don't have any experience with tube amps / diy skills this thing would either cost a fortune to send back for warranty service or cost you more than it cost to buy to get it serviced in the States (assuming you can find someone willing to work on it)... or of course been landfill /doorstop..

 

[attmci]

?????????? I don't understand.

I mean fair enough.. but with this an a lot of the stuff from overseas you're really in a bad spot if you end up with the "odd ball" the fault with mine was pretty blatant and demonstrates a lack of QC as it shouldn't have left the factory like it did..

If you don't have any experience with tube amps / diy skills this thing would either cost a fortune to send back for warranty service or cost you more than it cost to buy to get it serviced in the States (assuming you can find someone willing to work on it)... or of course been landfill /doorstop..

 

[atarione]

?????????? I don't understand.

I won't recommend this amp anymore.. after seeing the lack of QC ..as it is uneconomical to send it back to China for service and would cost more than the amp to have it worked on locally...

My amp should have never shipped with the poor QC/soldering work it did.. as such I wouldn't recommend this amp to others.

 

[windcar]

You are using one of those 6080. Stick with 6AS7 and your DV will last a very long time without issue.

 

[UntilThen]

I certainly can recommend DV 336se. Not every unit is a lemon. Any manufacturer can have some units that are defective. These amps are cheap but they don't sound nasty at all on the ears. Being cheap, QC could suffer a bit. However if you get a working unit, you'll be a happy man.

Roll in some nice tubes and hear this tube amp sing. You'll be impressed.

Raytheon 6sn7gt vt231 black glass (most likely a National Union equivalent) and Gec 6as7g. DAC used is Yggy and headphone is HD800. Yup the DV 336se is not out of place with gear such as these. My main tube amps though are Elise and Euforia by Feliks Audio.

 

[yangian]

I certainly can recommend DV 336se. Not every unit is a lemon. Any manufacturer can have some units that are defective. These amps are cheap but they don't sound nasty at all on the ears. Being cheap, QC could suffer a bit. However if you get a working unit, you'll be a happy man.

Roll in some nice tubes and hear this tube amp sing. You'll be impressed.

Raytheon 6sn7gt vt231 black glass (most likely a National Union equivalent) and Gec 6as7g. DAC used is Yggy and headphone is HD800. Yup the DV 336se is not out of place with gear such as these. My main tube amps though are Elise and Euforia by Feliks Audio.

So can your elise and Eufiria justify the cost cwhen omparing to 336SE?

 

[UntilThen]

So can your elise and Eufiria justify the cost cwhen omparing to 336SE?

Definitely.

DV336se is outclassed by Elise and Euforia big time. Resolution, refinement, tonality and smoothness. The FA amps are in another league, especially Euforia. If I don't compare, DV336se sounds ok but once I listen to the FA amps, 336se sounds coarse and have the jagged edge roughness to the tone. However, it's a great introduction to OTL tube amps.

I've also listened to Woo Audio WA6 and WA2. I much prefer Elise and I greatly prefer Euforia.

FYI, I also have the La Figaro 339 and I much prefer Euforia.

Audio is very subjective though. Someone else may come along and present a different view point and that's ok. Everyone have their preferences.

 

[atarione]

You are using one of those 6080. Stick with 6AS7 and your DV will last a very long time without issue.

It isn't a 6080 it is a straight bottle GE 6AS7GA ... I have a RCA Coke bottle 6AS7G also .. I prefer the GE one personally..

 

[atarione]

So thanx to my soldering prowess??? whatever.. my DV is working fine again.. however I still think the QC / build is iffy and I wouldn't buy one again.. or recommend it to anyone without the DIY skills to fix it if it eats it..

but it does sound nice when it is working certainly.. I think mine should be fine going forward /touch wood.

 

[yangian]

Definitely.

DV336se is outclassed by Elise and Euforia big time. Resolution, refinement, tonality and smoothness. The FA amps are in another league, especially Euforia. If I don't compare, DV336se sounds ok but once I listen to the FA amps, 336se sounds coarse and have the jagged edge roughness to the tone. However, it's a great introduction to OTL tube amps.

I've also listened to Woo Audio WA6 and WA2. I much prefer Elise and I greatly prefer Euforia.

FYI, I also have the La Figaro 339 and I much prefer Euforia.

Audio is very subjective though. Someone else may come along and present a different view point and that's ok. Everyone have their preferences.

Thanks! So you said you much prefer Elise over Wa6 and wa2, but you only say you much prefer Euforia that LF339. So what do you think of Elise over 339, which has similar price range?
I also notice Euforia has the same circuit as Elise, just upgrade parts. How much improvement of Euforia over Elise?
Thanks