Hi everyone. Ive been staying away from headfi for the past 10ish years to stop spending on headphone gear but one of my original lyr stock tubes no longer works. Are there any recommendations on tubes around 100 usd? I'm located in Canada if that makes a difference. Edit: more reading says...

So I found a good deal on a used pair of T1's so I went for it without ever hearing one before, just lots of reading here on head-fi. Serial 3XXX so a fairly early run.   I tried running them through a Lyr1 using Amperex Bugle Boy D-Getters and Tesla Gold Pins and I could see (hear?) why...

So I've been searching and searching but can't find my answer. I haven't used an iPhone since the 4 but will be getting the 6 in the next couple of days. I used to use the 30 pin out to an external amp and that was great. Now with the lightning connector in the 6 how are people getting a line...

Be careful when using adapters. If the amp shares a common ground then you will be fine but if the amp does not you will need a true balanced cable to run it off of speaker taps. I took the trrs balanced cable cut off the end and terminated it in speaker plugs and works great. Not the best...

Primer, I'm not sure how much of a "purist" you are but media player should be at 100% then using the volume pot on your amp to control but ideally using wasapi to completely bypass windows audio processing so that your dac does it all (assuming you are using Windows). While logically you would...

Primer you'll need to do some research to see if the speaker amp section shares the same amp as the headphone. The best bet would be to find a service manual and look at the schematic. I hate to repeat myself but I have a lower end pioneer than what Matt has mentioned,sx-680. Its a 30 watt amp...

Very interesting jerg. Great work but is this mostly to tame the treble? I have the he-4s. I'm at the point with my setup that the treble is a non issue for me. If I were to nitpick the sound id like a bit more forward mid presentation. Mostly this post is to subscribe as I will probably do...

A page back someone posted about the lepai 2020. I actually heard about this speaker amp from headfi via a speaker tap thread. I purchased the same model as posted for 25+shipping. I used my hifiman HE-4 via speaker taps with them to great success. It beat the dynamics of my lyr with nos 1972...

Not too sure about the felt, I bought these used off of another head-fier, but it definitely does not have the felt like you have. The felt on mine is only on the outside circling the driver. I also removed the material against the grill. I heard someone else do it on the grill mod thread so I...

As with MattTCG, I love that the HE-4 is getting some more attention. There were some requests to post pics of the wood cups installed over on the post where I purchased them but nothing keeps posts alive like pics so here are a couple more of my woodied HE-4's.   Once again excuse the...

Please, let me know of your impressions with the Alpha Pads. TBH, I don't think I have heard a positive review of the Alpha's with HiFiMan's but I don't think anyone has posted any impressions of the Alpha Pads specifically with the HE-4 other than myself. I would definitely like to know what...

Exactly as MattTCG says I'm not saying the Lyr is a bad headphone amp (maybe it sounds like it from my posts but that's strickly with the He-4) just not ideal with the HE-4. My pioneer is the 680 so a couple of models below Matt's but WOW. As you can see in the pic the Lyr is still in my setup...

Cups are gorgeous. I got mine prenotched and drilled but it didn't come with notches for the grills although originally advertised to have it (I spoke with munkeynuts and he offered a full refund including shipping costs because of it if I wanted to return them. His reason was that he didn't...

Those are mango tree wood via munkynutz on this forum. I installed them myself though. No sound change but I think they look amazing now. The pads are Alpha pads. I've heard mixed reviews on hifimans but to me the stock pleather and velour are too shallow and the tops of my ears are against...

Gigart   If you are willing to spend the money on the Lyr I highly recommend not to. Purchase a speaker tap cable or make one then use a speaker amp. The Lyr just isn't enough power for the HE-4 (sounds crazy but true). I too initially thought the Lyr would be great with the HE-4 and I bought...