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For sale is a Luxman L-509x integrated amp. Great sounding amp with deservedly rave reviews. There are a couple very small dings on the very bottom right rear corner from bumping it once with another amp while picking it up (double ouch!). Otherwise it is flawless and performs perfectly -- see...

If you're going to compare prices with Bartok you need to remove the master clock from the equation. It almost looks like they chopped the Bartok with headphone amp in half and added a couple thousand for the separate casework, power supplies, and overhead. I think the appeal, and perhaps...

For sale is a Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 USB cable. It is the best sounding USB cable I've had, but I am consolidating to a streamer/DAC so I no longer need this. Comes in a ridiculously fancy case with certificate of authenticity. $550 includes shipping within CONUS

Great budget streamer. NO POWER SUPPLY INCLUDED. Comes with RopieeeXL loaded on a 16 GB micro SD card. $220 includes shipping within CONUS and no Paypal fees for buyer.

For sale is a Lumin X1 in black in excellent condition. Hugely impressive, fantastic streamer + DAC. Comes with an upgraded DC cable from WestminsterLab that costs $2,390 as well as the stock cable. $9600 obo + shipping +3% for Paypal or Friends & Family with no fee

Yeah, he said it should work, but try it and make sure the transformer doesn't get hot (too much current draw). It's fine for me.

Well I am using the CV181-Z tube and it sounds fantastic! Compared it to the 1966 Bendix 6385 (haven't listened to these in years, wow forgot how good they are). CV181-Z has a big sound and juicy midrange where you hear deep into the vocals, a little softer around the edges, analog sounding...

Whoa, is this plug and play with an adapter? How does it sound compared to 2c51/396a/5670 type tubes? I really like the sound of 6SN7 from past experience and still have a pair of leftover Shuguang Black Treasure tubes. EDIT: Nevermind, I see the posts on page 176. Going to pick up a...

Anyone do some of the many mods from the Havana thread on the Orchid, aside from film caps? The layout seems similar enough. - Shinkoh tantalum resistors around the tube. - Schottky diodes - R-core transformer - WBT nextgen RCAs - Black Gate or Elna Silmic II electrolytic caps I've been out...

If anyone's out there, I'm selling one of my highly modified Havana DACs: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mhdt-havana-nos-tube-dac-heavily-modified.862764/

  Thank you for this; I will move on then.  It's disappointing to say the least.  If I'm going to use headphones outside with compromised sound quality then I expect to pay a compromised price.  Looking pretty and feeling solid is all good and well, but I am much more about function over form.

  I don't understand this comment.  They are both for listening to music, no?  I too am interested to know how they compare to higher end Sennheisers.  I have HD600s, which I enjoy very much, as well as HD598s.  Had a pair of Grado SR-225i, which were fatiguing, and Audeze LCD-2, which sounded...

  Correct.  Splice both neutral wires of different color in the middle, so it's like 18 00 18