Hi ! happy new year everyone !

AKG K271 are extremely good piano cans if isolationis important, and the ones I have are not as bass shy as you might read here and there. You can easily find them used for less than 150 $.

X2 for the K501 for vocal, K400 can do surprinsingly well on small scale classical works. HD600 (or HD580) has the ability to do everything classical well if you want to consider only one HP.

Shek H1 from Sigtone, very interesting little DAC/Amp combo for a budget price. I have been using it for 6 month and I like its warm but detailed sound, very good build as well.

I definitely agree with REB on this, the K400 is a fun phone, sort of an acoustic Grado if that makes any sense . Like my SR225, it is fun, not as Hifi as others, but it excels in a certain type of music, when speed and musicality are required . If you are not into classical, but love jaz and...

Quote: Originally Posted by ciphercomplete Mullard CV131 / 6CQ6 VS Mullard 8161. Does anyone have both? Can I get a comparison of the two? I already have a pair of 8161s. Well I do. Frankly they are very close to one another. Maybe the 8161 are a tad more on the warm side, the...