I fully agree. With the Sennheiser HD650s, the KHV-1 is a perfect match, delivering the sound signature, you seem to look for! In fact, I can't think of what could be improved with this setup, so I'll most likely buy the stock chinese tubes in case a replacement is needed. Instead of...

Congratulations to your KHV-1! I'm sure, you'll like ist a lot! About the hex-screws: You need to take away the three topmost screws on both side panels. You do not need to remove any other screws as you can pull off the top plate now. Be careful though, the hex-size is quite tiny and...

I dont really know, what the single opamp in the KHV-1 does, but I'd be quite interested if someone could shed some light on this! class a has nothing to do with discrete circuit design though.

lordearl, I don't know about the tubes in the KHV-111 that got mentioned here, but the KHV-1 features standard ceramic tube sockets - switching tubes is only a matter of loosing up 6 screws! (2mm hex) and disengaging the tube retainer brackets (which I did away with completely as they may only...

tomk, I very much like the HD650's with the Vincent. At first, I feared that the combo would sound too dark (since both the Vincent and the HD650 are rather on dark side..) but the Chinese stock tubes (Shuguang) are in fact quite bright sounding, so that just makes for a sound signature, that is...

Gradofan2, though I had others, I could only do a systematic comparison with the Meier Corda Cantate now, since I own one too and can use both with the same headphones. I wrote something about it here - except, that I thought my soundcard was bad then, but the Vincent really is that good (in...

As I saw this wonderful amp only getting mentioned every now and then, so I thought I'd start a dedicated thread about Vincents KHV-1pre. First, some pictures: http://www.banovics.info/bilder/vinc...1pre_seite.jpg http://www.banovics.info/bilder/vinc...1pre_front.jpg (sorry, no pics of the...

Hi! I used the Cantate 2 together with AKG's K530, K701 and Sennheiser HD650. My other amp is a Vincent KHV-1... so much about my experience, or lack thereof. Describing the sound of the K701/Cantate pairing on it's own, there's something missing to me: Too recessed mids, too little bass...

Hello, First time poster here! Previously, I owned a Vincent KHV-1 & AKG-K701 (and K530) combo which I was generally quite pleased with. My source was and is an Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1. soundcard (fed via FLAC/Kernel mode) But time passed by, and I wanted to try something new... should've...