Try Benchmark HA4. It is not very cheap but it is also very good preamp in the same time.

Well I sent my schematic to Kevin and I got the answer. Therefore I bought LL2765.

I would write an eMail to Lundahl and ask them which one is the most appropriate for your application. Things are really a bit complicated as every of these transformers has PP and SE verision with different output options depending on the headphone impedance. I am sure Lundahl will be glad to...

mr. Vagabond, I cannot help you with dimensioning of the trainnies but I can recommend you a good replacements. For the input transformers the best choice are Jensen JT-11P1-HPC. For the output there are now three Lundahl options: LL2754, LL2765 and LL2774. The choice will depend on the phones...

I own Pioneer U-05 for couple of months now. I am really, really happy with this unit. It is connected to my PC Win10 via USB. As a player I am using JRiver. I am playing mostly PCM but I have a large collection of DSD's as well - mostly 64 but also some 128. They are all working fine. I am...

So if I understand you correctly guys, no changes to the original PCBs and component values except for the output transformer ... is that correct ?   What do you thing about Lundahl LL2765 as an output transformer ?   http://www.lundahl.se/wp-content/uploads/datasheets/2765.pdf

Hi Sceleratus,   I like very much what you have done here. Using 300B in SET seems to be ultimate solution for a headphone amp. I am trying to read through your posts here but somewhere I've got stuck .... What I am interested is to find out what changes to the original scheme of Damn Good...

I bought HD800S several weeks ago. I am pritty happy with the sound quality that I am getting out of them. Great Clarity is a first attribute that drops on my mind. Second might be neutrality connected with reality of reproduction.   But now I started dreaming about tube amp for them. Having...

I just got AKG K7XX. On a  first listen I was very much surprised how good these cans are. It is huge improvement in comparison to AKG Q701, that I own for couple of years now. They are easier to drive than Q701 but still pritty hungry for power. I believe that headphone amp with 1W @ 32 Ohms is...

Both headphones Senn HD800 and HD800S are very fine phones, made as you mentioned, for music pleasure. They are also rather excpencieve. If you do not have a proper headphone amp and you want to use your new headphones mainly for mixing it doesn't make much sense to go after HD800's. I would...

Adding additional weight changes actually resonance frequency of the system: unit + underluying base. In some cases it can be very useful (in getting better sound quality) and in some cases it will not produce any audiable result. It all depends on the existing configuration.

That is of course true and perhaps even more important.

Well first: you cannot use Vali 2 as a phono preamp. Decent phono MM preamp needs gain of about 50 dB, which is ten times more than Vali 2 can provide. So basically for your TT you need dedicated phono preamp. Then from there you go into dedicated preamplifier, which has to have at least three...

If you are playing with tubes for Mjolnir 2 try Russian 6N23P-EV. They are among the best and do have very reasonable price, especially when compared to NOS E88CC from Telefunken or Siemens.

HD800S are better phones than HD800. That was probably the reason. I haven't heard 800S with EAR but I guess that that combination is even better.

To add some more information .... EAR HP4 has transformers at the input and at the output. It is the reason why the price is high. Tim de Paraviccini is a real expert for transformer design and in this unit he proves once again how crucial transformer design can be for end result. It is three...

I took a closer look into Saga ... It is simple design, which is basically good. It doesn't say though what is the input impedance. Resistor attenuators can have rather low input impedances - normally in the area of 10K to 20K Ohm. That is basically ok although it would be better to have it...

Yes.

It is been a while now when I played wth HD800 and different amps. So I apologize for not giving to many details. Violectric was sounding ok but nothng more than that. It didn't really provide anything that would make me enjoy these otherwise excellent cans. When I tried EAR Yoshino HP4, then I...

.. and by the way Shiit announced Freya as a Saga's big sister.

Wow ... Relay attenuator, Wima MKP10 (not expencieve but excellent caps), remote control .... for 350 USD !? This one has a potential to become a classic giant killer ...

Can you please post a link to the Shiit Audio site where this info is stated ? I cannot find it on shiit.com ...

I do not have any experience with Woo Audio amps. They seem though to be very interesting. Can you please put some comments how this Woo compares with some other well known amps that you tried in your system ?

I do not have any experience with Woo Audio amps. They seem though to be very interesting. Can you please put some comments how this Woo compares with some other well known amps that you tried in your system ?

I do not know how Lake People is working with Senns but I didn't like very much what I heard coming from Violectric.