Yep! M-10 is the one to get IMHO. Listening to it again & it's VERY GOOD with the H3 headphone. Switching back & forth with the Fostex TH900 off the Oppo HA-1 in balanced mode from same source, Sony A17 & I prefer the H3 on most songs. I love my 900s so that says a lot for the KS. Who knows it...

I've had the KS H3/M-20 now for about 6 weeks. When I 1st got it I had a lot of popping & crackeling & was thinking "oh gee, here we go again". But on advice from e-friends I just hooked it up to my Oppo HA-1 dac & it hasn't been off since. Since day 3 it has been sounding great & over time only...

Apex "Nirvana"

Finally got my ADs today, three days short of 9 weeks . Now for some serious listening. Will also leave them on for a few days to see if their is any audible change. Based on what I've heard plus my own experiences with Audeze & HiFiman cans there shouldn't be much. Out of the box they sound...

Wow, today must have been a huge shipping day for you Dan cause I just received my shipping notice from PayPal & my order was from the 21st! So Happy! ...and I'm one of the 1st to get the new paint job - not sure if that's good or bad! Anyway they're making great progress if they're shipping...

Good point, I hadn't thought of that. We will be the "Guinea Pigs" for the new process. Still I don't think Dan would make the change if he couldn't do better! At least I hope I'm right!:confused_face(1):

An FYI to any other HeadFiers who have been waiting on their Alpha Dogs - I ordered mine on Nov. 21st & inquired about them since as of this Thursday it will have been 8 weeks. I promptly heard back from Dan & here is what he said... " our paint shop has been HIGHLY unreliable, we're moving to...

Quote: I like the way you think, must be an Austin or at least Texas type of thinking!    I screwed up & bought it to early & got stuck with the cheap one. Now I'm beating myself up about it!

It really is too bad Jack or his team didn't design a lip of some sort around the glass but to be honest until the issue was mentioned I never gave it a thought. This is not a portable amp & the glass is quite heavy so once it is in place it will stay there. I have a glass topped coffee table...

I spent my first weekend with the new WA7 hooked up to my desktop pc rotating my listening between my hd800, both LCD2s, & my he500.  First let me say that I found that the WA7 sounds very, very good with the Senns., as good as my crack/speedball amp - something I wasn't expecting. Also, unlike...

Great point! Other than comparison testing the gold pins this weekend, this may be the one tube amp I should just treat as a SS amp & do as you say. It will certainly save me money compared with some of my other tube amps where I have spent about as much or more on tunes as I paid for the amp...

Yeah I know I'll need to get thinks rearranged to make some room around my desktop or a laptop to fully utilize the WA7 fully. My wife's insistence on having it perminantly located in the living room has kind of thrown me a curve cause I had made very different plans for how to set it up. So now...

Well, I finally got my silver WA7 today.  I feel like I've been waiting for over a month.  Oh yeah, I have. Had enough time so far to install the stock tubes & use my ipod5 as a source with my HD800s.  Even brand new, it sounded very good with them.  I tend to prefer them with my OTL amps & off...

Man I'm dying here. It says mine won't be here until early March & I thought I ordered early. Oh well... I would love to hear more feedback on how it sounds with different headphones like the HD800, HE500 or HE6, LCD2 & 3, Beyer 880 600 ohm, etc. it may be a little early for tube rolling...

Did more tube rolling in the my Earmax today & end up with 3 Telefunkens straight across. That combo with the HD650 & the SAA cable is pure magic. It is pretty clear to me, even if I hadn't read it in some old German reviews from the mid-90s, that the Earmax was voiced for the HD6xx series of...

I can't read the info other than the ECC86 printing & that is partial. They were in the NOS cubby for NOS ECC86 tubes & tested new on the tester. The GE Boxes were clearly labeled & had a dated sticker that showed how they tested at the time they were delivered. After 30 years nothing had...

Yeah, I really like my Beyers on both the Earmax & Bottlehead Crack. It sings really well on OTL,amps. I got to hear it on a Zana at a meet & knew then I had to get myself an OTL amp myself. It has a different flavor than the Senns, but it is such a good headphone when it is properly amped...

Quote: Mine also has the Audio Advancements sticker, but with the much lower (earlier) sn#.  I picked up a few tubes at the shop to roll in as time allows. So far, I'm noticing only small differences in the sound signature.  More a flavor change that really a better or worse situation. ...

I must have the original model cause the lady said her husband had had it since the mid 90s or a little later. It has a sn# 4009. Which might mean something to someone who knows Earmax/Brocksieper branded German amps. All I know is it sounds darn good with my HDxxx model headphones. It is the...

Great pics.  Seeing the guts of the unit is really interesting. They do pack a lot into very little space.  Until I see what you did I'd pretty much assumed that the amp was unmodifiable.  Let us know if you if you do the power cap upgrade & what sound differences it makes.  I'm really only...

Yeah, I for one would like to see the inside of it so pics would be great. Regarding the poor little old lady,: she asked $40, for the lot - amp & al the tubes & I offered $30 & she took it ! Remember at the time I'd never seen the amp turned on, all the tubes were in boxes, unseen & untested...

I would love to a/b the 3 (?) versions of the Earmax amp with various cans to see what each brings to tne table. Mine is for mainly headphones like,the HDxxx models & the 600 ohm Beyers only & the pro is for IEMs & easier to drive headphones right? Then the one above that is more of an...

I have just been using some new jj's in all 3 positions. I do have a ECC81 Mullard near NOS tube that I just installed in the center position. I still have a number of tubes, still in their boxes, that I've yet to test & several are in Silvania labeled boxes but so for several tubes I've tested...

Also anyone who cares to feel free to tell me their favs when it comes to tubes they recommend that work best with the HD800 &/or the HD650. Would be much appreciated. I'd heard this amp once back-in-the-day & never saw or read much buzz about it over here in the states. Heard it was popular...

Thanks Ping, that is exactly what I needed to know. Best $30 USD I ever spent. :D the amp & 20 tubes came with it. Have tested 7 so far & all test NOS so far or close to it. Amp looks like it is almost brand new. Guess I should feel guilty - but not so much! Guess I need to do some tube rolling...