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They were/are NOS Mullard xf4's that I got from WatfordValves which apparently are still available there. I also no longer have the K-01 but now use a Schiit Yggy, and that DAC is without doubt the best money I've spent on audio gear. Everything Julian has said about the NOS Mullard's I use I...

@ verycoolalan, In getting a BHSE ( IMO ), one's not just getting an amp of amazing SQ, but has the best of build quality, as well as those two it's also an investment, simply because if any owner decided to sell theirs ( something I'll never do ), they could ask and probably get more than they...

I've seen some saying the HE-60 sounds very good driven by the BHSE, whereas Birgir has an HE-90 and put Lambda Nova Signature drivers in that headphone, so obviously he can't have reckoned that much about the HE-90 with it's original drivers.

It's good Hi-FiMan have designed the Shangri-La so it could be used with most stats amps, but it's hopes Sennheiser will do the same with another version of the HE-1060 at an affordable price. If they did that then (IMO ) it would show they're considerate to those of us that can't afford the new...

Haven't tried the XF2's or Bugle Boys with the BHSE, but I agree with everything else you mentioned wink, apart from the SED Winged C's. I have a quad of those SED's and using the 009's I found them to be not much better than the stock Mullards, but with the 007's they were/are ( IMO ) very good.

I found the 009's started sounding really good driven by the BHSE when I started using Psvane PH tubes and more so NOS Mullard xf4's which I have in my BHSE now. When I was using the stock Mullard's the 009's sounded very uncomfortable. Yes I found astrostar59's KGSSHV's did give the 009's a...

The posts you've done on this thread are only assumptions, seeing how you've never heard the Orpheus 2, but that hasn't stopped you from writing an umpteen amount of posts about that headphone system. With that said IMO you should stop posting on this thread until you've actually heard the...

@ astrostar59, Someone has said they sold their once had 009's after hearing the Abyss, but I didn't see mention what amp was being used with those 009's.

Julian has two KGSSHV's both built by headinclouds, but whether they are better than the BHSE is IMO down to personal taste. I've heard both of Julian's KGSSHV's and they did give the 009's a stronger bass, but to what I recall they also made the 009's sound similar to the LCD-XC I once had, in...

IMO the reason why mulder01 has banged on about the Orpheus 2's price so much, is because he's probably bothered it might sound much better than his beloved Abyss. Now the Orpheus 2 more than likely sounds better than my 009/BHSE/Yggy, but I'm not bothered about that probability.

Thank you up late, pity bfreedma hasn't noticed all the comments made by mulder01 on this thread.

  As I've already mentioned, I once tried the Abyss at a Hi-Fi show, but because of the noisy environment and the fact I couldn't get it to fit properly, I couldn't hear the SQ at all well, however from what I've read about the Abyss it has a lot of bass, so because I'm not a bass-head it's SQ...

Even if I had $55,000 spare, spending that on a headphone system without auditioning first is obviously something I wouldn't do, but if someone wanted to do that then that's their choice, and should be left to make that choice, after all some have chosen to buy the Abyss.

You should quote exactly what he wrote.

I don't pulldown the Abyss anymore, but it appears you like to have a go at other gear.

A KGSSHV Carbon will be my next stats amp, but hopefully Justin will start building his version of that amp, I could then put a deposit down, and save the rest while it's being built.

I've heard two KGSSHV's built by Geoff owned by astrostar59 with my 009 and Julian's 007mk2, and both Earspeaker's sounded very good with both amps. The build quality was/is also very good, IMO.

Seeing how you've ordered an SR-007mk2 but have no intentions of getting an amp like the BHSE, and probably don't want to try building an amp yourself, I would suggest you have a look on mjolnir-audio.com

I like you am also not a bass head, and the none Stax amps I've heard with the 009's are my BHSE and astrostar59's two HVSSHV's. Between the BHSE and KGSSHV I much prefer the BHSE, but my guess is bass heads would prefer the KGSSHV, I've never heard a Carbon. From what's been written about the...

Or it might be Stax aren't as greedy ( IMO ) as the other two, but time will tell if Stax jump on the band wagon.

I believe some would like you to start doing KGSSHV Carbon's Justin.

Until Stax make available their amps directly from them, then it's unlikely ( IMO ) for them to build an amp to the same SQ + build quality as the BHSE for around the same price, and that would also apply ( again IMO ) if Justin were to do T2's, assuming he was allowed and wanted to.

Try telling Abyss lovers that, IMO.

I was using PH's with my BHSE, and because they mostly solved the problem with the uncomfortable treble from the 009's, I decided to get another quad, both quads were from Grant Fidelity. However reliability is an issue with PH's, so when Watford-Valves had Mullard xf4's available that...