I was thinking about those cryo treated occ cables but they are way out of my price range for cable upgrade.  I wouldn't call Mogami a junk unless you have tried them yourself.  I have not tried the cryo treated copper yet so I can't compare them to mogami.  I would still not call mogami junk...

Congratulations!!  Sounds like your ears healed already.  I would still go easy with the volume for awhile.   I disconnected my SE internally because I don't use SE at all.   If you are happy with Canare star quads...you gotta try Mogami 2534!  This cable is specifically designed for...

Congratulations!!! That's awesome that you are blown away.   Those Psvane UK-6SN7 are truly a bargain for the SQ that you are getting.   I am also eagerly waiting for your impression on Mullard 6080.

I agree with G600 and I fully understand his concern.  Thank you for sharing your concerns. I agree with G600 and I would not recommend others of doing this unless someone can verify with Sword Yang that this is ok to do.     IMHO, I don't see that this LDMKVI/VIII owners thread is any...

Ok this is pretty CRAZY!!!   I changed the tube settings:  socket 1 Thomson, socket 2 RCA, socket 3 Thomson, socket 4 RCA.  It seems like socket 2 and socket 4 are  dominant or something.   Now I have this crazy awesome bass, very full sound, with creamy liquid mids and highs.   I might have...

I want to ask if using mix of different power tube is ok.  I am experimenting with different power tubes and the sound is amazing!!   RCA6080 has very full sound with lots of bass but sounds very closed and stuffy.  On the other hand Thomson 6080WA is detailed, has good sound stage, open and...

Thanks for confirming that these are the best resistors that I could use for LDMKVI.  I was thinking about taking these out and going with metal foil resistors but I couldn't find any that were 330ohm 5W.  I guess I will leave them in.   What resistor value do I need for all the resistors you...

I had Emotiva XDA-2 DAC and I hated the sound because of the reason you described.  It was not accurate and not transparent.  I think it had some what recessed low mid and low frequency.  Luckily it broke after 2 days and I was able return it.  I was so glad I got rid of Emotiva DAC.  IMO, if...

TII is very detailed, transparent, and dynamic with 3D.  UK is some what more musical with less detail, less 3d, and less dynamics compared to TII...but it seems to have extended decay with wider stage. TII seems too analytical and SS sounding compared to UK.  So far, I having been choosing UK...

What can are you using?

MisterX,   Are you using C3G or C3Gs for your MKIVSE driver tube and 6AS7G for power tube?  If you are...I am very very interested on your impression when you get your MKVI+.  I want to know how they compare to each other.  I was going to get MKIVSE and do the mod like you did but I had an...

  Yes, Psvane 6SN7-UK fits perfectly without any adapter.  It's a beautiful pair of 6SN7 that look like 6AS7G.  They don't just look nice...they sound amazing for the price.

That happened to me 10 years ago.  I was at a RAVE party and I thought I busted my left ear because it was ringing for days after the party. Until I had to take a hearing test for an audio engineer position 9 years ago...I thought my ear was damaged but that was not the case.  I passed it with...

The combination of CV181-TII and Winged C 6AS7G are very close to solid state sound in terms of clarity, definition, transparency, and dynamics.  It almost sounds like McIntosh MHA100 which I really like the sound.  IMO, MHA100 is no where close to the sound of LDMKVI+ with CV181-Tii because I...

Yes, the sound is "wet".  The two different tube characteristics are creating this really sweet, over extended decay, and also extended highs.  This makes simple music with not too many instruments and vocals so dramatic.  This wet sound makes me get really immersed into the music and get so...

Is any difference between RCA 6AS7G gray plate vs. RCA 6AS7G black plates?  I bought quad RCA black plate but only two are good and the other two were noisy.  I also bought quad RCA gray plate and only three are good and one was noisy.  So I decided to mix gray and black together in this...

  I can still hear the clicking and power tube noise even if I turned the volume all the way down.  Correct me if I am wrong but it seems like the volume control only attenuates the preamp but not the power tube. I think this is why you can still hear buzz, pop, click, sizzle, and all kinds of...

Agreed. Better safe than sorry.   Quote: Agreed.  Better late then never.     I will heed the advice of the wise and save my headphone from getting permanently damaged.

For me as soon I turn it on I can hear music. It sounds some what like my ldmkii. It sounds weak but volume can be controlled. I wonder if this is how my driver tube sounds like without the power tubes. Then I hear a click with little bit of buzz sound of my transformer kicking in or something...

Exactly.  That is my point.  It's pointless even if you were some how able to tweak it to mono block mode.

Don't worry.  I did not misunderstand your point about WA22 .  And don't worry about WA22 lovers having beef with you about pointing out the obvious fact.       It says it's FULLY BALANCED HEADPHONE AMP.  I would think that "FULLY" would apply from input all they way to output.  This is...

Please correct me if I am wrong. Isn't ldmkvi like true dual mono balanced amp? isn't this like one ldmk9 for left channel and one ldmk9 for the right channel? If you use ldmkvi in SE mode it would be like using one ldmk9 with double the power but the signal will be one signal split in half with...

This point that you made clear sense why there's so much difference in SE and balanced mode. with LDMKVI/VIII you get the true tube sound straight to your headphone with balanced mode. Sort of like you get what you put in. I almost feel sorry for WA22 owners because they got conned thinking...

My experience with HD650 with ldmkvi with balanced dac and balanced output is night and day compared to se input output. just for the sake of this discussion I did some extended listen last night with A/B test of se and balanced with same dac and headphone. With SE it's closed, muffled, and...

coinmaster,   On your PM you asked me if I was using CV181-TII with Shuguang 6AS7G.  I replied back to you that winged "C" 6AS7G with Psvane CV181-TII combination I was able to achieve most dynamic sound so far.  I only replied back to you with my impression and I did not recommend them to...