After more time with the WE403Bs I'm amazed with what these tubes did to my HD650. The HD595 is considered upfront and in your face, while the HD650 is more laid back and discrete. Dare I say veiled.  Well, my HD650 now sounds very intense and intimate. Details I hardly heard before are clearly...

Got my WE403B's today. First some comments about the Chinese tubes.   My raving comments were actually based on my experience with the little Chinese signal tubes paired with Russian power tubes. Looks like those Chinese signal tubes are pretty good. When using all Chinese tubes it's still ok...

After listening some more to the Chinese tubes, I really like the big soundstage and clarity but the mids do sometimes sound a bit tin canny. I now ordered two WE 403B tubes. They better be awesome.

I bought this tube amp 5 years ago and never looked back. I no longer feel the need to upgrade. I used my HD595 for quite a while and now returned to my HD650. This differences are obvious. The HD650 is more refined while the HD595 is a bit looser but I love the in your face sound of the HD595...

After almost a year of owning this amp, I must say I'm very much enjoying it. The amount of spatial detail stands out to me. Even if it's just speech from a radio show, I can easily hear reflections in the room for instance. Another observation, instruments sound noticably more natural than...

Quote: Originally Posted by battosai I know people were asking for a comparison with a DV 336, but nothong has been really said about it. OK, well here it goes. I got a used 3322 since a few days (thanks to Lucky Frog Audio UK for providing this unit + better tubes). First quick...

bigger isn't always better... :-)

Darkvoice 3322: photo taken from http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rev...3322-a-406368/

Quote: Originally Posted by GWorlDofSPACE We in Europe have 240V ! Why is your amp not getting hot? The transformer housing on my 336i gets very warm. I can barely touch it. I've measured 230V.

Quote: Originally Posted by GWorlDofSPACE I have just noticed the upper plate is getting very hot. I mean I know this is a tube amp, but is this normal? what's your voltage?

Quote: Originally Posted by Godkin Hope you find one, AS1. Yeah. It might be a long shot trying to find a used one so soon...

I've got a DV336 and HD650 since a few years which I'm quite happy with, certainly after tube rolling, but I do sometimes hear the dreaded veil. Recently I started thinking about getting some expensive tubes to get the most out of my DV336. That is one approach, but a dangerous one. What if one...

My first cheap DAC was a good improvement, upgrading to a high-end DAC was another one even bigger, almost the same as upgrading cans. Be smart, buy a used high-end DAC instead of a new cheap one.

Quote: Originally Posted by shiaokun another "mystery" Sylvania 6SN7 GTB this week...still paired with Svetlana 6H13C. not even numbers but codes. looks like "jd" or "id" and "BGB". it'd be nice to know what these mean... like the previous Sylvania, this combo has a "clean" sound...

Quote: Originally Posted by MaZa Yes, but just because someone doesnt *need* to explain something, doesnt mean he absolutely has to act high and mighty and use this power, and ignore everyone. (It would definetly leave a sour taste about this forum and its admins too) Explaining ones...

It's interesting to see how Jude is pushed to explain all this in detail. Please don't forget that we all have the *privilige* to be on this forum, not so much of a right. It should always be ok to be critical but I got a feeling that this is going a bit beyond that. Jude has made certain...

Quote: Originally Posted by Vuti Or maybe he's also one of Stanleys alias like all of us? In that case there would be a big message under his screen name: this sucker has been banned

Final update to the Herandu/Beresford files. Scam revealed!

The BC3 was released about 2 years ago. Its price had doubled compared to the BC2. From the sparse reviews I remember the improvements weren't enough to justify the price increase. The BC3 is considered neutral, were the BC2 is on the warm side. It's really a matter of taste. In this thread...

this thread is yet another addition to the Herandu/Beresford files...

Quote: Originally Posted by Captain Personally I do think the DAC2 is the better DAC quite obvious on my high end tubed amps, but a little less so on my SS which were a lot cheaper. When you move from the Beresford to the DAC2 it is like a vail is removed, the sound opens up and their...

Quote: Originally Posted by Patu You can't be serious with this reply. Basically, if someone prefers Beresford to something more expensive or their opinion differ from yours, then they have problems/mismatches in their setups? Do you have difficulty reading?? I'm doing...

Quote: Originally Posted by Patu This is kind of ironic but one guy at our local forum just switched from Bel Canto DAC2 to Beresford and said that Beresford outperforms BC 6-0. He immediately sold his DAC2 after getting Beresford. But as I said, these are purely subjective opinions...

Quote: Originally Posted by Patu I've read so many raving reviews of this DAC (from here and from our local hifi forum by members to whom I have some trust). So it's not that difficult for me to believe if someone thinks this DAC outperforms many times more expensive gear. Yes...

Quote: Originally Posted by pataburd I found the Svetlana 6H13C more balanced than the GE6080, for a "brightener-upper." Also, a Sylvania 6SN7GTB up front might help, too. : ) I found a Sylvania 6SN7GT a bit more refined than a GTB. But I tried an RCA instead of Sylvania and...