I have the D getter version of the valves you have, and the HE 560 not sure why you need to go high gain as anything past 11 oclock is too much, also not sure I would tap my valves as this will shorten their life.   I would say that it is not a problem if they do not make any sound unless hit...

The bit of metal at the very top of the valve is in the shape of a D

I like the HD-700's with the Lyr 2 as well and they sound great with some ECC88 bugle boy d getters that I lucked out on, I have tried some HD-650's and they are very different from each other.   I really am not that keen on the HD-650 sound but that is my own taste, but the HD-700 are more...

I think that you need to listen to a few headphones from the suggestions here and buy the one you like, all the good reviews in the world won't help if you Don't like them, me with any amp with valves would stay with neutral or bright sounding headphones but you need to listen or you are just...

I found a great set of valves for £30 on ebay that I really like, so I sank my cash into a set of HE 560 which sound great, different to the HD 700 but both are good. still think that the best investment was the Mojo which makes the biggest difference to the sound and to me is the most cost...

The royal mail / parcelforce handling charge is the silly thing will be more than the VAT if they decide to charge, but in theory these are below the customs threshold.

Have had my Lyr 2 for a few weeks which I feed from a Pioneer XDP-100R into a Chord Mojo and my headphones are HD700, I upgraded from a Sony Nwza 15 feeding a Littledot 1+ with Mullard 4010 valves and a muses02 op amp.   The Lyr 2 was better even with the stock made in canada tubes but I was...

Joined a few days ago but have been looking for a while.   My system is.   Pioneer XDP-100R, Chord Mojo, Schiit Lyr 2, Sennheiser HD700,   Also   Sony NWZA 15, Little dot 1+, Audio techinca ATH-MSR7.   Trying to resist buying loads of valves.

I will let it have a couple of hundred hours of burn in,and see if I would like to tweek the sound a bit.

Mine came with some made in canada tubes so i bought the Tesla's as they seem to have a decent cost to performance ratio 

Would you say that the Tesla are similar in character to Telefunken but less good

New here and this is my first post, just set up my new Lyr 2 yesterday.   My system is Pioneer XDP100R dap feeding a Chord Mojo into the Lyr 2 which is running a matched pair of Tesla E88CC valves from 1982. and into some sennheiser HD700.   Still running in at the moment but first...