I am such a screw up, I cant believe I made such a massive mistake... I was too busy trying to ensure the tube was centered left and right when socketing it I didnt pay attention to front and back and the NOS 5998 was not socketed properly. The girlfriend took a look at it for me and told me it...

I bought it from Drop, it just arrived a few days ago. I will contact them and see what the return policy is, I have also heard their CS is pretty good. The replacement tubes I bought: United NOS 5998, RCA 6SN7GTB. I also bought Dual Socket thingy and 2x Sylvania 6J5GT's but I havnt tried that...

I have never been so disappointed in a product before but there is something wrong with my Darkvoice. It arrived a few days ago and the first day was just amazing on the stock tubes, I had a great time just listening to music and relaxing. I swapped the tubes after a few hours and went back to...

My tubes came in today! I am still waiting on the adapter for the Sylvania tubes but thats ok, since I was a little to quick on the draw (very excited) I didnt notice that Drop wont even start shipping the DarkVoice's until the end of March lol. However I greatly appreciate all the help provided...

I was going to go that route over the DarkVoice but I am better at buying gear than crafting sadly. My understanding is Bottlehead Crack + Speedball is amazing but I would have to solder everything and I havnt messed with any of that before.

Yea I am good for the moment, I was able to snag the auction for a decent price but at this point I am slightly over what I paid for the DV unit. I will wait until I get it and all the tubes get is all configured and maybe look at others from there haha. Edit: No regrets though, I am excited to...

Ok, I should have heeded the warnings... Here I am waiting on the DarkVoice to even ship and I think I am close to spending as much on the tubes as I have on the actual unit, though $200 was a good deal. I am excited for everything but my wallet is giving me funny looks...

Thank you so much for the advice. I am going to read up a bit more on the Shuguang CV-181. I appreciate you taking the extra time to send me some links as well as the advice, i went ahead and pulled the trigger on both items I am looking at a 5998 but how much does the Brand matter? The one on...

Wow this is a very large and wonderful thread full of information but trying to search through it I am getting a little lost, I am sure this question has been asked 900 times already but please forgive me. Since Drop just released the DarkVoice 336 the other day I had some spare change and a...

Wow. The XL Pads are a complete game changer. The stock pads arnt bad but I do have a lot of discomfort after an hour or so, I just pushed through the pain because I have been enjoying them. Just got the XL Pads and put them on, they go all the way around my ears and just feel so much better. I...

I was worried about their size as well when I saw them online and then in the store, however they do cover my ears and I was impressed. I am waiting on the XL pads though after a few hours last night and today they do hurt my ears a bit, so did the 6XX's at first though. I have a pair of HD598's...

Thank you all again for the recommendations. I was able to hit up Guitar Center to check out DT770's and V-Moda M100's and the guy opened up a pair and let me hook my FiiO A3 and phone to put on a few tracks, I am now the proud owner of M100's! I have ordered the XL Pads from Amazon as they...

Thank you all for so much information, I am still sorting through things and I spoke to a local shop that has DT770, DT990 Pro (supposed to have great bass for open back?) and V-Moda M100's that I can demo. I am hoping they let me hook them into my own source FiiO A3 (only portable amp I have)...

I was looking at the Darkvoice 336se, I have been interested in trying out a tube amp. Would that really give the bass a decent boost? I will defiantly be looking into those when I get home today. I did look at the Argon's but my understanding is that I cant just buy them, I would need to...

I have looked into the M100's and while I hear they have great bass, people have talked about how they seem to become very uncomfortable after an hour or so of use. I have been looking at these for a long time now, I tried on a demo pair at a local guitar center... I dont know what source they...

Towards the end of last year I made my jump into starter gear, I purchased the Modi Multibit, Magni 3 and HD6XX. I absolutely love the setup for most music I listen too. However I dont get the bass punch that I would like from hip-hop/rap/techno music. I am looking for something over the ear in...

After many years of only buying cheap $20 headphones I was convinced by a few friends to purchase something decent ATH-M50S. I was then told that I would need an amp to go with the headphones and everyone recommended the FiiO E11 as I was using a cellphone as my source. I had used the headphones...

I have frequented these forums for several months now soaking up as much as I could. Finally decided to register an account so I can ask some questions about a few things, though I have to say using the search these last several months I have been able to find just about everything answered...