Contrats classic, i'm burning mine in as we speak with 701 and 6H30Pi-EH. Sounding mighty fine; still bit sharp but the things that stuck out with me were enveloping soundstage and depth. Also a very musical amp, Santana and RHCP are just more vibrant and interesting. I've compared the...

Alright guys, i have just had some fresh correspondance with David today...and he has indeed conceided that it is a bad (and unique!) situation. He has now actually gone above and beyond, to make the delay up to me; I am impressed at how closely he monitors this community, and how readily...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tachikoma How many pins do 6H30s usually have? I'll check my new EH gold pins when I get home from work. Many thanks tachikoma; stands to reason that if they come with SE then its the same pin config...i just dont understand where this thing with...

IMO go with the ms-1...research that i did before i got mine indicated that the drivers in the ms-1 are slightly higher grade than the sr80 (more like between sr125 and sr225). I've since moved on to a very different sound (701), but even still i must maintain, i LOVED those ms-1's...thats the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Asr K701 is very dependent on both amp and source, not just amp! Where are the members of Team Source First? I've heard the K701 out of 10 CD players to date (some of them using the same amp and cables eliminating those variables) and I have to tell you, the...

Guys you misunderstand me. I merely think that its important for there to be information up on this forum of both sides of possibility. I think that people should be informed that not only are there alot of successful transactions and happy customers, but also that unsuccessful/unsatisfactory...

there is no loss, of course, the amp at is is qite good, theres no doubt about that...but 3-4 weeks of frustration, and defective REPLACEMENTS is significant enough to warn people about. Secondly, no the 6H30 are excellent tubes (when theyre not defective), and sadly their only replacements...

as they say, any excuse will do

I've heard alot about LD's famous customer service, however im sad to say I havent encountered it with my purchase of the MkIV in the last month or so. My amp wad DOA with a bad output tube (sov 6H30), when requesting a replacement LD has stalled with multiple excuses (tube shortage, QC testing...

have you allowed it to break it? Alot of ppl seem to be disappointed with the initual sound of the MkIII, then go on to say that it improves dramaticly with burn in

They should, about to find out shortly , the WE's are apparently the nicest...as for the 6H30's, yeh there doesnt seem to be anything else other than 6n6p from the ppl i've asked...however there are variants of the 6H30: 6H30 Types the DR is interesting, that BAT uses it...better be for 80...

dont forget that many people mistake inarticulation and veil in sound for 'warmth', this is particularly true in warm ss amplification, but is also true for transducers (speakers and phones alike). I wouldnt base a purchase the perceptions of others of the tone/signiture of the phone, everyone...

Believe it on not, transport does make a significant difference. There are many factors that potentially degrade the (digital) signal on its way from media to dac, including mechanism stability, error correction algorithms, clock quality, jitter, and the connects to the dac are very important as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum Does your computer audio have optical or coaxial out? The reason I ask: My ASUS notebook as HD sound chip. If I go line out to an amp, it is just too nasty to listen to. As soon as I go optical out to my DAC, then to my amp, everything is clean and...

interesting question that, certainly there will be no load on the output circuit, however tubes will glow weither there is a load on the circuit on not. You'll find that all the tubes will glow with the unit powered on, even if you have no headphones to the front jack OR amp plugged in to the...

I wouldnt imagine that the pre-out would behave as a loop-out with the amp off, that signal would be coming from the driver tubes. So essentially as a pre-out the LD would be using the driver stage, and the headphone out would be using the output tubes. Think of your driver stage as the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ounkchicago That's okay, I think continuing this discussion is worthwhile for anyone looking for amps for K701/DT880 on a reasonable budget, that want preamp functionality. On the subject of preamps, does anyone else think it's silly for a quality desktop...

Because if they did make "an affordable balenced solution, for everyone", they would sell a grand total of 10 amps....very few ppl are actually running balenced. Keep in mind that in this niche its relatively difficult to sell equipment. Just because it makes sense to build a dual mono with...

I've been reading around the forum a bit more, and some people seem to regard the MkIII as being a bit bright for a tube amp (especially with Grado/Alessandro's). This is precisely what I would like to avoid, as I would like to smooth out/warm up my MS-1's. Is there any way give the MkIII (or...

you know what i LOVE about this forum, how accepting and helpful everyone is. In my experience, in any other audiophile forum, if a noobie burst in a proclaimed that hes buying a 14 thousand dollar system to listen to trance and dance, they would be flamed within an inch of their life ...

excellent posts guy! especially negatron, thank you so much. Yes you had me sold at at the mention of the ALPS, i recognise that you can never have too good a potentiometer. I initially had some reservations about buying a chinese made tube amp, as most of my experience runs with densen, musical...

Hi guys, I'm an alessandro MS-1 owner, and I'm looking to buy a tube amp for it. I've narrowed my search down to a Little Dot, however I'm uncertain as to which one, the MkIII or the MkIV, could anyone enlighten me as to the sound and operating differences between the two? and weither these...