Quote: Good choice.  I've used a lot of nice amps and the V200 holds it's own fairly well.  IMO, It's a really good all purpose amp and for the money is hard to beat.  

Quote:   Another update.  To start, I can't say enough about the excellent customer service that Matt Rotunda, owner of Pitch Perfect Audio, provides.  He actually ended up sending me his own personal 120v 300X (with stock mullards) to try with my LCD-2.  It turns out the 300X is...

  Here's an update on my Leben/LCD-2  issue.  Apparently,  Leben has made some changes on the headphone out.  Here is an email I received from my dealer.   "Leben mentioned to me that the latest production runs of the Leben, they have dropped the voltage from 1v to .08 v on the headphone...

Quote: Brent Jessee has 10 pairs of NOS.  They're up there at $399/pair.   

Quote: Yes,  same issue driving the LCD-2 with the stock tubes and NOS tubes.  I've even tried different combinations of NOS and stock with the same issue.  All tubes seem fine and the amp works exceptionally well driving the Senns out of the hp jack and the HE-6 out of the speaker taps, it...

Quote: That's funny.  I'm listening to the exact same track now and was getting ready to post how awesome the HE-6 are sounding out of the speaker taps of my leben cs300xs when I read your post.  Great CD that really sound nice with my set up using the HE-6.  

Quote: Are you getting the same impact/drive with the LCD's at the same volume through the hp jack?  Are you getting any hum/buzz noise out of the HE-6 with the volume all the way down with your triple mica 5751's?  

Quote: Wow!  I am in the process of being blown away here listening to Junior Wells "Come on in the House" SACD with the HE-6 out of the leben speaker tabs right now (about 10 on dial with the bass boost on 3).  The best headphone experience I've had to date.  BTW, when I flip to my Senn...

Quote:   It sounds like at least Double F and godog were having similar issues so I'm going to contact my dealer Monday to see if he has any answers.  I trust your opinion and have purchased gear just off your reviews so I'm sure there is a difference in our amps and not our ears here.  I...

Quote: I'm using the Marantz SA-7S1 SACD player.  I believe the output voltage on the RCA's is 2.5V and 5V on the XLR's.  I do use the XLR outs to the Violectric since it takes balanced inputs.  The Violectric has an adjustable gain control which I do have to turn down (compared to the...

I've justed added a pretty large post to the other leben thread since I'm having some issues driving my LCD-2's and it had been discussed in that thread.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Quote:   Quote:   Quote:   Quote: This is all very interesting for me since I bought the Leben for the LCD-2 and am having the same issue Double F and godog had.  Basically my new Leben cannot drive my LCD-2 to  loud levels  without distorting...

Quote: Yea, too many amps!  I already had the 200 and  a Zana Deux, and had been wanting a Leben 300 for a while.  I finally decided to pull the trigger on the Leben.    I sold the ZD and now just have the Leben and the 200.  I also like the fact that the 200 has balanced inputs so I can...

Quote: I'll be sure to post some impressions with the Leben after they arrive.  I was told 6 weeks when I ordered last week.  

I couldn't justify having the Leben without speakers so I ordered a pair of these  http://www.decware.com/newsite/MG944.html   last week.  Expected delivery time is 6 weeks, but I'm hopeful they will do very well with the Leben.  They are designed for low power tube gear.  

Quote: I only tried two tubes with the Peak, the stock tung-sol and the shuguang treasure blackbottle CV181, the latter being much better IMO.  Based on my experience with Mullard ECC35's  in my Zana Deux,  I imagine the ECC32 would be a great match for the Peak.    

Quote: No, it's SS.        

Quote: I had the Peak/Volcano on hand for a couple of weeks.  I agree with what I've read already on the Peak that it has a slightly hot treble that can work well for the LCD-2 for those that think it is dark.  I actually like the treble of the LCD-2 so that's not an issue for me.  The...

   You might want to check out these decware speakers  http://www.decware.com/newsite/DM945.html   I just ordered a pair mg944's for my leben cs300xs.  The owner, Steve, is a great guy to deal with.   

Quote: I had the same decision to make and ended up with both planars.  

Quote:   That's good to hear.  I picked them up from Brent Jessee Recording and he had a lot of good things to say about them as well.  He basically told me the the triple mica gold Sylvania's where in his opinion the best 5751's ever made.    

Quote:     Holland Amperex Bugleboy EL84's and Sylvania blackplate triple mica gold 5751's  

Just got word that my unit has shipped!  NOS tubes arrived yesterday.  

I replaced the stock cable with an AproditeCU Zeus OCC quad 22 cable.  Nice upgrade. 

Quote:     My favorites, and I've tried a bunch, are the 1957 Valvos and short brown base Mullard ECC35's.     It's funny,  I'm actually selling my ZD to fund the purchase of a Leben since I've heard it drives planar headphones so well, and I've gone almost exclusively with the...