[Keithpgdrb]

boy, that Khartago looks like a nicely built amp.  I love **** that looks good inside and out.

 

[Tobes]

  boy, that Khartago looks like a nicely built amp.  I love **** that looks good inside and out.

My Khartago has many of the factory upgrades applied - but I imagine the standard model would still be very hard to beat at it's price.
Built to order, personalised and with 20yr warranty for $995!
The version with just the PS and PCB component upgrades has been compared favourably to the outrageously expensive Solution 700 amp.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Well I was about to order an Audio-GD Precision 1, but apparently they are now discontinued and there is no more stock. What would be similar? A new Stand alone amp or amp/dac with volume control for under $1000? How far from the full potential of the HE-6 would the Emotiva Mini-X really render it?

Thanks guys. You've been so helpful. I do appreciate that.

 

[Peter78]

Well I was about to order an Audio-GD Precision 1, but apparently they are now discontinued and there is no more stock. What would be similar? A new Stand alone amp or amp/dac with volume control for under $1000? How far from the full potential of the HE-6 would the Emotiva Mini-X really render it?

Thanks guys. You've been so helpful. I do appreciate that.

 
I'm in the same boat (received notice last week that the Precision 1 was discontinued, after having decided to purchase it for my new HE-6's).  I'm now looking at the Odyssey Cylcops (which is an Odyssey Khartago with a passive pre-amp).  Several have commented favorably about the Khartago with the HE-6's.

 

[hawkhead]

I have a great combo with my HE6 at the moment
 
They driven by a Primare 30.1 100w dual mono amp
 
Now for the problem - I need to downsize to a much smaller form factor
 
So any suggestions? (up to about $1000), secondhand is fine
 
Is the Gustard H10 any good ?

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

I'm in the same boat (received notice last week that the Precision 1 was discontinued, after having decided to purchase it for my new HE-6's).  I'm now looking at the Odyssey Cylcops (which is an Odyssey Khartago with a passive pre-amp).  Several have commented favorably about the Khartago with the HE-6's.

The Cyclops is interesting. My worry is that without the exponential growth curve of the volume control like with an Audio-GD amp the Cyclops would give little to no volume control.

 

[ohhgourami]

The Cyclops is interesting. My worry is that without the exponential growth curve of the volume control like with an Audio-GD amp the Cyclops would give little to no volume control.

I use a 24 step passive autoformer volume control and I've got enough play. It never goes past 12oclock for me but I can find the right volume. More steps would be nice but it's fine. This is also comparing with the exponential curve of my Master-1 which still doesn't give you a ton of play unless your amp can use ACSS/CAST too which has a lower gain.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

I use a 24 step passive autoformer volume control and I've got enough play. It never goes past 12oclock for me but I can find the right volume. More steps would be nice but it's fine. This is also comparing with the exponential curve of my Master-1 which still doesn't give you a ton of play unless your amp can use ACSS/CAST too which has a lower gain.

What amount of power would you say that setup is delivering at 12 o clock? If you turn it all the way up would you get the full 300w @ 8 ohm?

 

[ohhgourami]

Probably is half of max, but Krell also underrates all their output numbers too. I'll only have music on that setting for very quiet tracks. It's usually in the 8-9oclock region.
 
You also have to factor in gain for the amp. I got no idea what gain is on yours. Low gain will give you more volume play.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Probably is half of max, but Krell also underrates all their output numbers too. I'll only have music on that setting for very quiet tracks. It's usually in the 8-9oclock region.

You also have to factor in gain for the amp. I got no idea what gain is on yours. Low gain will give you more volume play.

Well your Krell has pretty high gain at +25 dB. The HE-6 should be barely listenable at even 10% of that amps power, but that seems to not be the case. Very odd. Speaking from piece of mind's sake I wonder if I could lower the output of my source somehow if the amp is too powerful. Maybe use an Emotiva control freak between DAC and amp for 2 types of volume control.

Thank you btw ohhgourami you've been very helpful in this thread.

 

[SuperDuke]

I just picked up the HE6 last week and find it hard to put them down.  I don't recall enjoying my HE1K (sold) nearly as much.
 
 
I've had very good results with the Bottlehead 2A3 amp and also a Nelson Pass DIY amp called the "Ampcamp" amp - both about 5W or so.
 
For the other end of the spectrum I'm curious how my D Sonic Class D amp will sound.  It's a outstanding amp w/ Open baffle speakers.  More to follow.

 

[rlawli]

The Cyclops is interesting. My worry is that without the exponential growth curve of the volume control like with an Audio-GD amp the Cyclops would give little to no volume control.

 
I use a Warpspeed LDR passive preamp and have pretty much complete control over volume regardless of the amp I've used. Since I have not tried other LDR implementations, I can't tell you if this behavior is characteristic of the Warpspeed LDR preamps or LDR preamps in general.

 

[fradoca]

 
 
Many people wonder how much money you'll have to spend to properly drive your HE-6. I come from the pro audio world and i've been doing audio mastering in the past.I use headphones since i was 25.Now i'm 43.The he6 has always been a sort of unknow object for me.A headphone not so easy to understand sonically speaking because the LCD-X driven by my Audio-GD Master 9 is my reference combo.Until the other day.At my big surprise (i usually drive the he-6 in balanced mode with my Violectric V281 and my Audio Gd Master 9) the other day i tried the new iCAN SE by iFi Audio and this new bay boy drives the HE-6 like a mad! With 4 watts at 16 ohm the power is really enough. If you engage the bass boost at minimum settings the sound of the HE-6 becomes full engaging punchy fast and literally neutral.The sound is not as refined as with the Master 9 but for 300 bucks you get very very close. Well worth a try!!!

 

[SuperDuke]

Follow up on using the D Sonic M3-800S with the HE6:
 
After going back and forth w/ my Bottlehead 2A3, Nelson Pass AMP Camp Amp (6W), and D Sonic Class D Amp - I am extremely pleased (code language for happy as a pig in mud)  w/ the Class D amp - particularly the punch!, space, zero noise and extreme detail.   If I did not already have this amp in my possession would not have thought to pair the two.

 

[rlawli]

I believe that's "Happy as a pig at hight tide."