[LarsHP]

Attach the resistor between the plus and minus binding posts (one 10 Ohm power-resistor on each channel). That's it.

 

[Hansotek]

Listening to the HE-6 through the speaker taps on this vintage Harmon Kardon 730 right now. Very, very nice soundstage through this one. Width is quite exceptional. Really nice balance in frequency response as well. There's a touch of noise way in the background, but I think most of it is from the turntable and not the amp. Very clean in terms of attack and decay. I like this one!

 

[punit]

Nice. Did you buy the HK 730 specifically for the HE 6 ? You can always test if the Vinyl is the source of the noise by connecting a DAC to it .

 

[FredrikT92]

Alright, since the Xindak I was planning to buy got sold, I have 4 amps in my mind:
Odyssey Cyclops
Exposure 2010s2/3010s2
Naim
Ragnarok
 
What u guys think?
 
I was trying to find any pass labs or first watt for around my budget of 2-2,5k, but I would need a pre-amp aswell then, and I dident find any 230V

 

[Hansotek]

Nice. Did you buy the HK 730 specifically for the HE 6 ? You can always test if the Vinyl is the source of the noise by connecting a DAC to it .

No. It's my dad's. Just flew out to visit the folks for a long weekend. I was curious to try with his HK after scoring that other one earlier this week.

The receiver does have some very low level noise with CDs too, but it's not bad. The Burr-Brown chip on this NAD player I'm listening to now is a horrifyingly bad implementation... Makes it hard to enjoy anything.

 

[raybone0566]

Ok guys,
I'm going to take the plunge because I have to hear these cans. I'm going to go with a speaker amp. Going to hunt on eBay. Any good suggestions on what to look for? I'm kind of green as to running headphones this way. Any suggestions or ideas you have id appreciate.

 

[LarsHP]

High end transparency, resolution and openness, iron fist bass control, class A (or high biased class A/B), solid state. Not necessarily lots of wattage.

 

[hawkhead]

Listening to the HE-6 through the speaker taps on this vintage Harmon Kardon 730 right now. Very, very nice soundstage through this one. Width is quite exceptional. Really nice balance in frequency response as well. There's a touch of noise way in the background, but I think most of it is from the turntable and not the amp. Very clean in terms of attack and decay. I like this one!

 
Those are lovely - I have an HK 630 in my kitchen "beater" system along with a Squeezebox touch and Keesonic Kubs
 
Sonos go screw yourself you POS

 

[TheOtus]

Hi everyone, especially HE-6 owners. = ) Would my Luxman P-700u be suitable to drive these headphones?

 

[NZtechfreak]

Hi everyone, especially HE-6 owners. = ) Would my Luxman P-700u be suitable to drive these headphones?

It might be a little shy on power, with balanced doing 4W into 32ohm with the HE6 needing 4.4W to hit 120dB transient peaks. That said, it may go well, since those peaks would be loud listening and they give output power in continuous power (refreshing change from all those who give maximum power) and it's pure Class A. My CMA800R monos 'only' do 4W pure Class A into 50ohm and they're great with the HE6. I'd give the Luxman a go.

 

[TheOtus]

Should go well then because 120dB is insanely loud and P-700u can surely give a lot more than 4W of peak power.

 

[session76]

NFB-1AMP from Audio-GD is a wonderful match for the hE6 Power to spare and wonderful at all frequencies

 

[Rossliew]

Anyone tried the Rogue Audio Sphinx with the HE-6 via the speaker taps?

 

[RAZRr1275]

Has anyone tried any of the Nikko NA or Nikko Alpha series amps with the HE-6? Where do they rank?

 

[bimmer100]

I was listening to the Odyssey Cyclops last weekend and that was a good amp for the HE-6
 
also my Master11 has been one of the best Amp's i've heard for the He-6  i'm around 75-80steps out of 100 to get some nice high DB with lots of headroom to spare! TONS of headroom, they never have sounded so sweet.