Chs177
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The Telefunkens are pricey...
Mostly yes, but you could find out good deals. Once I bought NOS, unopened Tele fo 20EUR.
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The Telefunkens are pricey...
Many Thank, KepinCemit.
It seem that Amperex 6DJ8 is the way too go for me cuz I don't really care much about bass,
I listen mainly to JPop Female Singer and few Classical.
Try the GE smoked glass 6DJ8. It's cheap and it's a good pairing for electronic music. The Siemens tubes are more neutral sounding, with less emphasis on bass than the GE's. Another decent cheap all rounder is the Philips JAN 6922 (made in the USA), or if you'd like more emphasis on mids, the Philips holland tubes are very nice (orange globe, etc). Siemens has a tilt towards treble, so you'll have plenty of ambience/details, however they're generally expensive tubes.
Struggling to find the ge tube in the UK, will keep looking otherwise I will look at the Philips, thanks for the help
I will look at the Philips, thanks for the help
Finding tubes in UK is easy - http://www.langrex.co.uk/.
A little bit princely but there are good tubes.
Why you are looking for Philips if you have Mullards and Brimars locally?
It's both very good sounding tubes.
Sorry guys, new to this whole thing Haha. Turns out I can get the ge tube on eBay for around £25. That link is good thanks but again being new to this I'm not sure how all these models stack up in terms of audio characteristics, what I'm looking for is detailed in an earlier post ^ will the Mullards and Brimars give similar characteristics??![]()
The T1 with a good tube, I use an Amperex 7308, as a DAC into the Asgard 2 driving HD600's sounds awesome. In my opinion this combo gives the best of both worlds, the warmth of a tube, and the drive and punch of solid state. The T1's amp section was ok with the 600's at higher gain, but they came alive with the Asgard 2, better bass, bigger more detailed soundstage, better instrument separation, etc... Haven't upgraded in a while, which says something...
Works great with the 6xx series phones. Not quite as powerful as using an external amp, but a very detailed, tonally correct presentation can be had.
I would urge you to try some Holland tubes with these headphones. The midrange can sound very, very nice.
I am pretty sure Aune tested the T1 with the 6xx series headphones... It may sound a bit polite, but I enjoy the sound myself quite a lot.
I'm trying to decide between the T1 and a lesser known Xduoo TA-01. The TA-01 has a higher output of 224mW at 300 ohm vs T1's 150mW at 300 ohms, will this give better results than the T1 similar to your experience with the higher powered Asgard 2?