[tourmaline]

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Originally Posted by pataburd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just sold the 337 to Head-Fier, trevorlane. Tubed with the JAN Philips 6SJ7WGT and RCA 6AS7 blackplates, I readily admit that the Darkvoice sounded superb with the DT880/2003; and the HD650, which the buyer brought along with him, sounded the best I've ever heard. Truly, one's audio gear sounds its absolute best the minute it's sold! : ) Oh, well, the Bada is going back down to Ftiz to get fitted with Blackgate caps at the PSU, and with Mundorfs to replace all the remaining Solens. The Furutech fuse is in the Bada's future, too. : )

You will be surprised of how much of a difference this little fuse makes!

 

[Pricklely Peete]

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Originally Posted by tourmaline /img/forum/go_quote.gif You will be surprised of how much of a difference this little fuse makes!

Agreed......I usually ditch them altogether and run a nice solid chunk of copper between the cage pads (as in remove the cages and solder the copper to the pads)

Obviously that's a risky mod. I like the SQ gains though.

Peete

 

[pataburd]

If I liked, and owned, the HD650, I would say that the Darkvoice 337 was indispensible! : )

Honestly, after having heard the DV337 with the HD650, and also with the DT880--but with the RCA 6AS7Gs--I'm feeling a bit of remorse. Funny, how the RCAs really seemed to make a huge difference with the Beyers. Of course, I did not have time for an extended, critical listen, since the buyer was here and we needed to pack up the amp. But, I confess, if I can find another 337 reasonably priced (actually, you can get them from Casque for about $600/shipped right now), I may give it--and the HD650--a second audition.

Oh, well, that's the consequence of having headphones (i.e. D5000 and K501) that are not well-matched with the amp (i.e. Darkvoice 337), and hastily drawing conclusions about either . . . and a bit of "separation anxiety" as well! : )

 

[Skylab]

Yeah, I recently went back to 6AS7G's in the 337 - and I actually think I may prefer it over the 5998

Going to spend a little more time this way and then go back to 5998's and see...

 

[pataburd]

Don't rub it in, Rob! : ) I was also in anguish--after the DV337 was gone--as to how the Mullard 6080 and Tung-Sol 5998 might have sounded with the DT880/2003.

There may be another 337 looming on the horizon, though.

Fortitude, Patrick! "This, too, shall pass!" : )

 

[tourmaline]

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Originally Posted by pataburd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't rub it in, Rob! : ) I was also in anguish--after the DV337 was gone--as to how the Mullard 6080 and Tung-Sol 5998 might have sounded with the DT880/2003. There may be another 337 looming on the horizon, though. Fortitude, Patrick! "This, too, shall pass!" : )

Fact is that it is better to create a system around your headphone(s) you like and build on their strength then to long for something that half pleases you!

If you like the akg 501 best, build a solid system around that headphone!

 

[pataburd]

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Originally Posted by tourmaline /img/forum/go_quote.gif Fact is that it is better to create a system around your headphone(s) you like and build on their strength then to long for something that half pleases you! If you like the akg 501 best, build a solid system around that headphone!

. . . Hence, the Bada PH-12, which unquestionably drives the K501 and the D5000 more beneficially than the Darkvoice 337. Even though the V-Caps are not nearly broken in with the Bada, the DT880 fares better with the PH-12 (even with tubes not optimally suited to the Beyers), as well.

If I get another DV337, I'd really like to critically a/b it and the Bada, with the DT880/2003 and the HD650. : )

Fortitude, Patrick!

 

[tomjtx]

LOL,
I am loving this, Rob back to the rca's , Patrick with sellers remorse.
I am SO happy to see my compatriots suffer Audiophilia nervosa to the same degree as I

Thank you guys for making me feel less weird.

 

[tourmaline]

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Originally Posted by tomjtx /img/forum/go_quote.gif LOL, I am loving this, Rob back to the rca's , Patrick with sellers remorse. I am SO happy to see my compatriots suffer Audiophilia nervosa to the same degree as I Thank you guys for making me feel less weird.

Most people here on head-fi have that itch, looking for musical bliss!

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by tomjtx /img/forum/go_quote.gif LOL, I am loving this, Rob back to the rca's , Patrick with sellers remorse. I am SO happy to see my compatriots suffer Audiophilia nervosa to the same degree as I Thank you guys for making me feel less weird.

LOL - yes we do.

Just for the record - I am using Tung-Sol black plate halo getter 6AS7G's, not RCA's.

 

[tomjtx]

CURSE YOU, Rob,
Now I have to get the Tung sol's

Couldn't you have just lied?

BTW, where did you get the Tung Sol's?

 

[Skylab]

Actually I got them from Antique Electronic Supply - but you need to call them, not place a web order, to ask for a specific brand.

I do prefer the Tung-Sol's over the RCA's.

 

[tomjtx]

I thank you but my wallet doesn't

 

[pataburd]

Meanwhile, I'll drown my sorrows in a long, vibrant session with the Fitz-Max Jr. Bada! Darkvoice? (sob!) Darkvoice who? (sniffle!) The bass on the Fitz-Max Jr. Bada definitely goes much deeper, and with better articulation, punch/dynamics . . . There IS light, or is it music(?), at the end of the tunnel.

6SJ7? We don't need no stinking 6SJ7! : )

There are Blackgate electrolytics, ERSE bypass caps and a Furutech fuse in the Bada's immediate future . . .

 

[frank99]

Those tung sol tubes are hard to find now, it took me some time until I got a pair used from ebay at a decent price. I do feel tung sols are more musical than the RCAs.