Well I just opened up a whole can of worms buying some ATH-W1000X on the drop offer. So far all my headphones have been high impedance the HD650 and Beyer T1's. The ATH's are so expensive in the UK around £600 so at less than half price resistance was futile and they are so so Purdy!
Bottlehead Amplifier Discussion / Comparison Thread: Crack, SEX & Mainline
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I've found lower impedance cans can show some noise from the SEX, but nothing too bad if it's wired on the 4 ohm taps.
I've tried lots of cans and they all sound great - there's just a really slight hum on the lower impedance ones.
I've tried lots of cans and they all sound great - there's just a really slight hum on the lower impedance ones.
My other headphones can't touch the performance of the SR-507 being driven by the SEX amps speaker outputs.
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My other headphones can't touch the performance of the SR-507 being driven by the SEX amps speaker outputs.
I think the Stax uses other type of connection so how could you connect your Stax SR-507 to the S.E.X amplifier? Please tell me because I am interested now. Thanks.
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Can we do that for the Mainline too, I wonder?
I use an SRD-7/SB, shown on the shelf next to my SR-507, which connects to the speaker outputs of the SEX. The woo wee does the same thing but is more expensive.
Also for any one also interested in STAX headphones there is a tread on the Bottlehead forum about modding your SEX to play with STAX.
http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,4219.0.html
http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,4219.0.html
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The output of S.E.X can be up to 2 Watts for each channel so we have 4 Watts totally for hungry power headphones but I read on the Mainline looks like can output up to 2 Watts.
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Speaking of the Mainline, the chassis plate is due back from the anodiser tomorrow!
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Speaking of the Mainline, the chassis plate is due back from the anodiser tomorrow!
Can't wait for the mainline review from you
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Wow, that chassis plate is pimping! Interested in hearing the comparisons of popular high end headphones using Mainline vs. other high-end amps.
Will the Mainline be the one amp to rule them all? I quiet like its looks so fingers crossed it will be able to really tease out the very best in each can and make them sing!
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I've heard that all 6DN7's are the same so there's no advantage of tube rolling at all on the S.E.X. Is this true?
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