ken6217
Headphoneus Supremus
I tried a pair of unused NOS Mullard ECC32 tubes tonight, and the sound seems to have some distortion. I know the tubes need breaking in but I hadn't heard this type of sound on new tubes before. Any ideas.
Mine is about a year now, daily use, 500+ hours, sounds better and better.Wondering if any long term owners of the HA-300 can speak to the amp's reliability - they've been out for a couple of years now. I have a Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP integrated amp which I believe is built in the same factory, which has been bulletproof for me for 2 years of very heavy use, just curious if there's anyone out there who's REALLY used their HA-300 for serious hours and can share their experiences - thanks!
GuyForkes is pretty much spot on. Abyss is a very unique headphones, I do find it suits more with SS. But HA300 with some tubes can make it a good amp with 1266. I tried JJ 300b, and Full music 300b/q can make 1266 sound quite beautiful. KR300B(newer version) on the other hand is not that good. So I think tubes with smoother treble(300bq) or darker signature ( JJ) can pretty much adjust 1266 more to my taste.I am curious about the HA-300. Does it have enough drive for the 1266 Abyss? How does it sound on the HP? I saw a post from Cayin saying it was ok not special on the Abyss.
Any feedback on this combo would be most useful.
I tried a pair of NOS GE GTA. In the first few hours, they did sound rough, but after about 10 hours, they are just fine. I did switch back to my old tubes and another pair of NOS GTA to eliminate bias.I tried a pair of unused NOS Mullard ECC32 tubes tonight, and the sound seems to have some distortion. I know the tubes need breaking in but I hadn't heard this type of sound on new tubes before. Any ideas.
I would say both are ok, soso level... I actually came from WA5...Thanks guys, looks like the HA-300 won't work in our system then.
Anyone compared / heard the Woo WA5 LE on the Abyss? The review on Part Time Audiophile was positive about the Abyss pairing on that amp:
https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/09/27/review-woo-audio-wa5le-v2-vacuum-tube-headphone-amplifier/
Apologies going off topic, I can ask this on the Abyss forum as well.
I tried a pair of NOS GE GTA. In the first few hours, they did sound rough, but after about 10 hours, they are just fine. I did switch back to my old tubes and another pair of NOS GTA to eliminate bias.
brain effects? I mean I was trying to make sure, the distortion is gone, in stead of "I feel it is gone".Thanks for the reply. What did you mean about eliminating bias?
Tube works differently than SS.... When SS has less power with higher ohm, tubes may have greater output at high ohm... Lots of tubes active in 200, 300ohm environment hence they're great for high impedance HP but hit/miss for planars...How is the volume position if driving the Abyss, or Susvara? I am confused, but it seems the HA-300 outputs about 2W at 50 ohms, so well below it's rated 8W on the speaker 8 ohm taps.
Thus technically for headphones, we have a 3W head amp or lower? Or am I missing something?
How is the volume position if driving the Abyss, or Susvara? I am confused, but it seems the HA-300 outputs about 2W at 50 ohms, so well below it's rated 8W on the speaker 8 ohm taps.
Thus technically for headphones, we have a 3W head amp or lower? Or am I missing something?
Not what I'm getting.How is the volume position if driving the Abyss, or Susvara? I am confused, but it seems the HA-300 outputs about 2W at 50 ohms, so well below it's rated 8W on the speaker 8 ohm taps.
Thus technically for headphones, we have a 3W head amp or lower? Or am I missing something?