[Lightspeed12]

Mind that you may be one of the few buying another DV after the first one. Most people learn their lessons from the first time

Why what is wrong with them in your opinion?

 

[HTSkywalker]

Why what is wrong with them in your opinion?

Nothing wrong, in fact it's a good product for the price to start the tube rolling hobby but normally people upgrade after it to higher amps.

 

[Slade01]

^ This!

Why what is wrong with them in your opinion?

@Lightspeed12 Also - If you were in the US and had the 110V version...and especially if you no DIY experience to do the mods, suffering through even one amp stock was very "challenging" with tube rolling and the inherent humming issues. There is nothing more disheartening than spending on tubes only to find that they cause a ton of humming and you have to burn them in days into a week to see if they will be usable at all. This issue kind of wore me down over time and it's the straw that broke the camel's back.

Anyways some people are always curious and eventually upgrade from the DV to other amps. Usually to find something more refined, a more articulate, controlled, elevated kind of sound. Probably in the vain and direction of your WA7.

I've always thought DV to be a unique amp - it is, for me, one of the "tubiest" amps out there. I'm not surprised actually that the DV as a pre to the WA7 works really well due to what both offers. By the way, do you have the WA7tp as well?

 

[bcowen]

Most people focus on Mona Lisa’s eyes. I focus on her bosom.

FTFY.

 

[Lightspeed12]

^ This!



@Lightspeed12 Also - If you were in the US and had the 110V version...and especially if you no DIY experience to do the mods, suffering through even one amp stock was very "challenging" with tube rolling and the inherent humming issues. There is nothing more disheartening than spending on tubes only to find that they cause a ton of humming and you have to burn them in days into a week to see if they will be usable at all. This issue kind of wore me down over time and it's the straw that broke the camel's back.

Anyways some people are always curious and eventually upgrade from the DV to other amps. Usually to find something more refined, a more articulate, controlled, elevated kind of sound. Probably in the vain and direction of your WA7.

I've always thought DV to be a unique amp - it is, for me, one of the "tubiest" amps out there. I'm not surprised actually that the DV as a pre to the WA7 works really well due to what both offers. By the way, do you have the WA7tp as well?

I must be degrading in tube amps I already have the woo audio wa7 fireflies 3rd gen with RCA clear top tubes & Mazda tubes for a different sound. Also the fostex hpv1 hybrid tube amp for on the move. But I just love the primitive sound of the darkvoice on my hd6xx, hd600 for some reason. When I hooked up the wa7 to it for fun as a pre dac/amp the paring was amazing.

 

[Lightspeed12]

I have the wa7 before the darkvoice using astell&kern sr25 to usb/wa7 to darkvoice using the 3.5 to rca cable from the wa7 our jack to darkvoice rca in.

 

[Slade01]

I must be degrading in tube amps I already have the woo audio wa7 fireflies 3rd gen with RCA clear top tubes & Mazda tubes for a different sound. Also the fostex hpv1 hybrid tube amp for on the move. But I just love the primitive sound of the darkvoice on my hd6xx, hd600 for some reason. When I hooked up the wa7 to it for fun as a pre dac/amp the paring was amazing.

Hey - if you like it, you like it. Don't mess with the magic. Not downgrading/degrading or anything, many of these amps just have different presentations and trade offs. And the DV as an OTL amp has been a convincing paring with the Senns.

 

[HTSkywalker]

I must be degrading in tube amps I already have the woo audio wa7 fireflies 3rd gen with RCA clear top tubes & Mazda tubes for a different sound. Also the fostex hpv1 hybrid tube amp for on the move. But I just love the primitive sound of the darkvoice on my hd6xx, hd600 for some reason. When I hooked up the wa7 to it for fun as a pre dac/amp the paring was amazing.

In fact the DV excels in term of warmth while lacking cleanliness. The more you move up in amps the more the cleanliness the less warmth all the way to SS sounding amps. IMHO

 

[HTSkywalker]

Hey - if you like it, you like it. Don't mess with the magic. Not downgrading/degrading or anything, many of these amps just have different presentations and trade offs. And the DV as an OTL amp has been a convincing paring with the Senns.

The DV with the Sens HD600 is one of the rare happy marriages

 

[HTSkywalker]

Feeding the DV through a Lokius will also yield a good result with many cans.

 

[Lightspeed12]

Feeding the DV through a Lokius will also yield a good result with many cans.

Mine goes through the loki mini + I also have the Lokius but thats hooked up to my topping a90 discrete/ d90le.

 

[jonathan c]

Feeding the DV through a Lokius will also yield a good result in many cans.

Including this? ... :

 

[HTSkywalker]

Including this? ... :

Including the trashy cans too. It will add more warmth to the echo

 

[HTSkywalker]

Mine goes through the loki mini + I also have the Lokius but thats hooked up to my topping a90 discrete/ d90le.

Not sure about the Topping inputs but Lokius have both RCA and Balanced I/O which output in parallel.

 

[Lightspeed12]

Not sure about the Topping inputs but Lokius have both RCA and Balanced I/O which output in parallel.

The topping a90 discrete has both balanced xlr & none balanced rca inputs & outputs, the d90le dac has two xlr balance & two rca none balance outputs.