[JKDJedi]

Thanks a lot. I hope this is an endgame headphone amplifier in my collection.
The picture of another side of my room.

Woah.... Holy Headphones Collectionitus .. very nice .. wishing I had you as my neighbor. ,

quick question...of those, which one has the most use?

 

[kimdeug]

Woah.... Holy Headphones Collectionitus .. very nice .. wishing I had you as my neighbor. ,

quick question...of those, which one has the most use?

Thanks.
You will not believe, but mostly I am using AKG Q701 and 7XX. They are heavily modified to my taste, as almost all my other headphones. Even Argon Mk3 was modified to reduce amount of bass.
AKG Q701, 7XX mods: 4pin XLR, 3D earpads ring, Brainwaves earpads, slightly opened membrane port, internal dumping to reduce reverberation, actuation rings, replaced internal wiring with shielded cable.
There are few new headphones I am testing now and like them a lot. Picture below.

 

[kimdeug]

read back 10 pages and go from there... LOTS OF INFO HERE

Also I can see you have IBasso IT01 - very good choice. I have IT01 and IT01S and love them very much. IT01S is one of my favourite.

 

[LoryWiv]

Now I am hunting for KT88,KT66. EL34 and 6L6 tubes as the new baby came to my house last week Cayin HA-6A

The Feliks-Audio Elise and Euforia threads have a lot of impressions and information about KT66, KT77, KT88, 7581A, 6L6 and 6VG as many owners (myself included) use them on the FA amps with adapters. That family of tubes has been a game changer for me...happy hunting!

 

[SHIMACM]

Thanks.
You will not believe, but mostly I am using AKG Q701 and 7XX. They are heavily modified to my taste, as almost all my other headphones. Even Argon Mk3 was modified to reduce amount of bass.
AKG Q701, 7XX mods: 4pin XLR, 3D earpads ring, Brainwaves earpads, slightly opened membrane port, internal dumping to reduce reverberation, actuation rings, replaced internal wiring with shielded cable.
There are few new headphones I am testing now and like them a lot. Picture below.

I also have an AKG K7XX. I can't get rid of him. On my Arcam rhead the k7xx sounds better than my T1. In Darkvoice ..... T1 slays the k7xx.
I keep thinking about the T1 in these cutting-edge tube amplifiers.

 

[SHIMACM]

For what it's worth, I got a Westinghouse Voice of Music 12au7 that I really enjoy. It's pretty bassy though and may be a bit much with the HD600.
Tung Sol has a tall 12au7 (the specific version escapes me) that is very, very detailed and pretty well balanced.
The RCA Clear Glass is the 12au7 that Doc at Bottlehead likes to promote, along with some of the Mullard and Telefunken tubes. I believe the RCA is probably a bit less expensive.

Combinations I love on my T1:

Kenrad vt231 and RCA 6as7g.

Chatham 6as7g and RCA vt231 gray glass.

Mullard 6080 and RCA vt231 gray glass.

Tung-sol 5998 and RCA vt231 / Kenrad vt231.

The first combination is the cheapest, taking into account that KenRad is made of transparent glass. But it has a great sound.

 

[Wes S]

Combinations I love on my T1:

Kenrad vt231 and RCA 6as7g.

Chatham 6as7g and RCA vt231 gray glass.

Mullard 6080 and RCA vt231 gray glass.

Tung-sol 5998 and RCA vt231 / Kenrad vt231.

The first combination is the cheapest, taking into account that KenRad is made of transparent glass. But it has a great sound.

Nice combos there, blending neutral/bright tubes with warm ones, which I imagine is a must with the famous Beyer treble.

 

[PsilocybinCube]

Nice combos there, blending neutral/bright tubes with warm ones, which I imagine is a must with the famous Beyer treble.

What is the difference between t1 and HD800? Are they too similar to bother with owning both?

And I concur about the tube blends. On my HD800 I have found quite the affinity for a clear 6as7g with a punchy, warm 6sn7.

Currently I'm using a cheapo Sylvania Bad-Boy with the Svetlana Winged C and loving it. Helps that the combo costs less than $100.

 

[SHIMACM]

What is the difference between t1 and HD800? Are they too similar to bother with owning both?

And I concur about the tube blends. On my HD800 I have found quite the affinity for a clear 6as7g with a punchy, warm 6sn7.

Currently I'm using a cheapo Sylvania Bad-Boy with the Svetlana Winged C and loving it. Helps that the combo costs less than $100.

If it works well on my T1, it should work well on your hd800. The differences between the two have topics and discussion topics, with some preferring the hd800 ((bigger stage (but less precise) but more clinical)) and others preferring T1 ((more musical, more precise stage (but a little smaller)) But both share the highs that need to be tamed.

 

[SHIMACM]

Nice combos there, blending neutral/bright tubes with warm ones, which I imagine is a must with the famous Beyer treble.

The T1's treble with these combinations are tamed and look wonderful.

 

[Wes S]

The T1's treble with these combinations are tamed and look wonderful.

I have never heard the T1, but have owned the DT1770 & DT1990, so I am familiar with Beyer treble and the taming with tubes, and it is almost as if they were made for each other. I can only imagine how awesome the T1's sound with those tube combos.

 

[SHIMACM]

I have never heard the T1, but have owned the DT1770 & DT1990, so I am familiar with Beyer treble and the taming with tubes, and it is almost as if they were made for each other. I can only imagine how awesome the T1's sound with those tube combos.

I know there are much better audio equipment out there, but the synergy between T1 and Darkvoice and those tubes I mentioned is divine. I can't imagine anything better, even though I know there is better. My T1 is the 1st generation, famous for the excessive treble. But when they are tamed, pure magic happens, and what is shown is the most beautiful and detailed treble I have ever heard. The T1 connected to the Arcam rHead is thin, shiny and totally dull. In Darkvoice with the right valves it sounds full, silky, detailed with excellent bass and very high resolution on a wide, deep and 3D stage. It is as if it became a 10x more expensive phone. I am extremely happy with the T1. I'm just imagining it in more expensive amplifiers like DNA etc.

 

[JKDJedi]

I have never heard the T1, but have owned the DT1770 & DT1990, so I am familiar with Beyer treble and the taming with tubes, and it is almost as if they were made for each other. I can only imagine how awesome the T1's sound with those tube combos.

Somewhat in the same ballpark with my DT770 250ohm cans... (I think his T1 are 600ohm) the Beyerdynamic treble is prominent. Leather Dekoni pads and tubed amplification is tips with them.

 

[JKDJedi]

Stoked... The Tung Sol 6520 just arrived and the Thompson's get here tomorrow.

 

[zeroduke]

If it works well on my T1, it should work well on your hd800. The differences between the two have topics and discussion topics, with some preferring the hd800 ((bigger stage (but less precise) but more clinical)) and others preferring T1 ((more musical, more precise stage (but a little smaller)) But both share the highs that need to be tamed.

Right. I've got both of them with the WooAudio WA2 (Bendix 6080, Philips e88CC, Mullard EZ81). The difference it's like you have said. I like T1 the most.