Headphone Tube Amps - The hunt for all 300B TUBE AMPS

[shwnwllms]

New (to me) Agartha 2021 owner checking in

 

[LE9000]

New (to me) Agartha 2021 owner checking in

Niiice setup! Congrats
How do you like the ZMF Agartha combo?
How is the noise floor on the highZ output?

 

[shwnwllms]

Niiice setup! Congrats
How do you like the ZMF Agartha combo?
How is the noise floor on the highZ output?

It’s an incredible combo

High Z was a bit noisy at first but a 12AU7 input (or equivalent) tames the noise

I’d suggest either a G73-R or an early 12BH7 (black plate) as an input. I’m loving my Tung-Sol 12BH7 black plate as an input with the Elrogs so much I have a UK Brimar and early CBS Hytron 12BH7 coming as well

I’m also running a GS-X MK2 as a preamp which helps add back some headroom from the lower gain input without raising the noise floor

Oh and I have a pair of new production WE 300Bs on the way to compare against the Elrogs

 

[tdx]

Total noob question, but can something like the Takatsuki TA−S01 amp be used with headphones using an adapter? Or is it only for speaker use?

Thanks

 

[LE9000]

It’s an incredible combo

High Z was a bit noisy at first but a 12AU7 input (or equivalent) tames the noise

I bet it sounds awesome!
Fighting noise in my own A&S amp I have come to really appreciate the 6SU7GTY=6188 Tungsol round black plates coated glass.
It is simply the quietest 8-pin tube I have tried in the A&S.
But the 9-pin small tubes are also nice - and always very quiet.

 

[shwnwllms]

I bet it sounds awesome!
Fighting noise in my own A&S amp I have come to really appreciate the 6SU7GTY=6188 Tungsol round black plates coated glass.
It is simply the quietest 8-pin tube I have tried in the A&S.
But the 9-pin small tubes are also nice - and always very quiet.

I have one of those as well. They are nice

 

[shwnwllms]

I bet it sounds awesome!
Fighting noise in my own A&S amp I have come to really appreciate the 6SU7GTY=6188 Tungsol round black plates coated glass.
It is simply the quietest 8-pin tube I have tried in the A&S.
But the 9-pin small tubes are also nice - and always very quiet.

I think I just made headway on my noise issue, it was my rectifier. Swapped the Fivre 6AX5GT for an early 1951 RCA 6AX5GT (Solid Black Plates - No Holes, Square Getter) Most of the noise is gone, and bass is a bit more articulated so I’m sticking with this rectifier for now.

 

[jjshin23]

Have an A&S Red October with WE300B and WE422A tubes. Sounding very nice with the Susvara and pretty much everything I through at it. Waiting for the Elrog tubes to see how they are in the amp but this will work just fine for now to enjoy the music

 

[Haidar]

Total noob question, but can something like the Takatsuki TA−S01 amp be used with headphones using an adapter? Or is it only for speaker use?

Thanks

Absolutely, using something like this:

https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds...edance-matching-box-w-blue-jeans-cable.54751/

 

[tdx]

Absolutely, using something like this:

https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds...edance-matching-box-w-blue-jeans-cable.54751/

Thank you. Since Im very new to non-headphone amps, is the Takatsuki TA−S01 considered good?

Thanks

 

[Galapac]

Not sure many have heard a Takatsuki TA−S01 with a car price tag of $32,000.

 

[shwnwllms]

Tonight’s roll, Melz 1579 & WE300B (incredibly lush, full bodied romantic sound). Melz 1579 are a perfect match with the WE 300B. This is one input tube that has better synergy with the WE than with the Elrogs.

 

[KrauserX91]

I never saw in this thread these tubes:

Stradi 300B Korea

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186090870430

Does anyone know something about them?

 

[ThanatosVI]

I never saw in this thread these tubes:

Stradi 300B Korea

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186090870430

Does anyone know something about them?

Never heard of these before. A korean current production?

 

[KrauserX91]

Never heard of these before. A korean current production?

Just saw they have a web, first time hearing about the brand. They have even WE replica.

https://www.straditube.com/