[SHAHZADA123]

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Wait till you get rid of the garbage stock tube on the Peak.

Did not even give it a try.
Till the Sylvania Bad Boys arrive I'm having to make do with the Tung Sol BGRP 

 

[Shahrose]

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Did not even give it a try.
Till the Sylvania Bad Boys arrive I'm having to make do with the Tung Sol BGRP 

 
Good man. The BBs are my favourites.
 
After you and Pras mentioned Night Song, I realized I had completely forgotten about the album. Listened to it again after a couple years atleast. Great stuff.

 

[sridhar3]

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Good man. The BBs are my favourites.
 
After you and Pras mentioned Night Song, I realized I had completely forgotten about the album. Listened to it again after a couple years atleast. Great stuff.

 
I have most of NFAK's discography in FLAC on various hard drives.  Some of the recordings leave a lot to be desired, but Night Song isn't one of them.  Truly a masterpiece.
 
Edit: And for the record, I'm not Pakistani or Muslim, and I don't understand Hindi or Punjabi.  I'm strictly a Tamilian.  And I enjoy the man's music just fine.

 

[Happy Camper]

Music has dialects like any other language. But if you learn it's origins, you can get its message. Tuvan songs takes some getting used to.

 

[sphinxvc]

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All I am saying is if there are lyrics in the song and if  you understand the language you make a better connection

 
I mostly don't understand what he's saying, but this is probably true.  Speaking of, are there any audiophile quality records out of that part of the world?  There seem to be a lot of MP3 cd's labeled "audio CD" out there.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Good man. The BBs are my favourites.
 
After you and Pras mentioned Night Song, I realized I had completely forgotten about the album. Listened to it again after a couple years atleast. Great stuff.

The BBs are great...but I preferred the 5692 brown base Sylvania...oh and Solude's confirmed that it works just fine in the Peak. Bonus: dead silent and zero microphonics. These tubes were developed for military applications and are very robust that way.

 

[gurus]

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I mostly don't understand what he's saying, but this is probably true.  Speaking of, are there any audiophile quality records out of that part of the world?  There seem to be a lot of MP3 cd's labeled "audio CD" out there.

Audiophile records are far and few in between in that part of the world. A lot of Indian recordings aye poorly recorded and are generally  oversaturated and end up having  distortion tho the vocals generally shine through.
 
 
To get a taste of music check out Coke Studio Pakistan (India is not that good)  on you tube. Tucker Shankar is good too.
 
My Favs from coke studio (unfortunately You tube but the quality and arrangement is generally better than originals on CD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ4k4035JdA
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaH2iuoYWE  ( Its all in the lyrics in this one- its Sufi spiritual music much like what Nusrat sings)
 
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tucker+shankar&oq=Tucker+shankar&gs_l=youtube.3..0.141765.150870.0.151345.14.10.0.4.4.0.97.644.10.10.0...0.0...1ac.uEJJ4tz-kYs 
(One for sridhar -Munbe Va)
 
 
This is what I am listening to on CD now
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhT9cc2Q8tE
 
And the Cd is titled Naina Lagaike. Good pressing and sound quality.

 

[Shahrose]

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The BBs are great...but I preferred the 5692 brown base Sylvania...oh and Solude's confirmed that it works just fine in the Peak. Bonus: dead silent and zero microphonics. These tubes were developed for military applications and are very robust that way.

 
I'm only talking about in the Peak. I don't know what the BBs sound like in other amps.

 

[wuwhere]

Its nice to listen to a different amp through the HE-6, I hear new sounds from tracks that I've heard so many times before. That's part of the hobby, I guess. That's why I don't agree when someone says amps don't make much difference.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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I'm only talking about in the Peak. I don't know what the BBs sound like in other amps.

PM'd 

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

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Ok...so how is the EF-6?
 
Its more expensive than other speaker amps, but is it better or not?
 
 
Does anyone know?

 
Well, so far I think the EF6 is my best amp at home for driving the HE-6.  It's not as warm and powerful as my Marantz 2240 via speaker outputs, but the EF6's transparency, micro-detail, soundstage and imaging are superior while the power is not lacking at all.  My Eddie Current ZDT is a little more laid back, refined, and spacious sounding, but at twice the cost and with half the power.

 

[wuwhere]

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My stock cable is has been oxidizing from the Y split to the headphone connectors. One side is noticeably more oxidized than the other. It also happens that recently I notice the channel that is on more oxidized side is at a slightly lower volume too. That should make sense right?
 
Thinking of what a new cable I could possibly make on my own without costing too much - say under $150. For the time being, I'm probably going to amputate the oxidized section and use it as a shorter cable.

 
You can post a wtb for an original cable that is not oxidize.
 
I bought one from someone here who hardwired his HE6 for a really good price. I just checked it and its not oxidized like my original one.

 

[elwappo99]

I got to hear an EF-6  today at the LA meet. I thought it was pretty capable amp for driving the HE-6. Very light, airy and transparent. Really liked the detail it could bring out. However, at that price point, there were a few other amps that did very well, IMO. 

 

[Face]

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100 watts aren't needed.  My J2 is 25 watts at 8ohms, and it does a remarkable job driving the HE-6s.  The Trends TA-10.2SE does a great job and it's only 10wpc.  Even Justin said earlier that people are barking up the wrong tree by thinking the HE-6 is only a power proposition.

That's not what I was saying either, otherwise I'd recommend an amp from Crown. 

 

[SHAHZADA123]

As a preamp, the Peak has added quite a bit of warmth to the mid-range and some much needed softness to the treble.
Despite 3 hrs of continuous listening last night & another 2 this afternoon there's absolutely no ear fatigue. Incredible.