[moodyrn]

What he said

 

[Happy Camper]

No real dedicated amps for the HE-6 except for a couple.

Even with the resistors the speaker amps blow away similarly priced dedicated amps. And  you are getting two for the price of one. The same amp does double duty as a speaker amp and also drives the HE-6. So if you have a good speaker amp already at home the cost is zilch.

Yes this is a value that seldom gets used in the headphone world.

 

[wetfit9]

The only issue I have with that is when I want to listen to my headphones, there is no easy way to keep going behind everything to disconnect the speakers. If there is a way to do this please pass it on. 

 

[SpudHarris]

For the cost of a TP60 (or similar) its worth getting one as a dedicated HE-6 amp. £160 (+ £3 for resistors) got me the best amp in my stable for the HE-6. I have a few amps around that are not up to the job that cost a hell of a lot more.

Eventually I'll end up with a Little Dot VI+ or an EF-6 but the justification will be tough.....

 

[elwappo99]

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For the cost of a TP60 (or similar) its worth getting one as a dedicated HE-6 amp. £160 (+ £3 for resistors) got me the best amp in my stable for the HE-6. I have a few amps around that are not up to the job that cost a hell of a lot more.

Eventually I'll end up with a Little Dot VI+ or an EF-6 but the justification will be tough.....

 
A little dot 6 or an EF-6 won't give you that much improvement over the t60..... others may disagree, but that's where i stand on it. 

 

[Armaegis]

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The only issue I have with that is when I want to listen to my headphones, there is no easy way to keep going behind everything to disconnect the speakers. If there is a way to do this please pass it on. 

 
Build a switch box?

 

[wetfit9]

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Build a switch box?

I am going to have to research how to do that. Should be fun

 

[elwappo99]

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I am going to have to research how to do that. Should be fun

 
What I ended up doing is building a 4 pin XLR male cable that goes to my speakers. I'd just manually swap it out when I needed to switch between headphones/speakers. Not exactly the slickest, but it worked, was easy to build, and was cheap.

 

[Armaegis]

Hah, like a pigtail adapter for speakers. I'll have to build one for myself.

 

[wuwhere]

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I am going to have to research how to do that. Should be fun

 
Here.  http://sound.westhost.com/project100.htm

 

[moodyrn]

Fortunately for me, my integrated amp has an a b switch that allows me to simply turn a knob when going from speakers to he6. It's the same for my vintage marantz 2330b.

 

[elwappo99]

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Fortunately for me, my integrated amp has an a b switch that allows me to simply turn a knob when going from speakers to he6. It's the same for my vintage marantz 2330b.

 
This is an amazing feature that seems to be present on just about every vintage amp. I wish more modern ones had this. 

 

[wetfit9]

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Fortunately for me, my integrated amp has an a b switch that allows me to simply turn a knob when going from speakers to he6. It's the same for my vintage marantz 2330b.

my old yamaha amp has that feature, but not my new denon, darn

 

[Happy Camper]

some of the new Integ. and HT units have a B or 2nd zone with a two channel out.

 

[SpudHarris]

A little dot 6 or an EF-6 won't give you that much improvement over the t60..... others may disagree, but that's where i stand on it. 

You are not on your own with your view, others have told me the same. The jump would be a tough call especially if I wanted the EF-6 as it retails for about £1200 here in UK. I am very happy with the Topping