[Silent One]

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What amp are you moving toward next? Also, how would the F3 sound with both the D7000 & HD650? Or what would you suspect?

 
 
To the one that is Silent:
 
MalVeauX is doing a project with sensitive headphones like Denons on speaker amps.  It's very good information.  I'm sure the same can be done with the F3 if needed.  Take a look:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/629352/he-500-lcd2-d5000-dt770-sr80-on-a-speaker-amp-emotiva-mini-x-a-100-project

Thanks. Not that the aforementioned cans would be a big concern. It's more like if I decide to pair the amp with the HE-6, wanting to know more about the rest of my inventory. We be a bit on the poor side in this hobby and always striving to use pieces we got. 

 

[fejnomit]

Reading all this positive feedback on the F3 as I was really thinking about the F2J...  Which would y'all pick in terms of First Watt? 
Thanks in advance.

 

[preproman]

F2J

 

[Solude]

F2J is like 1.5W into orthos. F1J is more suited for headphones at 8W.

 

[SoupRKnowva]

If were talking dream gear, might as well go with SIT-1 monoblocks for the HE-6s

 

[preproman]

Again.  A pair of F4s and your done for the HE-6s

 

[SoupRKnowva]

though my dream gear for them would be a pair of Atma-Sphere M-60s...but thats certainly not cheap, but I am pretty sure it would sound absurd. That would eventually have been my endgame i think if id stuck with the HE-6s

 

[Cante Ista]

I Love my F3 - no question about it. It does everything I want when I pair it with my HE6, but, as always, I would recommend trying to hear one. Also, for the HE6 I think current based amps may eek out the F3 (thats F1J or F4). I dont know for sure I have not heard the others. I would also look at the deal you can get.  If you can get the F3 for less than the other amps, would grab it. IT is a really good amp. The upside for me is that I can run hd8oo off it as well as the He6. In few months I should be able to do a comparison with the mk2 GS-X (head to head) if you can wait that long, to give you beter idea what the F3 is like -- in relative terms

 

[Cante Ista]

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Reading all this positive feedback on the F3 as I was really thinking about the F2J...  Which would y'all pick in terms of First Watt? 
Thanks in advance.

actually, i would love it if you got the f3 and compared it to your other amps -- Stratus and the ultra modded Phonitor -- and let us know what you think. That would help me make my next move in terms of gear, 

 

[Cante Ista]

I just listened to my F3 on HE6 and I really have to say that it is quite nice. however( this is ti fejnomit) I feel that I should tell you that the whole thing re HE-6 and pirecing highs (as well as HD800) has never resonated with me. to give you an idea of what I like so that when you read my impressions you know where I am coming from, when I was at a recent DC meet, I love the HD800 out of the GSX, while someone else who loves the LDC2 could not take the highs. I think that the highs on HE6 wiht the F3 are sharp (as in focus) like all other frequencies and not what others call piercing, but I can see how someone (i.e., LDC2 lover) could dislike this presentation. Keep that in mind.Having said that, the F3 is thus far my favorite amp for dynamic headphones. 

 

[wuwhere]

Between my two tube amps, one is non-fatiguing than the other one with the HE-6 depending on listening time and what I'm listening to. The Audio Research has a little bit more emphasis at the higher end. The Copland is just right.

 

[Happy Camper]

Man, I've waited for over a month now for a replacement pair of 6s and I'm getting withdrawals. I need my babies to come home to care for their daddy.

 

[Silent One]

 Let's see, first addiction...then withdrawal, have I got that right? Wishing them a speedy return. What happen to the cans in the first place? Have there been an unusual amount of blown drivers or returns for whatever reasons, with the HE-6? Is their build quality at all suspect?

 

[sphinxvc]

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actually, i would love it if you got the f3 and compared it to your other amps -- Stratus and the ultra modded Phonitor -- and let us know what you think. That would help me make my next move in terms of gear, 

 
fejnomit, yes I too would love it if you bought my amp.
 
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Man, I've waited for over a month now for a replacement pair of 6s and I'm getting withdrawals. I need my babies to come home to care for their daddy.

 
Are you going for the child/aging parent analogy here?  Or the other use of the "caring for/taking care of daddy" phrase?  It's a little disturbing as vague as you left it.

 

[fejnomit]

Sphinxvc you just made me laugh out loud.
Anyway I just saw you were selling. Hm.....

And in reponse to the *highs* question, it's not piercing so much as unreal. If the high is piercing on a recording then so be it. I want to hear that
But when highs on the HD800 ring out with perfect attack and decay and actually sound like the instrument being played I have noticed so far on the HE-6 they sound less real- the attack is there but the decay is missing and the tone is more digital sounding for lack of a better word.