MIKELAP
Headphoneus Supremus
Hello all,
First of all, thanks for this topic on wich we can find a huge amount of information concerning tube rolling !
I've recently bought a Little Dot I+ for my AKG Q701. I've bought it with the standard 6J1 tubes and I found it souded great !
Following the comments of many people I decided to buy a pair of Voskhod 6ZH1P-EV. I've also ordered an OPA2107 that I'm still waiting for.
I've received the voskhod yesterday and I must say that I'm a bit disappointed about them. In fact, the mids and trebles are really detailed, and more "clean" than the 6J1, but I also find that there is less bass than with the 6J1, and maybe too loud high-mids. It is exactly what are, from my point of view, the 2 weak points of the Q701.
But what is strange is that I read that Voskhod have really good bass, so I wonder why for the moment I found the bass less present than with the standard 6J1 ? Do they need some burn in ?
Or maybe the Voskhod are well adapted for Sennheiser earphones, but less for AKG ?
What do you think ?
Thanks for your help.
Arent the 701 bright or neutral to start with ? What i found warmed up the sound on my MK3 with my SENNS HD800 was using the 6sn7 variety as power tubes but i needed an adapter for that but if i remember correctly i dont remember the VOSHKOD as being bassy but being more on the brighter, clean sounding side .And consensus on burnin is 100+ hours .Personnally i did not like them to neutral if i remember correctly its been awhile since i listened to those .As they say different strokes for different folks . Check out page 585 post # 8766