Greeni
500+ Head-Fier
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Mine is headed back. I tried 2 and both had the same hum issue. I even brought it to a friends house (to eliminate the grounding in my house as the cause) and it still hummed there. Maybe burning in the tubes for another 5 months would have helped but my patience ran out. Too bad, it sounded very nice and looked great. It did run hot which was another concern, esp when used in the summer.
The temperature will normalise, the hum will reduce and less bothersome unless using really efficient phones. I tried it with my new KRK KNS 6400 and the hum was essentially non-existent.
It is a pity as otherwise it is a good affordable tube headphone amp with power to spare. It almost make a good MBA case study "How a blatant blemish could escape product design'. I guess Garry has learned a lot with this Mkii version. I am sure he will hit with future iterations.