[DavidA]

i just bought a hd600 ,any good tube amp recommend for it?

like @BrokeSkoolBoi noted do you have a set budget? or is sky the limit?

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[singleended5863]

i just bought a hd600 ,any good tube amp recommend for it?

HD600 has around 300ohms so you might consider a solid state amp which sounds like tube amp to drive those cans.

 

[L8MDL]

The Schitt Valhalla 2 will drive them fine. For SS I use a Neve RNHP.

 

[gefski]

The Schitt Valhalla 2 will drive them fine. For SS I use a Neve RNHP.

Can you describe the Neve's personality with the 600s? I wasn't a long time fan of my original Valhalla (though I'm "twice in" on Yggy) and have hugely preferred the timbre and touch of my WA6+ for about 4 years now. I hear the Neve is "better than it should be", and keep wondering about it.

Thanks!

 

[tongpoh]

I only have a change to listened to wa3 and wa6se, wa3 sound good but wa6se better, any amp better than this two with around usd 1xxx?

 

[L8MDL]

Can you describe the Neve's personality with the 600s? I wasn't a long time fan of my original Valhalla (though I'm "twice in" on Yggy) and have hugely preferred the timbre and touch of my WA6+ for about 4 years now. I hear the Neve is "better than it should be", and keep wondering about it.

Thanks!

In a word - detailed. Great recordings sound great, poor recordings sound like poor recordings but listenable. You hear every error, every compression, every breath, etc., etc. It is very neutral and adds very little "color" to the sound. It's a different creature than the Valhalla 2, that's for sure. I enjoy both of them for what they are.

 

[DavidA]

I only have a change to listened to wa3 and wa6se, wa3 sound good but wa6se better, any amp better than this two with around usd 1xxx?

If you liked the WA3 and WA6-SE then it seems like you want a slightly warmer sounding amp to pair with your HD600. I'd suggest the Elise as an amp to consider but just remember that tube rolling can get pricy quickly.

 

[blackdragon87]

i just bought a hd600 ,any good tube amp recommend for it?

Valhalla 2

 

[yangian]

Yes. Valhalla 2 with 6N3P-E tubes through adapters, it hugely expands the soundstage and very neutral sounding.

 

[DavidA]

@blackdragon87 , @yangian , I take it you didn't read the follow up post on what @tongpoh was asking which was something in the under $1k range that was similar to a WA3 and WA6SE, both of which are quite different from the Valhalla2 in that they are both fuller sounding and on the warmer side of neutral while the Valhalla2 is a bit leaner / cleaner sounding and on the bright side of neutral with stock tubes to me. Another thing that I didn't care for with the Valhalla2 was that it wasn't very sensitive to changes in tubes unlike other tubes amps that I've tried.

 

[mrphoebs]

 

[blackdragon87]

I like that cable. Red looks really good with them.

 

[Mormonsloot]

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[javre76]

Yes, what is that cable?.

 

[mrphoebs]

Yes, what is that cable?.

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