Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...

[Shane D]

I'm in the same boat. Def. throws a curve when shopping for tube amps - esp. if you're looking for 0 negative feedback

Might want to consider the Valhalla? It played nice with my iBasso SR2's (16 Ohm) and was great with my Clears today. I might even try my Grado's tomorrow. Cheap amp and a pretty good sound. Getting itchy to roll tubes. I haven't even run through my test list yet. That has to be tomorrow.

 

[UntilThen]

When Head-Fi doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Just the fingers and toes.

 

[TheMiddleSky]

European Gang.

Long holiday start from today till the next 7 days. i'm definitely in good hands.

 

[UntilThen]

Long holiday start from today till the next 7 days. i'm definitely in good hands.

Enjoy the holidays and time for music.

 

[John Massaria]

Just added some new headphone stands to the setup. Sad part is, I need a few more

Highly recommend the Etsy seller: Headphone Stands

that stand who makes it? so cool

 

[Wes S]

Current State - Burning in a pair of legendary 6SN7's the Melz 1578 Hole Plate, and loving what I am hearing so far.

 

[VanHai]

 

[Wes S]

And then there were three

Oh my word! That is some gorgeous gear right there, and a heck of a trio of headphones!

 

[OhHeyItsLou]

that stand who makes it? so cool

Thanks! I put a link in the original post, it should be in blue.

 

[UntilThen]

Another Grado man and with Sonett. That should be interesting.

 

[UntilThen]

Nothing was done for 3 days when I receive these for evaluation.

 

[jonathan c]

 

[whirlwind]

Nothing was done for 3 days when I receive these for evaluation.

Are any of these amps a spud design Matt ?

When I was heavy in the Grado sound I used a MadEar+HD and it had incredible synergy with my Grado's

 

[UntilThen]

Are any of these amps a spud design Matt ?

When I was heavy in the Grado sound I used a MadEar+HD and it had incredible synergy with my Grado's

Ok Spud... I suppose it is - Special project under development.

I was shopping for a tube amp for my Gradofication. So I turn to Eric, the tube amp builder. 3 of these will power most headphones not just Grado. Most importantly they have to be silent and sound good and they are.

The amps are:-

1. 6as7/5998 3w amp - uses good quality Russian K40y-9 PIO capacitors.
2. 6y6g/6v6 3w amp - this is optimized for 6y6g but will also run 6v6 tubes. Uses good quality Russian K40y-9 PIO capacitors.
3. 6ew7/6fd7 2w amp - Direct coupled - no caps.
4. 6s3p 1w amp - ONE stage only.

They are all great with Grados and HD800 but No.2 is my fav and likely will be my purchase but I have another parallel 6bx7 to evaluate.

 

[UntilThen]

And there it is. Reminds of the time when I interacted with Glenn. The amp is traditional old school, simple and cost effective. The sound is drop dead gorgeous.

I'm using Brimar CV455 KB/FB Footscray (12AT7) as driver and RCA 6Y6G as power tubes. Rectifier is 6BW4.