Karl H
100+ Head-Fier
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- Dec 14, 2008
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I hit things with hammers for a living. Far too lungeous to be able to use a soldering iron, so ordered one instead from Whiplash Audio who, I have to say, have been great. Excellent communication throughout the sale from Craig. No import tax sting either, nice one.
It came with CBS Hytron tubes which was quite handy, as I already have a pair sat here as backup. The unit did have a 'Whiplash' metallic badge on the front which I thought was a bit tacky, so that came straight off. I do like the red led's set under the valve sockets though, nice touch. Whether or not that's a commonality I don't know, as this is my first tube headphone amp.
Nice little unit though, matches my cd player quite nicely. Wife's comment was, "looks like something you'd build in science class". Read into that what you will.
Got an EF1 on the way too, looking forward to comparing both units with my HD600's. This one's running in now with a bit of Fila Brazilia.
Edit: Just noticed i can't spell 'starving'.
It came with CBS Hytron tubes which was quite handy, as I already have a pair sat here as backup. The unit did have a 'Whiplash' metallic badge on the front which I thought was a bit tacky, so that came straight off. I do like the red led's set under the valve sockets though, nice touch. Whether or not that's a commonality I don't know, as this is my first tube headphone amp.
Nice little unit though, matches my cd player quite nicely. Wife's comment was, "looks like something you'd build in science class". Read into that what you will.
Got an EF1 on the way too, looking forward to comparing both units with my HD600's. This one's running in now with a bit of Fila Brazilia.
Edit: Just noticed i can't spell 'starving'.