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The Leben CS300XS Thread
Sep 7, 2015 at 2:59 PM Post #2,191 of 2,299
For the past years I've used the HD650 for 90%+ of the time and wonder if the Bottlehead Crack would be even better than the Leben for those.
Have anyone here compared the Leben to the Crack with the HD650/HD600, what do you think about it?
 
It's not that I'm really missing anything but I'm just very curious about the Crack.
 
Sep 9, 2015 at 3:20 PM Post #2,192 of 2,299
henmyr said:
  For the past years I've used the HD650 for 90%+ of the time and wonder if the Bottlehead Crack would be even better than the Leben for those.
Have anyone here compared the Leben to the Crack with the HD650/HD600, what do you think about it?
 
It's not that I'm really missing anything but I'm just very curious about the Crack.
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FWIW - Havent heard the Crack - but have the WA2. I dont normally use the HD650 with it because I have a hum issue with that combination, but it sounds really good. I envy you who (I assume) do not have hum with the CS300/DH650 combo!
 
Sep 9, 2015 at 4:18 PM Post #2,193 of 2,299
The hum is very very quiet and nothing that bothers me at all (I'm not sure I really hear it at all even when I try). It was worse with Sylvania 5751 and did bother me then, better it's much better with the Sovtek 12AX7LPS I'm using now.
 
Sep 11, 2015 at 6:16 AM Post #2,194 of 2,299
henmyr said:
The hum is very very quiet and nothing that bothers me at all (I'm not sure I really hear it at all even when I try). It was worse with Sylvania 5751 and did bother me then, better it's much better with the Sovtek 12AX7LPS I'm using now.
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So tubes make a big difference.. Hmm. What other tubes do you have in your amp when it doesn't hum? Are you on 100, 110 or 230 V ?
 
Sep 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM Post #2,195 of 2,299
ardilla said:
So tubes make a big difference.. Hmm. What other tubes do you have in your amp when it doesn't hum? Are you on 100, 110 or 230 V ?
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I'm on 230 V and use Gold Lion EL84 reissue and the Sovtek 12AX7LPS.
 
Dec 9, 2015 at 3:18 PM Post #2,197 of 2,299
I have just purchased a pair of speakers that really do well with this Leben CS300Xs integrated amplifier. I just purchased a pair of Thrax Lyra loudspeakers on stands, for albeit more than the rest of my hi fi cost, but the combination is great. 
 
I have a Loricraft Gerrard 301 with SME 3009 tonearm, a Nagaoka MP-500 MM cartridge, with silver wire into a Leben RS-30 EQ phono stage, that into the Leben CS300Xs integrated with Cord interconnects, Speaker cables are old Transparent Audio set, and into these Thrax speakers. They are really designed for 40-250 watts, but 90 db/watt sens makes them fine with this 15 watt Leben. 
 
I am playing record after record and they never sounded so good. Slightly recessed sound stage but great articulate bass, smooth mids and trebles despite magnesium cones and horn-loaded compression tweeter. I feel (and those friend who have come round for a listen) that this is it, no further changes to the system ever again required, just purchase more records. 
 
Mar 11, 2016 at 10:01 AM Post #2,201 of 2,299
Proud owner of a Leben CS300 since today. I don't have a DAC right now (traded my Burson Conductor Virtuoso and cash for it) so I'm listening via my turntable now. It's a very honest amp and the soundstage on the HE-500 is deeper than I ever heard it. I do get clipping/distorted bass when I crank the volume though. But that might be the turntable that doesn't play loud to begin with, so hopefully that won't be the case with a DAC. 
 
It's a beauty to look at by the way. So sexxxxy. 
 
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