[Currawong]

I think the Vali 2 with an Amperex PQ (out of a couple of different tubes I've tried) is pretty killer value for the money. Not the most precise music delivery, but neither "tubey" sounding, nor boring.

 

[Oregonian]

 
Has anyone tried pairing the HD800 with a speaker amplifier?
   

I run my HD800 out of a 250wpc vintage Pioneer Spec rack system - it really makes them sing.  Bass is so good on these out of my vintage amps (have 8 systems in use in total) - all the rhetoric about these being bass light is completely wrong when fed this way. 
 

 

[sp3llv3xit]

I run my HD800 out of a 250wpc vintage Pioneer Spec rack system - it really makes them sing.  Bass is so good on these out of my vintage amps (have 8 systems in use in total) - all the rhetoric about these being bass light is completely wrong when fed this way. 

Beautiful setup you got there!

What dac feeds into your Pioneer?

 

[Moonhead]

Speaker Amps often has more volts, if I werent satisfied with My portable Superlux AMP and My active speakers
I Would get Either a Yamaha A-S1100/A-S3000 but they have no purpose in My setup ar the moment

 

[MrMan]

I friend did this with his HD700. I really like the paint job and pondering if I should have him do it to my HD800. I constantly change headphones and just curious if people think it would change the value of the HD800 if they were painted like that.
 

 

[Oregonian]

Beautiful setup you got there!

What dac feeds into your Pioneer?

FYI - I feed it three ways - turntable (vintage Pioneer), CD's (Pioneer PDR-609) and iPhone5 via the NuForce iDo DAC - it does a great job. 

 

[soundlogic]

Music Direct is selling the HD-800 for $1100.00 In case anyone is interested: http://www.musicdirect.com/p-271862-sennheiser-hd800-headphones-like-new.aspx?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+hd800&utm_content=02/03/2016&utm_campaign=musicdirect+soundbytes+issue+%23715_2_NP+02-03-16&_bta_tid=3.AI3O.Ci31yg.EFpZ.AeCCvw..Aj1boQ.s..l.C9eT.n...59bY2Q

 

[cuiter23]

  Music Direct is selling the HD-800 for $1100.00 In case anyone is interested: http://www.musicdirect.com/p-271862-sennheiser-hd800-headphones-like-new.aspx?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+hd800&utm_content=02/03/2016&utm_campaign=musicdirect+soundbytes+issue+%23715_2_NP+02-03-16&_bta_tid=3.AI3O.Ci31yg.EFpZ.AeCCvw..Aj1boQ.s..l.C9eT.n...59bY2Q

 
I would still go the used route here on head-fi since the $1100 is not brand new. Would be a steal if it were.

 

[MrMan]

   
I would still go the used route here on head-fi since the $1100 is not brand new. Would be a steal if it were.

 
I got mine for 700 used.

 

[pietcux]

I got mine for 700 used.

750€ for a two year old one here.

 

[sp3llv3xit]

 
FYI - I feed it three ways - turntable (vintage Pioneer), CD's (Pioneer PDR-609) and iPhone5 via the NuForce iDo DAC - it does a great job. 

 
 
  

 

[Dadracer]

 

 
FYI - I feed it three ways - turntable (vintage Pioneer), CD's (Pioneer PDR-609) and iPhone5 via the NuForce iDo DAC - it does a great job. 

 
 
  

No cassette then????

 

[Oregonian]

  No cassette then????

No sir.............had a CTF-1000 with the Spec rack when I bought it but as usual the 35 year old drive mechanism was toast and since I had no desire to add yet another layer of items to collect (cassette tapes) I sold it for $400................which made my cost to buy the Spec rack @ $270 (yes, right place, right time, luck had a major role in this) pretty much my deal of the century.  I still have a bunch of brand new TDK blank CrO2 tapes that I should sell. 
 
It was tempting to have the cassette deck refurbed, as is diving into the RT-707 reel to reel that's on craigslist locally................but thus far I've maintained. 

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

I got mine for $875 used incl shipping...okay deal, not quite excellent, especially since I needed to replace ear pads and headband. Is a 6xxx serial number considered "early"? I know DavidMahler makes a clear distinction between the 'full sound' of the early units and 'airier sound' of the later units in his flagship battle thread.

 

[Taowolf51]

I'm not sure if there's even a general consensus that there is a sound difference between early and late models.