[HiFiChris]

  I finished building my Bottlehead Mainline today and have been glued to it ever since. All the high praise is justly deserved imho it makes for a superb pairing with the HD800, just really beautiful!
 

 

 

 

Is the housing included in the DIY kit?

 

[JamieMcC]

  Is the housing included in the DIY kit?

Well yes and no the kit comes as standard with a wood base and bare alloy top plate and then its your choice to either build it as it comes or add a cosmetic finish of choice most either paint the top plate themselves of have it powder painted or anodized and oil/stain/varnish the base etc I used a carbon fibre veneer you could get a similar look with some carbon effect vinyl wrap the stuff they use on cars.
 

 

[RingingEars]

  I finished building my Bottlehead Mainline today and have been glued to it ever since. All the high praise is justly deserved imho it makes for a superb pairing with the HD800, just really beautiful!
 

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Beautiful work. Well done

 

[q2klepto]

I was lucky enough to grab a used pair of HD800s for $950CAD, about $790USD last week and they arrived last night. 
 
Cleaned the pads and plugged them into my NFB15 - and it drove them surprisingly well, at least volume wise. Pot was never over 11 oclock, needed slightly more juice than my 400is.  I'm thinking i should leave well enough alone and forget about getting the Valhalla 2 or go to a balanced setup. 
 
Maybe spend a few dollars and do the Anax 2.0 mod and call it a day or am i not doing the HD800 justice by not using an OTL tube amp?

 

[TMRaven]

How about both.

 

[weitn]

Amazon has increased the selling price for HD800 to $1,599.95.

 

[defbear]

Yikes! That is Full Pop.

 

[q2klepto]

  How about both.

If youre talkinga bout both Anax mod + Valhalla 2 - ill probably end up doing that.  Just wondering if i should not spend the $300 or so on it ha

 

[icebear]

  Amazon has increased the selling price for HD800 to $1,599.95.

Not really ... just to advertise non existent savings 

:
List Price:$1,599.95
Price:$1,499.95 & FREE Shipping.
You Save:$100.00 (6%)

 

[thecrow]

If youre talkinga bout both Anax mod + Valhalla 2 - ill probably end up doing that.  Just wondering if i should not spend the $300 or so on it ha

You're planning to sus out your amp and headphones before doing the mod?

I love my hd800 and have not considered the mod....at all

Either way enjoy

 

[agooh]

I want to give hd 800 anothjer try so from 1200 pages what's the best amp to pair with hd 800 ?

 

[Eee Pee]

How much money of yours can we spend?

 

[floydfan33]

Don't know about the US, but in Canada Sennheiser apparently had price increases for May 1.

Amazon has increased the selling price for HD800 to $1,599.95.

 

[koiloco]

  I want to give hd 800 anothjer try so from 1200 pages what's the best amp to pair with hd 800 

What's your budget?

 

[johnjen]

  I want to give hd 800 anothjer try so from 1200 pages what's the best amp to pair with hd 800 ?
 

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  How much money of yours can we spend?

  What's your budget?

 
AND
what didn't you like about them last time, and on what gear?
 
JJ