[Gexs]

THis is my first post here and I just bought HD800 a month ago. I am using HD800 with Chord Mojo I think it needs more power. Now Im planning buy a tube amp but the available tube amp in my country is Woo Audio Wa7, Woo Audio Wa6 and Cayin CS55a. Since I don't have credit card, I will stick to buy tube amp here in my country. I am planning to get the Cayin CS55a but I don't know if it will synergy well with HD800. Any thoughts on Cayin CS55a? Sorry if my grammar is wrong, english is not my first language. Thanks.

 

[Shetzu]

  THis is my first post here and I just bought HD800 a month ago. I am using HD800 with Chord Mojo I think it needs more power. Now Im planning buy a tube amp but the available tube amp in my country is Woo Audio Wa7, Woo Audio Wa6 and Cayin CS55a. Since I don't have credit card, I will stick to buy tube amp here in my country. I am planning to get the Cayin CS55a but I don't know if it will synergy well with HD800. Any thoughts on Cayin CS55a? Sorry if my grammar is wrong, english is not my first language. Thanks.

Hi. I am in similar case like you with Mojo & Hd800 and the iCan SE. However, I understand HD800 gels well with tube amp. I have decided to shortlist two of them Ray Samuels Raptor & the Elise from Feliks Audio. Check it out. I believe it has had many positive vibes specially with the Hd 800.

 

[Gexs]

  Hi. I am in similar case like you with Mojo & Hd800 and the iCan SE. However, I understand HD800 gels well with tube amp. I have decided to shortlist two of them Ray Samuels Raptor & the Elise from Feliks Audio. Check it out. I believe it has had many positive vibes specially with the Hd 800.

Thank you for you suggestion but The thing is I dont have credit card so I cannot buy through paypal or outside in my country. So i am choosing between those 3 amp that i said that is available here. Woo Audio Wa7, Woo Audio Wa6 and Cayin CS55a. More likely i will get the Cayin but i dont know if the other 2 amp will synergy well with hd800.

 

[vc1187]

  Thank you for you suggestion but The thing is I dont have credit card so I cannot buy through paypal or outside in my country. So i am choosing between those 3 amp that i said that is available here. Woo Audio Wa7, Woo Audio Wa6 and Cayin CS55a. More likely i will get the Cayin but i dont know if the other 2 amp will synergy well with hd800.

Based on my experience of these two woo amps in meet conditions, they do not sound bad, but don't synergize particularly well with the HD800.  I'd take the Bottlehead Crack w/Speedball over either of them for the HD800.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

   
What about Mjolnir 2? I'm still looking at the LC, and the MJ2 is about the same price. 
 
 
 
Definitely take a look at these. Not the most popular amp but heard some good things! 

I say Mjolnir 2 is better. I didn't mention it earlier because your question only referred to Valhalla and Ragnarok. Phonitor Mini is another option, though it's single-ended solid state.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

If you want an all-in-one unit, there's currently an Audio-GD 10.32 balanced DAC/AMP in the classifieds for ~$1400. With this unit, I would take the HD800 would sing rather beautifully.

 

[Xeculus]

Haha not gonna lie, I'm maybe farther from making a decision than I was a few days ago. There are just so many good choices
 
Liquid Carbon, Feliks Audio Elise (or the rest of that line ~$1k), Mjolnir 2, Valhalla 2, microZOTL2, WA2, WA6SE...

 

[vc1187]

  Haha not gonna lie, I'm maybe farther from making a decision than I was a few days ago. There are just so many good choices
 
Liquid Carbon, Feliks Audio Elise (or the rest of that line ~$1k), Mjolnir 2, Valhalla 2, microZOTL2, WA2, WA6SE...

Might be best to start with the cheapest and purchase it secondhand from the classifieds.  Then when you're ready to try something else sell it for minimal loss and move up the chain.  This way you learn from your own experiences instead of getting confused by many other people's experiences.

 

[murphythecat]

  Haha not gonna lie, I'm maybe farther from making a decision than I was a few days ago. There are just so many good choices
 
Liquid Carbon, Feliks Audio Elise (or the rest of that line ~$1k), Mjolnir 2, Valhalla 2, microZOTL2, WA2, WA6SE...

dont forget the new ifi pro headamp.
 
Im in the same boat and the options are crazy. im leaning toward mjolnir 2, feliks or bryston

 

[listen4joy]

Anyone know how the Firstwatt F5 with HD800? , looks like a powerfull amp with simple design and has DIY kits.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

t think some of the gripes in my Mjolnir 2 review were in fact the result of the source—I'm listening to Isabelle Faust, Daniel Harding, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra do a fantastic Brahms Violin Concerto on the HD800s and I can't imagine an amp doing more for these awesome cans. Tight, extended bass; effortless, sibilance-free treble, engaging, neutral midrange. The headphones are utterly transparent.

 

[holyindian]

How about Cavalli Audio Black Widow?

 

[lukeap69]

How about Cavalli Audio Black Widow?

link please?

 

[listen4joy]

its Eddie Current BW
 
http://www.eddiecurrent.com/BW.html

 

[holyindian]

  its Eddie Current BW
 
http://www.eddiecurrent.com/BW.html

Oh thats right, i mixed up on that. Its by Eddie Current.
 
Do we still have any end game amp in the sub 1000-2000 group, or still Eddie Current BA is the supreme choice?