[kumar402]

I've found that the DNA Stratus matches up really well with the VC, VO and Atrium. As a bonus it's a great amp for my only non-ZMF headphone, the HD-800-S. I've been thinking hard about a Stellaris but haven't gotten there yet.

I see you also have Sonnet Pasithea DAC. I can only imagine the musical experience out of ZMF-Sonnet- DNA combination.

 

[AnyDave]

With an amp like that no need for multiple setups! Very nice setup! I'm seriously looking at either the HA-3A or 6A.

Well, I'm considering an HA-3A and possibly building one of @L0rdGwyn's amps. I'm starting to think that spending more time on Head-Fi was a bad strategic move.

 

[llamaluv]

How do you like the KR300B with your VC? It seems that the cult of Elrog and Western Electric get all of the mentions around here.

The KRs are great. Great bass, fast and 'modern-sounding', but very full-sounding too. I prefer them to the Takatsukis I had before that, which were too delicate-sounding for my system at least at that time. I also like the PSVane ACME for being warm, lush with nice depth.

 

[darktooth8]

The KRs are great. Great bass, fast and 'modern-sounding', but very full-sounding too. I prefer them to the Takatsukis I had before that, which were too delicate-sounding for my system at least at that time. I also like the PSVane ACME for being warm, lush with nice depth.

Little bit adjacent, but I love my KR audio KT88s. Here's a cool video of some of their tube making process. Check out the tubes for the kronzilla amp!

 

[Dawgfish]

Well, I'm considering an HA-3A and possibly building one of @L0rdGwyn's amps. I'm starting to think that spending more time on Head-Fi was a bad strategic move.

As I said on the Aeolus thread a few days ago we're really great at helping others spend their money around here! This thread is certainly not helping my future bank account!!!

 

[busseysound]

With an amp like that no need for multiple setups! Very nice setup! I'm seriously looking at either the HA-3A or 6A.

I love my 6A. Gonna post some pics in a min

 

[Dawgfish]

I love my 6A. Gonna post some pics in a min

Can't wait to see those! Even though the 6A would probably be overkill for my purposes, the fact that it uses EL34 or KT88 tube types intrigues me. I have a lot of vintage NOS EL34s, 6CA7s, 6550s, and KT88s that I collected over the years for various speaker amps I had and still have. I have quite a few 12AU7 and 12AX7s also so I would be good to go from a tube standpoint with the 6A.

 

[busseysound]

Can't wait to see those! Even though the 6A would probably be overkill for my purposes, the fact that it uses EL34 or KT88 tube types intrigues me. I have a lot of vintage NOS EL34s, 6CA7s, 6550s, and KT88s that I collected over the years for various speaker amps I had and still have. I have quite a few 12AU7 and 12AX7s also so I would be good to go from a tube standpoint with the 6A.

Here's my current setup. HA-6A with Tesla Vrsovice KT88's and Telefunken ECC802's. Rectifiers are GE but I'm still looking for some Sicte 22DE4's. Dangerous Music Convert-2 is the DAC and I love the thing. I shoot for transparency without the harshness you can sometimes get with SS. Headphones are the Atoll from Sept. of last year. I go from NAS (or Qobuz) straight to the firewall and then straight to the Bryston BDP-1 via Cinnamon cables.

 

[AnyDave]

Here's my current setup. HA-6A with Tesla Vrsovice KT88's and Telefunken ECC802's. Rectifiers are GE but I'm still looking for some Sicte 22DE4's. Dangerous Music Convert-2 is the DAC and I love the thing. I shoot for transparency without the harshness you can sometimes get with SS. Headphones are the Atoll from Sept. of last year. I go from NAS (or Qobuz) straight to the firewall and then straight to the Bryston BDP-1 via Cinnamon cables.

I used to play in a band with a guy that had an Ensoniq ASR-10 synth/sampler. Sounded great when it worked.

 

[busseysound]

I used to play in a band with a guy that had an Ensoniq ASR-10 synth/sampler. Sounded great when it worked.

That's awesome. My brother and I used to do all kinds of stuff with my SQ1 plus, but I sold it many years ago. I found those MIDI files and picked up the SQR so I could play them lol. I had an ASR-88 for quite awhile but the kids just were never interested in piano.

 

[goldwerger]

Can't wait to see those! Even though the 6A would probably be overkill for my purposes, the fact that it uses EL34 or KT88 tube types intrigues me. I have a lot of vintage NOS EL34s, 6CA7s, 6550s, and KT88s that I collected over the years for various speaker amps I had and still have. I have quite a few 12AU7 and 12AX7s also so I would be good to go from a tube standpoint with the 6A.

The Nirvana can give you lots of room to play with EL34 and 12AU7...

 

[Dawgfish]

Here's my current setup. HA-6A with Tesla Vrsovice KT88's and Telefunken ECC802's. Rectifiers are GE but I'm still looking for some Sicte 22DE4's. Dangerous Music Convert-2 is the DAC and I love the thing. I shoot for transparency without the harshness you can sometimes get with SS. Headphones are the Atoll from Sept. of last year. I go from NAS (or Qobuz) straight to the firewall and then straight to the Bryston BDP-1 via Cinnamon cables.

That's beautiful! Really nice setup!

 

[Dawgfish]

The Nirvana can give you lots of room to play with EL34 and 12AU7...

Thank you! I'm not familiar with that one. Could you please tell me a little more about it (Mainly who makes it? I can Google from there as not to waste your time and hijack this thread)?

The Ampsandsound Mogwai also has my attention since it also uses EL34s and KT88s. Anybody here have experience with it and ZMFs?

 

[Monsterzero]

I can Google from there as not to waste your time and hijack this thread)?

Hijack?!? Thats the point of this thread, lol

 

[gonintendo]

Thank you! I'm not familiar with that one. Could you please tell me a little more about it (Mainly who makes it? I can Google from there as not to waste your time and hijack this thread)?

The Ampsandsound Mogwai also has my attention since it also uses EL34s and KT88s. Anybody here have experience with it and ZMFs?

I have a mogwai se, I think it's a phenomenal pairing with my VC. Truly magical experience. With the Atrium it sounds nice for some types of music but a bit too slow for faster music. I'm in the process of experimenting with some tube rolls to try and address that though, and one of the benefits of the mogwai is there's a pretty wide range of rolling options. The only caveat is you really want to feed it clean power and keep it away from wifi, as it's a no-feedback SET design so it can pick up RF noise (though the amp itself is very quiet).