Unless we can convince @L0rdGwyn to build some for us.
Well, at least we have the benefit of your wisdom here on the forum!
@jonathan c I'm about to push the button on these but hoping you can check they are the ones you meant? https://www.langrex.co.uk/products/6080wc-raytheon-nos-valve-tube/ and https://www.langrex.co.uk/products/ecc82-12au7-rft-germany-nos-valve-tube-t16a/ and https://www.langrex.co.uk/products/cv4003-12au7wa-brimar-nos-valve-tube-t14b/First / second: Welcome to Head-Fi and congratulations on building BHC+SB !! Which specific tubes are you using in BHC? Before ‘eyeing’ a different headphone amplifier, some judicious tube ‘rolling’ could give you a better idea of BHC’s outer capabilities. Those might satisfy you, period. My tube suggestions are power tube: Raytheon 6080WC; input tube: Brimar CV491, Mullard CV4003, RCA ‘clear top’ 12AU7, RFT ECC82 (‘halo’ or ‘foil’ getter). Head-Fiers …. chime in!
The third, Brimar CV4003, is close to the Brimar CV491; all three are fine.
You say that as if insanity were a BAD thing, Wes…Two different flavors of awesomeness, that both sound insane off the Cayin HA300mk2. The colors of the wood are a good tell for the flavor of each headphone.
I have had this amp for months now, and it is still continuing to blow my mind every time I listen with either one of my headphones. I really can't recommend the HA300MK2 enough, and I am so glad I took the plunge. The tubes are ridiculously expensive, but with what I am hearing I can't imagine it sounding any better.
Cayin HA300mk2 + ZMF's = Insanity at it's finest.
Wes, what is that beautiful wood on the VC?Two different flavors of awesomeness, that both sound insane off the Cayin HA300mk2. The colors of the wood are a good tell for the flavor of each headphone.
I have had this amp for months now, and it is still continuing to blow my mind every time I listen with either one of my headphones. I really can't recommend the HA300MK2 enough, and I am so glad I took the plunge. The tubes are ridiculously expensive, but with what I am hearing I can't imagine it sounding any better.
Cayin HA300mk2 + ZMF's = Insanity at it's finest.
It's Ambrosia Maple, and was a "November Rarity" a few years back. I absolutely love it and it can look different depending on the angle. Here is the OG pic below ZMF had taken of them, which really shows the grain and how the beetle patterns can change and darken up compared to my pics. This pair is also kind of unique in that the maple is actually curly with vertical striations as as well as having the horizontal darker striations/patterns created from the beetle, and has a lot going on in it depending on the angle and closer you look. The cups are pretty much bookmatched, and honestly this is one of the best looking and most highly figured examples of Ambrosia Maple I have ever seen.
oh-oh...It's Ambrosia Maple, and was a "November Rarity" a few years back. I absolutely love it and it can look different depending on the angle. Here is the OG pic below ZMF had taken of them, which really shows the grain and how the beetle patterns can change and darken up compared to my pics. This pair is also kind of unique in that the maple is actually curly with vertical striations as as well as having the horizontal darker striations/patterns created from the beetle, and has a lot going on in it depending on the angle and closer you look. The cups are pretty much bookmatched, and honestly this is one of the best looking and most highly figured examples of Ambrosia Maple I have ever seen.
It's Ambrosia Maple, and was a "November Rarity" a few years back. I absolutely love it and it can look different depending on the angle. Here is the OG pic below ZMF had taken of them, which really shows the grain and how the beetle patterns can change and darken up compared to my pics. This pair is also kind of unique in that the maple is actually curly with vertical striations as as well as having the horizontal darker striations/patterns created from the beetle, and has a lot going on in it depending on the angle and closer you look. The cups are pretty much bookmatched, and honestly this is one of the best looking and most highly figured examples of Ambrosia Maple I have ever seen.
I'll be able to comment on a Decware CSP3 in another year maybe. The backlog on assembly for orders is very long. I put my order in last Apr 2022 and looks like they are just now getting to summer 2021 orders on the build list. I'm patient and sticking with it since I think the pairing will be nice. Zach is collaborating with Decware to have some units (based on the Taboo model) ready for orders in a future to-be-determined release.
Ohman
