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I have the the EML300B Mesh. The EML300B XLS is EML's answer to the carbon Sophia Royal Princess 300B. I've yet to see a review that places either above the EML 300B Mesh.
I've owned the Sophia Princess 274 -- It's no match for the EML 5U4G, IMO. The EML has more depth in the soundstage on the WA5.
I'm tempted to try the Sophia Royal Princess, but that's a $1200 dollar experiment that would alternatively put a pair of LCD2s on my head to compliment my HD800. I'd buy the headphones over the tubes. As much as I'd love to take one for the team and do a 300B showdown--- I'd rather have another pair of headphones. My suspicion is the SRP delivers deeper bass, but the EML is a better overall tube, but I may never know for certain.
Someone else was asking about the PSVane 181 TII with the WA5. I have a pair, but they're not being used at the moment. I bought a pair of Sylvania 6SN7s which deliver deeper bass to my ears. The PSVane is a smooth tube though. I've done a lot of driver testing on the WA5. The Sylvania 6SN7 is the best I've heard to date.
The other issue with the PSVane is the clearance between tubes is very very tight with the EML bottles. You have about an index card's thickness between tubes. Tricky.
I have the stock tube combination in my wa5, hopefully this is the reason the system sounds thin. Nobody seems to like the Ultrasone brand with wa5, I agree. I am about to pull the trigger on the EML 300b or the Sophia mesh 300b power tubes and the EML mesh 5u4g or the Sophia 247b mesh as the rectifiers. I need a cheaper hobby. Maybe I should take up jogging.Oh, Karen Mok is quite a sweetie, and Diana Krall too!
I have the the EML300B Mesh. The EML300B XLS is EML's answer to the carbon Sophia Royal Princess 300B. I've yet to see a review that places either above the EML 300B Mesh.
I've owned the Sophia Princess 274 -- It's no match for the EML 5U4G, IMO. The EML has more depth in the soundstage on the WA5.
I'm tempted to try the Sophia Royal Princess, but that's a $1200 dollar experiment that would alternatively put a pair of LCD2s on my head to compliment my HD800. I'd buy the headphones over the tubes. As much as I'd love to take one for the team and do a 300B showdown--- I'd rather have another pair of headphones. My suspicion is the SRP delivers deeper bass, but the EML is a better overall tube, but I may never know for certain.
Someone else was asking about the PSVane 181 TII with the WA5. I have a pair, but they're not being used at the moment. I bought a pair of Sylvania 6SN7s which deliver deeper bass to my ears. The PSVane is a smooth tube though. I've done a lot of driver testing on the WA5. The Sylvania 6SN7 is the best I've heard to date.
The other issue with the PSVane is the clearance between tubes is very very tight with the EML bottles. You have about an index card's thickness between tubes. Tricky.
