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100+ Head-Fier
Congratulations on your new baby coming! I’m not sure of your budget but I’ve had some experience with the dark voice and I will tell you that a big upgrade would be the bottlehead crack with speedball. In my experience with the VC I would use most midfi tube amps over virtually any hifi solid-state amp that I have heard. Other good choices would be the monoprice liquid platinum as well as the Feliks Echo in that price range. A step up from that would be things like the Feliks Elise and Bottlehead mainline that I’ve had experience with. I may be letting go of my Mainline with upgraded V-caps as I just moved to an Eddie Current ZDS so if you’re interested PM me. Above that you might want to look at the ZMF Pendant as people I trust tell me it’s exceptional! The Pendant is in my future but coming across the ZDS, since only around 146 were made and it is an OTL I snatched it up and I couldn’t be happier. I’m sure others will have good suggestions but that’s about as far as my knowledge currently extends.Ok, so I'm eagerly awaiting my pair and thought I'd ask for advice on amplification. I have a Darkvoice with a variety of tubes that I've modded a bit and a Monoprice THX 887 doing main duty at my desk. Is that going to be reasonably proficient, and what would you consider a decent step up from the DV?
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