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What headphone amp to use with Sennheiser HD800?
The Bass with the Krell KSA 5 is comandingly rich and wonderful. Deep, Powerful and controlled, bottomless and effortless. This headphone can do Bass with a powerful amp! I bet the Pass Labs and Valhalla II sound very close. 
What headphone amp to use with Sennheiser HD800?
So Far I have tried my HD800S with my Mal Valve on both the 8 ohm and 32ohm settings the 32 was much more balanced sounding, It sounded great somewhere half way between the Stax 007 and the LCD3. It sound very natural with a rich and prominent mid... 
Mal Valve Headphone amp III
Well after letting the tubes settle in some I accidentally damaged the left driver of the Stax 007 headphones, not sure how to get that addressed but I do want to try the 009 model.I've tried about 10 different headphones with the Mal Valve now an... 
Mal Valve Headphone amp III
I have not heard the iF1 iEnergizer Pro at all(but curious). I own the SR 007II but not the SR 007I so I'm not sure about that either yet. I wish Schiit Audio made a Stax amp. I have easily modified a few of their products with huge success. I'm p... 
Mal Valve Headphone amp III
OK having a little fun now trying different headphones with this set up. More on that later, if you have looked up anything on the Mal Valve you know it’s extremely versatile. I have it hooked up to my OPPO 95 (balanced, it sounds better than the ... 
Mal Valve Headphone amp III
A few notes about the 6V6 Telefunkin and Gold Lion tubes. The Telefunkin is more more substantial looking and has heavily saturated harmonics which is amazing on the piano and violins as you just kickback and try and take in all the great complexi... 
Mal Valve Headphone amp III
OK have tried a couple other 6V6 tubes now with the Gold Lion ECC81 and Mal Valve 184's in there.With the Gold Lion 6V6GT it really sounds much better, much more balanced and deeply harmonic compared to the JJ tubes. The sound is now far beyond wh... 
dCS Puccini Clock
For the subject of this post the clock does make a dramatic difference. I have the Debussy for my headphone rig with a Verona clock and the Paganini full stack for my big rig and on either the clock makes a huge difference. I also have a 10mgz ref... 
Amps for Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage
I have had a lot of Krell gear myself and am currently running a Krell KCT to MSB 202 amps and the sound is stunning. Much smoother than the Krell amps but faster too, very very fast! There is so much more music there with the MSB 202 ampsthey are... 
Confused about Krell FPB 300 400 200 Amplifiers
Krell continually improved the FPB series over time and the part number evolved along with the improvements to the basic design. There are basically 3 stereo amps and 3 Mono's as follows:Stereo - FPB200,FPB200C,FPB300CX (Transformer 1700VA)Stereo ... 
Best Krell amp for a 15amp wall outlet.
Small update, I tried a few different things here. First with my PS Audio P-1200 to the FPB 200C, this cleaned the sound a bit more but made the supply problem worse. Then I temporarely installed my Torus WM100next to the stereo with 6 GA 240 supp... 
Audio Research VM 220 versus the VT200
No one has an opinion? 
Krell versus Pass Labs
I have been a loyal Krell owner for 20+ years. I currently own a FPB200c, FPB 750 MCX (2) and Krell KCT with Transparent CAST cables. I'm not sure about spending more on Krell and so far with these speakers I'm not finding a lot of synergy? I'm al... 
Anyone heard the Krell KCT Preamp?
I would try a pass Labs amp too either X350.5 or the X600.5 mono's. 
Krell versus Pass Labs
I'm curious to hear how the ARC250's handle the Diva's? Mine draw a lot of power in the top end, I had to use the X150.5 for a while before I correlated what was going on. The sound of the Magnus is very impressive and real sounding, I have no fau...