philodox

Every time I read that ipod thread on head-fi I get dumber... I've really got to stop.

BOOO! Send your headphones to meee!

Well, you're listening to good music anyways.

Ice caps... political... suuure. Welcome! I always thought it was 'fighter' too, go figure.

Nice, the fact that there wont be mods actually makes the 6G more attractive to me.

Yeah, the voltage swing part right? That's a pretty big part of the equation with the K340's. I'm positive that both amps can drive the K340's, in fact I've heard a balanced M3 and it did a great job, but I don't believe it had a gain of 2. I'd be worried about having to max out the volume and having no breathing room for adjustments. Maybe if Thrice is around he would know what the gain setting was on the balanced M3 that he brought to the first national meet... Speaking of, what is the gain setting on your balanced beast from Toole?

Paralleling the tubes with half the output impedance correct? Should be a positive improvement.

We're talking about a gain of 2... 4 balanced. Why do you think a balanced M3 would have a better go at it than a balanced beta22? Now, I'm not sure if all of these gain ratings are directly comparable, but if they are... The K340's are not going to be happy at the levels I listen, given my experiences with the 10 gain dynahi and assuming that a gain of 4 is 40% relative to a gain of 10 being 100%. Hmmm... I wonder what the gain on my amp is. Any way to measure it?

Must be a bitch with the fingerprints though. Earl seriously needs to replace the dinky knob on his though. I mean, with that much real estate you could go with a 10" diameter knob if you wanted to!

I don't think a gain of 2/4 would cut it for me with the K340's considering my old dynahi had a gain of 10 and I was usually around 12 oclock...

Ummm... but there is a LOT of other stuff that is different about your CD player and Biggies, no? And I would think that the Simaudio Eclipse is significantly different than a modded TEAC.

Neither do I, my 24 step singlepower stepped attenuator is great.

If I ever get a singlepower amp made I will probably go with something other than blackgates [maybe elna silmic IIs or something similar], V-Caps [or something comparible] and the upgraded iron. It seems to me that upgrading a transformer down the road would be a much bigger pain in the ass than upgrading caps. I also think that the upper strata of caps is more than likely a little overrated. I'd also love him to build it in one of the old toaster style enclosures. Am I the only one that prefers them that way?

For DHL I always get them to send it to work. I usually get it in a couple of days regardless of where it is being sent from [China, etc] and I've never had to pay a fee. Definitely my favorite courier based on personal experience.

Do you really like the HE60 Nate? I heard Tyrions at the first national and wasn't really too impressed with it. They guys are right that you would be wanting to replace that amp pretty damn quick... and you love the Wheatfield. I'd say no personally. I mean, it seems like they come up for sale fairly often... so you could always explore that route later on.

I seriously hope it is faked... poor cat.

Still upset I missed out on those $205 RS-1's.

It's a pain in the ass since the AKG rep is so hard to get ahold of. I don't have the info since I always get swt61 to place my orders, but I'm sure someone in here does. Might be worth your while to order a K501 headband as well, they look and feel a lot nicer IMO.

Yeah, I know what you meant. With my amp and the K340's it usually is at around 12 oclock, but on certain recordings can get as high as 3-4 oclock. With grados, it is more like 9-10 oclock and up to 12 with some. So, still completely usable for any headphone. I just threw in the 'wuss' thing in keeping with the spirit of this forum.

Well, unless you're a wuss, if you configure your rig to sound good with K340's, it will still sound great with any other dynamic headphone. ..save perhaps the K1000, but I think it is pretty much given that those require a power amp or transformer output to sound their best.

Yes and no. The tracking is best at the middle point on the pot. So unless you can always listen to the amp at max and somehow still be at exactly the right volume [which would mean you likely only have one headphone and one type of music you listen to], it is better to be in the middle.

LOL, too funny. I'll take a spool of the Brown wire and the Orange wire... and if you don't give me the Orange wire, I'll talk to your Mom.

please, tell me where to get this wire

I want 13 tubes in mine.

Or you could just PM looser101 and he can tell you how to tweak the current boards.