Have you tried the he1000se on the xduoo ta66? I know it’s a lower impedance headphone, but seeing folks pairing it with tubes on head fi and enjoying it. Would I need to get something higher end to appreciate tubes on the he1000se?
Thanks for the wonderful review. I got my TA-66 two days ago and I have listened with HD800s for about 10 hours total with the stock tubes for classical music. It is my first OTL tube amp and I am still learning about the new experience. While I enjoy the sound, I find that the clarity/detail is somewhat lacking as it has more emphasis on bass compared to the hybrid Xduoo MT-604 that I have. My question is how I can alter the sound signature slightly by tube rolling to make a bass a bit tighter and increase the treble? Should I try replacing the pre-am (the small) tube first? If yes, what model should I consider? Thank you very much.
Just a heads-up, I’ve seen a specification for the amp where minimum impedance for cans is actually 50ohms. I have begun listening to a pair of 60ohm cans on my TA-66 (Monolith M1070C) and they sound great, nice black background, amazing dynamics and musicality, and surprisingly great imaging for a closed-back set of cans, so I can confidently confirm that going down to 60ohm cans is fine with this amp.
Ordered this hoping it's a decent example of what tubes do. I've only tried a Little Dot II and something similar and mostly hated what they did for the sound.
I understand the dark voice has been around for some time, and everyone tends to reference it still, but is it even still possible to buy a new dark voice?
Depends on the tubes (which can get very hard to find) the BHC can actually be twice as better with the correct tubes Edit: possible, very unlikely but still amazing upgrade
@@hiraksarma3068 the tubes will cost as much as the amp itself making it a very questionable decisicion Even if you go for the cheaper tubes ($60+ship total) thats the BHC stock tubes, and you rarely know the signature of the tube, its very common to buy one, not like it and never use it again
@@danisold both are fine in this instance. But "anymore" is exclusively used in negative or interrogative sentences, e.g.: "We CAN'T do that anymore". Whereas "these days" can be used in these instances, too, e.g: "We CAN'T do that these days". What we wouldn't do, tho, is use "anymore" in a compound clause without a negative/interrogative polarity. So we wouldn't say "We CAN do that anymore", but we may well say "We CAN do that these days".
