Bengineer Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) It's not a hard and fast rule, and if you want tubes generally you want some tube flavour. These cheap hybrids don't give much of that. Anyway, both good options for the price. As is say a used Asgard 3. Power for days and a nice hint of warmth Edited September 2, 2020 by Bengineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike29a Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Tubes should give 2nd and 3rd order harmonics and that's all, but if you have impedance difference more than 1/8th then frequency response of the headphones is affected in a very bad way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roos Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 What about the Cayin HA 1 mk2 tube headlamp? Very nice sounding amp, lots of power for most hp out there, tube rollers dream... And certainly within your price range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzii Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 27/08/2020 at 6:42 PM, markm1111 said: I'm thinking about adding a tube/valve headphone amp to my desktop system. Its been over 10 years since I last had a tube headphone amp, a Decware CSP 2+, so I assume there are far more alternatives and new faves now. I like my existing solid state, so the tube amp is to play with the harmonics. Something that can roll with reasonably priced tubes, nothing too esoteric. Currently use a Questyle CMA400i with a M-Scaler/Innuos source. My phones are Focal Clear open and MrSpeakers Aeon Flow closed. It would be good if it also had pre amp functionality. The plan is to eventually have some active speakers on the desk, hopefully with both balanced and single ended input, then have the ability to use either the Questyle or the tube amp as pre. Budget is open, to an extent. Will be looking for second hand. Budget is always stretched by desire, but keeping it sensible. Would probably top out at $2k, but would much rather have it south of $1k. So, what suggestions do you have? And what are the pros and cons? Thanks in advance. p.s. I did try searching on SNA and couldn't find similar thread. I also entered into the Headfi maelstrom and just found it too hard to search..... hey Mark, i have a spare Ming Da headphone tube amp if you want to try it out. I havent used it for over 6 years as i went for the Slee SS one. Purchased it when they were the rage and was going to upgrade tubes, but never got around to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm1111 Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 @scuzzii That's an awesome offer, thanks mate. I'll drop you a PM later this afternoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 The Feliks Audio Echo is nice, I'm not sure if it will fill all your requirements but it sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) On 29/08/2020 at 2:22 PM, Munce31 said: I’d love to add the Cayin HA-A6 tube amp to my system one day. Couple it with an xlr a/b switcher, I can enjoy both my Phonitor and tube amp. @Munce31 It's the VU meters right? So nice, I like Edited September 26, 2020 by Tarzan tagged Munce31 on his qoute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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