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No, I didn't try it. Not quite sure why, just didn't get around to it. You may also have a point. I would set the gain high though. Let us know how well it does once you get it finished.

Huh? The same JFET amp he had at the meet? I don't think it's gonna drive the K1000, it stumbled on his LCD-1 at a decent volume, of coarse I have no idea what the gain was set at. Sounded great with easier loads though. Yeah, no problem on the K340, it's a quick and dirty mod. 4 pin works best for me.

I wouldn't fuck with her. Bitch has got some pretty big biceps!

If you ever want to experiment with different amplification, I have a Consonance integrated that does a pretty decent job of driving the K1000. I like the Beta22 better, but it's not half bad. I can afford to live without it for a while, if you'd like to borrow it.

Mine are socketed as well. It's as simple as bending the leads and pluggin' 'em in the holes.

Wow! That's really beautiful!

Mine are Black box, #06713, however mine had both drivers replaced just before I bought them, so they have the more tilted treble. That would be my preference anyway. And as I have now heard the other version I can agree that the differences are noticeable, yet far from drastic. And I also agree that both sound like a K1000. I also agree that amp/DAC changes will play a larger role in tuning to your taste. I think you may have taken my recent reply to HPA too seriously Justin.

I'm going to agree, except to qualify that it reaches well beyond decent. A true audio bargain.

Congrats!

That's a lot of vehicles to have owned. You're obviously older than your pics make you out to look.

Nice Dinny!

Dude, can you back off a bit. Your mustache reeks!

Nice find Steve! Enjoy!

Talk about an adrenaline rush! The way he had to slow for the bike/scooter at the end of the tunnel was cool too.

Point taken. The WA5LE was also superb with the K1000, although ultimately not powerful enough. But I hear the WA5 has more grunt.

Corral the women and bar the doors!

Sorry to hear that Reks. Hope it's gone soon.

Just a quick peak into your mind would be all I could stand Reks. And I mean that in the best possible way!

Three tickets to Willie Nelson on my Birthday.

I just saved about $65.00 on my top panels (3) for the wood cases by doing just as Nate suggests, and I got them 9 days earlier than FPE quoted to boot.

Agreed, I had variable output on my Sony XA20 ES CDP, and while it offered remote control as well as a tiny knob on front, it clearly was not as good as the fixed output.

Nice work!

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Traded actually, in preparation for the Buffalo. I doubt my Buffalo will taste as good as Al's though.

While I have no doubt as to the variance of K1000s dependent upon manufacturing dates, I would imagine the β22 would be well suited to all varieties. We're talking about a very neutral amp here, and the β22 has the grunt needed for these phones. I think the way to approach a K1000/β22 system would be to find your particular flavor of K1000, not to try to correct a variety of K1000 you might like less than others by trying to tailor an amp to mask those less desired characteristics. I would have loved to hear Naaman's B22/K1000/Buffalo system. This is where I'm headed source wise, though I've not heard any of the Buffalo varieties. I doubt I'll be disappointed though, as so many people I seem to agree with on most things have raved about the DAC.