If you had a $1,000, or so, to spend and K-701 headphones

[grawk]

Some people don't want good sound, they want specific sound

[tyrion]

Some people don't want good sound, they want specific sound

In time they will too will learn.

[Cankin]

I think OP can get more good sound from K701 than JH13?

[tyrion]

I think OP can get more good sound from K701 than JH13?

Now you are just being silly.

[Cankin]

Now you are just being silly.

I think OP mentioned in post #21 that some kind of ear problems prevent him to use IEM.

[Asr]

I forgot to mention, I have a hearing disease and a tungsten prosthesis in each ear to replace the stapes. It doesn't react well to in-ear phones. It shifts everything up several registers.

$1000 Tube amp

I have a custom made SS amp that i like a lot, and a MAD model and an MPX3 SE. I wanted to see what you guys recommended.....something new. I would really like an OPT coupled SET, but 300B, 45 or 2A3 would make it too expensive. I already have to worry about replacing two 300B WE in another amp.

I have a custom made SS amp that i like a lot, and a MAD model and an MPX3 SE. I wanted to see what you guys recommended.....something new. I would really like an OPT coupled SET, but 300B, 45 or 2A3 would make it too expensive. I already have to worry about replacing two 300B WE in another amp.

Source is Audio Note CD3.1 x/II CD player undergoing some surgery.

Multi-quote, dude. Like I did just now. And unlike at Head-Fi it turns orange when selected so even a monkey can be trained to use it.

[guzziguy]

That's why I suggested Platinum Extreme (with the Plitron power transformer) instead of the cheaper, made-to-explode Extreme. I would think that the MPX3 Slam SE would do a fine job of driving K701. Are you looking for a different sound or just a back up in case your SP amp dies? You also could look at a variety of inexpensive Chinese tube amps. I have no experience with them so can't make a recommendation.

[swt61]

Multi-quote, dude. Like I did just now. And unlike at Head-Fi it turns orange when selected so even a monkey can be trained to use it.

Damn! Talkin' trash to the newbie and slammin' The Monkey all in one post.

[Frihed89]

A little of both. Like many, I am a "collector". Not much into Chinese stuff.

Thanks.

[Frihed89]

It works OK, given the SP is OTL and the 701s are relatively low impedance. I have an older pair of the early HD 595s (100-150 Ohms?), and it drives those to ear-shattering levels.

[morphsci]

Before you buy another amp, if you have not already recabled them to a dual entry configuration, STOP: DO NOT PASS GO, get them recabled and then decide if you need a new amp.

[Asr]

Damn! Talkin' trash to the newbie and slammin' The Monkey all in one post.

Self-correction: apparently the multi-quote at Head-Fi turns orange over there too, I just hadn't noticed earlier. So my bad. Also I wasn't referring to our one and only DAC-buying Monkey, just monkeys in general.

[Guest h.rav]

WA6SE fits the bill, it's a trafo-coupled amp.

[Frihed89]

Before you buy another amp, if you have not already recabled them to a dual entry configuration, STOP: DO NOT PASS GO, get them recabled and then decide if you need a new amp.

Dual entry? You mean balanced?

I do not have a balanced output from my source or balanced inputs on any of my headamps. I do have dual channel volume control on all, of them because I have differential hearing loss.

[Frihed89]

WA6SE fits the bill, it's a trafo-coupled amp.

" * 6DE7/6EW7 is a dual triode tube, consisting of one drive triode and one power triode. Its performance is similar to a combination of a 6SN7 and a 2A3." Quote from Woo audio.

As in: a robin is like a duck?

[morphsci]

Dual entry? You mean balanced?

I do not have a balanced output from my source or balanced inputs on any of my headamps. I do have dual channel volume control on all, of them because I have differential hearing loss.

Not necessarily balanced but wiring the headphone cables directly to each driver. This requires drilling a new entry hole in the left housing IIRC.

[The Monkey]

Self-correction: apparently the multi-quote at Head-Fi turns orange over there too, I just hadn't noticed earlier. So my bad. Also I wasn't referring to our one and only DAC-buying Monkey, just monkeys in general.

Thank you for the clarification.

[Frihed89]

Not necessarily balanced but wiring the headphone cables directly to each driver. This requires drilling a new entry hole in the left housing IIRC.

I think my Black Dragon cables were made that way. Correct me if I am wrong.

[n_maher]

I think my Black Dragon cables were made that way. Correct me if I am wrong.

If you can't tell whether or not the cable connects to both drivers separately or just one how the hell are we supposed to help you?

[atothex]

So dual entry is considered superior sonically? I did not know this.

[Voltron]

Simple question. Does your Black Dragon cable have a wire going to each side or just one side? If Drew wired them for you, then I am quite sure he wires them direct to each driver, unlike the stock K701 where the cable is connected on one side only and then there is an idiotically small wire on the inside of the cans going to the other driver.

[CarlSeibert]

So dual entry is considered superior sonically? I did not know this.

I don't get uneasy about it if the signal goes from one side to the other in a reasonably nice wire, but though the headband springs doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. I had Drew do my Black Dragon dual entry. He says that just doing the dual entry, even with the same cable, helps a lot.

[morphsci]

So dual entry is considered superior sonically? I did not know this.

For the K701 that would be a big AYE AYE. Using the headband spring was a monumentally stupid idea, of course IMO. I wouldn't say this is necessarily true for every headphone however.

[Cankin]

Do you hear the improvement only on the right side??

[morphsci]

Do you hear the improvement only on the right side??

No, only in the basement.