Of course the 336SE being a product of Chinese origin comes stocked with Chinese equivalents, these may be good tubes but in all honesty they do not do any great justice for the amplifier. The 6AS7 must be the current emperor for tube headphone amplifiers. The fun, at least for me, is being able to get different flavors for different genres or to just change it up a bit after using others for awhile.The Darkvoice 336SE Tube Headphone Amplifier uses two great sounding tubes - the 6SN7 and the 6AS7.
You'll find that sometimes with tubes, compromises must be made, as most do some things right and other things not so right. In my unit they always gave me everything I wanted, no less, no more, and were generally my starting choice when rolling with others for the first time to get folks a good starting impression. The ones I've used have been earlier productions though, probably 50's to 60's I believe, so I'm not 100% sure, but those appear to be them (mine have slightly different labels, etc.). A true T plate is linked below (you'll notice that a few are taller than others, which is just differences in the years/manufacture): That CV2984 does look nice and isn't a horrible price or anything, they are hard to come. In my experience, the mouse ears have great soundstage and air, but sound a bit thin and more polite than other Tung-sols.
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Below is a link to their website, plus where you can find one for sale (I purchased mine from an auction a few years ago for $300 shipped off eBay direct from Hartung, so you might be able to find a better price than the $495 offered below): Overall to me the Hartung is more detailed, open, transparent, dynamic, and forward than the Darkvoice, giving better overall sound quality in general.īelow are some 'examples' of the T and brown bases, but I have not looked closely at the sellers/results, etc., so just examples.Edit: I just noticed that the T Plate linked above is actually a 'Mouse Ear', which is a T plate, but has those round saucers protruding from the sides at the top, indicating that it is a mouse ear. Hartung is a company that has been making OTL amplifiers for many years and are highly regarded in this area, more so in Europe, as I believe they are just less known in the states. There has been a ton of discussion regarding the different rolling options for this amplifier over the years as well: As bixby also stated, I own a Hartung 6080/6SN7 headphone amplifier, which I believe is a true OTL design, whereas my understanding of Darkvoice has always been that it was more of a hybrid, albeit with great use of the tube section, unlike some.
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Although, it really all comes down to what type of music you enjoy the most, as I can see the Crack being a great choice, even stock, for certain genres.
I've found that I quite enjoy quality 6080s better than 5998s or 6AS7Gs, as 6080s tend to give great soundstage/air by really opening up the sound and also impart a bit of sweetness, such as the Crack, but without dulling the sound too much or making it too sweet European and military variants are my favorite of the 6080s. Also, the nice thing about the Darkvoice is that you don't necessarily need something like the 5998 for most applications. I'm now convinced that these 3 upgrades to the Crack are well worth it and probably necessary for me at least. There is a thing that is called matching your gear, meaning if you have X headphone, then you don't just go out and buy your average amp and DAC, you go out and test your headphone with many different setups to find the setup that you think matches very well with them and really lets the headphone shine. The Vali 2 is a hybrid, meaning it takes trades from both the tube and the solid state, so you get some of that tube sound while having most of the power in the low Ohm range. We also have the fact that the Valhalla 2 is a OTL amp, meaning it sounds the best with higher impedance headphones and has the most power up in the 300 ohm range vs your normal amp that has most of its power at 32 ohm.
If you want to learn the terms then basically just google them, it would take too long for me to explain them. The Valhalla 2 is one of the tube amps that often get recommended for HD 650's and also HD 600's because a lot of people think they match very well. So the Valhalla 2 has more of this veil to it and it offers more detail and is basically just a more normal tube amp in sound. The Vali 2 is less veiled, has a bit more speed to it, it is kinda a bit more controlled and then a tiny bit more slam to it, but not as detailed and has less plankton.
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