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Post by tacoboy on Sept 6, 2011 3:03:12 GMT
My Indeed 6922EH G2 headphone amplifier appears to have died, tried new AC/DC adapter and swapped tubes, no luck. So time to buy new. Anyway, who is considered to make the best single tube headphone amplifier (shipped from China)?
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Post by marcusd on Sept 6, 2011 4:53:46 GMT
Do hybrids count? I adore my Hifiman Ef5
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Post by tacoboy on Sept 6, 2011 5:13:17 GMT
Why must it be shipped from China? Because all the ones listed on eBay seem to be shipped from China. Do not know of any other website that lists lots of low cost tube headphone amplifiers.
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Post by xerxes on Sept 6, 2011 8:50:31 GMT
Shameless!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 6, 2011 9:11:51 GMT
I've got the new indeed G3 here at the moment, will let you know what it's like as soon as I find a PSU for it.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 6, 2011 9:12:45 GMT
My Indeed 6922EH G2 headphone amplifier appears to have died, tried new AC/DC adapter and swapped tubes, no luck. So time to buy new. Anyway, who is considered to make the best single tube headphone amplifier (shipped from China)? How old was your G2 amp?
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Post by elysion on Sept 6, 2011 13:13:11 GMT
Maybe a bit house advertisement, but I really think that Jeremy is right here. I've ordered a (prebuilt) Project Sunrise headphone amp recently and I can't wait to hear it. This single tube amp will fill a big gap in my armory: Finally, I can use single tubes for which I don't have a matching second tube. I have a few Philips E88CC SQ (Special Quality) tubes with gold pins that are from the early 60's. It's almost impossible to find a matching pair, but these tubes have a very pleasant, warm sound signature and good bass. It's very likely that these are Amperex tubes which have been sold under the "Philips SQ" brand.
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Post by tacoboy on Sept 6, 2011 21:06:22 GMT
My Indeed 6922EH G2 headphone amplifier appears to have died, tried new AC/DC adapter and swapped tubes, no luck. So time to buy new. Anyway, who is considered to make the best single tube headphone amplifier (shipped from China)? How old was your G2 amp? Bought off eBay. Paid on April 24th, received about May 5th.
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Post by rowuk on Sept 18, 2011 13:23:38 GMT
Wait, how much can go wrong with a G2? What is there 15-20 parts on the board? How much analysis is needed to fix what is broken? The valve and PS are the most expensive parts.
I think we have a case of looking for an excuse to buy a new amp.
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Post by ozelui on Nov 30, 2011 11:47:37 GMT
My own Indeed G2 is only missing the well-known "heater mod" (hope to do it in few days), and with the remaining of Frans´ upgrades (Panasonic FM caps, sealed trimpots, cathode bypass oscons, etc.), unit sounds really good!In a direct comparison, it wipes the floor with budget HPs from the likes of Pro-Ject and such. If you do not want to poke around with a soldering iron I would consider:
1.-Project Sunrise (contact garage1217 user) 2.- Indeed G3
Wellcome to this forum, sorry about your wallet! LOL!
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Post by schubida on Mar 3, 2012 17:42:33 GMT
Try the fine british Custom-Hifi-Cables HA10 SE. Finest resolution, precision, transparency!!
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