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Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
meloman:
Very helpful and interesting list! The highend solid state options are quite limited. How big is the jump from BHA-1 to Ragnarok? There is also Audio-GD Master 9 that might throw a curveball here.
Marvey:
Answer on Rag vs. BHA-1: http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,1803.msg48999.html#msg48999
I'm of the same opinion.
meloman:
Thanks! Yeah, I got the BHA-1 for half off MSRP, so I guess its not too bad.
JoelT:
Thanks a ton for this list. I seem to recall an earlier version on HF if I'm not mistaken. Moron swabbie question: Do you feel the Rag is a relatively safe blind purchase? I have serious reservations on plunging on a TOTL tube amp without listening to a bunch of them first. The price point of the Rag, and the lack of tube expenses seems comparatively safe, even if one wanted to move in the tube direction in the future.
I tried out the Valhalla 2 vs. my current WA7/tube psu combo, and ended up returning the Valhalla due to the soundstage being comparatively compressed, and inferior resolution. Overall tonality of the Val2 was very good (a bit better than the fully upgraded WA7 IMO), but it didn't quite have the technicalities I was looking for. Note that this was comparing the stock Val2 to the Woo with dialed in tubes - not fair. Regardless, the WA7 combo (even with upgraded tubes) still lacks balls, so it needs to go...soon.
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Anaxilus:
--- Quote from: meloman on October 08, 2014, 10:52:18 PM ---Thanks! Yeah, I got the BHA-1 for half off MSRP, so I guess its not too bad.
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Good job!
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