General Headphone Audio

danoliver1 said:
Any recommendation for a tube amp? Interested to try one.
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Budget?

I can vouch for the APOS Gremlin and Xduoo TA-66. Both great budget options, although the TA-66 has the edge as a OTL tube amp.

The one I've not heard is the Bottlehead Crack that for a long time has been the defacto recommended for the 6x0. Although it's more expensive than it once was.
 
danoliver1 said:
Was looking at the xduoo ta66 at £250. Or go all in with the cayin hpa2a at £999?
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That's a good budget, and both of those are nice amps, the HPA2A is a 10kg beauty!, I think you first have to decide if you want to wet your toes your not, plenty of decent budget options out there, on the budget side I'd probably go with the aDuoo TA-26S over the TA-66 as has a bit more power, 4.4mm jack, and more common tube options for tube rolling, you do lose the stepped attenuator and point to point wiring though if that's a concern for you.
 
Watching a bit of the The Headphone Shows coverage of Vienna Highend Show this year and whilst a lot of went over my head (i.e. not of much interest to me) one think did stand out and that was very quick take on two new Aune headphones.

The new supposedly budget AR 3000 they called the best headphone there and they actually preferred those to the AR 9000 (c.$1,500 - although maybe too early for prices). Could be one to keep an eye on depending on when it comes out.

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Timber said:
Watching a bit of the The Headphone Shows coverage of Vienna Highend Show this year and whilst a lot of went over my head (i.e. not of much interest to me) one think did stand out and that was very quick take on two new Aune headphones.

The new supposedly budget AR 3000 they called the best headphone there and they actually preferred those to the AR 9000 (c.$1,500 - although maybe too early for prices). Could be one to keep an eye on depending on when it comes out.

Short segment starts at 11.13 minutes in.
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I saw that too, and apparently the AR 3000 is a sub £200 headphone.
 
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