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DarkVoice 336SE OTL Headphone Amp
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Jan 20, 2022
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Tube Glow rulez!
After buying HD6xx the next step was to find the best budget headphone amp. My only experience was Headroom (different models) and a British made O2. The reviews agreed that HD6xx (300 Ohms) and DarkVoice
(80 Ohms) are match made in heaven. Also, its tubes are cheap and plentiful, from NOS Cold War surplus both East and West, to new ones.
When it arrived, left it for a day to cook. To establish a baseline listened intensively to HD6xx and O2 . if it is not much better than O2, there is no point.
The result was, well, um, ok. Better, but not significantly better. I endured it for a day. Then, the real test came. Installed replacement RCA tubes and left them couple of hours to stabilize.
When I started to listen, I was awestruck. For less than a 500 bucks this is a killer rig.
I firmly believe that music should be listened on equipment from the era recording was made, because we get to hear what engineers heard. DarkVoice is OTL and what we listen is a tube. This tube can be chosen to fit our musical taste and preference. If you listen mainly to blues, jazz, baroque as I do, this amp will blow you away.
DarkVoice is smartly engineered from cheap components and at this price point is hard to beat. Similarly designed Bottleneck is much more expensive due to better parts.
My suggestion to anyone buying DarkVoice is to purchase replacement tubes ahead of its arrival and
listen to the new tubes right away.
The only negative I have is that the power switch is so flimsy I am afraid it will break quickly. I would rather have a simple toggle switch with a short throw.
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