Refusal to take responsibility.
Hi, Just thought I would make a note here of your handling of my issues. I ordered a pair of HD6xx headphones and then earlier today recieved the package. I drive to go and get it, as I like in the UK I had to pay import tax and handling fees. These total £47.92. The breakdown being £35.92 in tax and £12 in fees. These taxes were calculated of the shipping label of the box, which marked the shipment as the 6xx headphones of $199 value. Before leaving the parcel depot, I open the box to find a $35 lord of the rings mousepad. So now the problem is not only do I not have the headphones, but you have marked the shipment wrong so I have paid £47.92 fees for the handling of the mousepad. Which would have acrued £0 of fees if marked correctly as it is under £135. I go back to the desk but as I have already paid the fees I am unable to reject the shipment, but as the box said 6xx, there was no way for me to know before opening it. I contact support and they offer me a replacement, which...
Jan 17, 2025
- Maverick Audio Tubemagic D1 - Garage1217 Project Ember II - Schiit Lyr 2 w/ Siemens A-Frame NOS 6922 - Schiit Lyr 3 with basically every good 6SN7 in the book - Antique Sound Labs MG Head DT (the original which is only transformer coupled) - Chord Mojo - Chord Hugo 2 - Mjolnir Audio Pure BiPolar
I have also used the HD 600 and HD 650 with tons of other amps. The K7xx will sound similar out of all of those, barring technical improvements as you move up. The HD 600/650/6XX however sound really boring and lifeless out of all of those except perhaps the Pure BiPolar and MG Head DT (haven't used it with either), but their character really improves with a nice tube amp.
And yeah it's all so subjective... I cleaned my ears for the first time in a few weeks shortly after I made that comment (lots of ear wax), and now the headphones I've been using sound brighter (for the better). lol.
My DAC is a modified Lampizator DAC4, with Duelund caps, battery powered clock, and using Amperex 6922 D getter pinched waist (~$400 ea) on output. It's since been superceded by Amber, which I've never auditioned but suspect my customizations actually sound better. Although I'm actually thinking about selling mine so my chain is fully solid state. Something like a TotalDAC or EMM DAC2X interest me.