Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
- 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 It's since been superceded by Amber, which I've never auditioned but suspect my customizations actually sound better.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.