Oct 11, 2010. Grizz_li Member. Joined: Oct 1, 2005. Messages: 807. Location: Syd. Any ideas how the Crack + SB compares to a similarly priced DarkVoice 336SE? Grizz_li, Oct 11, 2010 #247. Then again, if I can guess what the 336SE will roughly sound like, it will probably have it's own sort of warn, euphonic sound vs all the other amps. 'What the heck are you gonna do if. Compared to the Bottlehead Crack, I've always enjoyed the Darkvoice more. The base Crack was always been a bit too. The DarkVoice 336SE for around $200 sounds like an affordable, favorably reviewed tube amp. On 8/26/2017 at 11:39 AM, spwath said: If after all this you still believe and amp is an amp and a dac is a dac, and transparent is all they need to be, get yourself an.

Hey folks, I've done a lot of research into tube amps for a new pair of Senn HD650s(and Grados SR80s as well). I don't currently own any tube amps, this will be first foray into them and I frankly very excited to see what all the fuss is about. My current amp is the Schiit Magni. I narrowed down my choices to three amps.

Schiit Valhalla 2. Little Dot MKIII 3.

Darkvoice 336se A few things to add: I will be interested in tube rolling and I believe these three amps are all pure tube amps, and not hybrids, if I am wrong please let me know. Considering my current headphones, which of these amps would you recommend as your choice? I finished building a Crack about a week ago. Renato Carosone Made In Italy Rapidshare there. I bought some 600 ohm AKG K250 Monitor headphones to use with it and am very happy with the result.

This was the first time I have soldered anything. There were a few difficult things but overall it was not that difficult. The instruction/construction manual that Bottlehead provides is excellent. Simply excellent.

Good photos, descriptions and you just check off each step as it is completed. I bought a Hakko soldering station and an inexpensive digital multimeter, wire stripper, wire cutter.

Some sort of third hand device or a helper to hold things would have been very helpful at times. All in all, it was a fun project and there is nothing like making something yourself! I finished building a Crack about a week ago. I bought some 600 ohm AKG K250 Monitor headphones to use with it and am very happy with the result.

This was the first time I have soldered anything. There were a few difficult things but overall it was not that difficult. The instruction/construction manual that Bottlehead provides is excellent. Simply excellent. Good photos, descriptions and you just check off each step as it is completed.

I bought a Hakko soldering station and an inexpensive digital multimeter, wire stripper, wire cutter. Some sort of third hand device or a helper to hold things would have been very helpful at times. All in all, it was a fun project and there is nothing like making something yourself! Well, I don't have experience with the headphone amps you mentioned, but I have Grado SR80's, and they go incredibly-well with my Fisher 800C receiver while the Sennheisers do not (Even my cheap little OEM Panasonic headphones that came with a discman-type player sounded better.

Those are actually the best cheap phones I've ever heard. The Sennheisers sounded hollow in comparison on the Fisher).

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And considering that I paid $350-$375 for the Fisher sans case (I threw in another $75 so I could have the case as well, but people often sell them without), it's quite a bargain. Plenty of them out there too.

Yes YES I have tried both, but it is limited about how detailed I can get, since it is a while ago now. To a degree, I would say the choice comes down to the headphones you are going to use with it Could you go into more detail about that? As Amps are not supposed to color the sound shouldn't it be as simple as 'ok these are transparent'? Both are tube amps so they should both handle the sound in the same way so unless one is incredibly slightly more transparent than the other I'm stumped. (Disclaimer I have not listened to the Vali 2 but given it is a schiit product I can't imagine them screwing up and releasing a bad amp) Also how would the headphones make a difference, would it take ultra accurate headphones to notice the slight difference in sound or something? Just curious as I try to stick to the most amazing price to performance products and as the Vali 2 is the lowest priced tube amp on the market (according to schiit) and made by a respectable company I would immediately lean towards that but I can't suggest it having never listened to it.