Tube Lab

In this episode we're going to take a look at some Canadian made RCA tubes and look at the current state of our production prototype of out Headphone Integrated Kit Amp.
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[@cobar5342]

Thank you for another superb video

[@el_arte]

You’ll have to contact Ryan at ModHouse and ask him to loan you a pair of Tungsten headphones. If you can drive that one, you can drive anything.

[@tubelab194]

Our Hifiman HE1000 v2's at 35ohm/90db aren't the easiest cans to power up and the Kit Headphone amp easily handles them and they sound amazing. I just wish they didn't weigh so darn much! My favs are our Sennheiser HD660S 150ohm/104db, they are nice and light and sonically paired with our Kit Amp sound simply stunning.

[@naren.freak1c]

​@@tubelab194Modhouse tungsten Double sided is 78db/mW and 155ohms.

[@el_arte]

⁠ Tungsten = Impedance: 135 ohm average, Sensitivity: 76db/mW That’s why they are the reference in terms of “difficult to drive”. HE6se and Susvara aren’t too far behind. Everything else can be driven by many commercial amps.

[@tubelab194]

As an amateur speaker designer, I've watched products enter the market that I would never in a million years have ever released as a finished design. In particular very low sensitivity in drivers, both in main system speakers and headphones. In my experience the more efficient drivers almost always sound superior.

[@el_arte]

@@tubelab194It’s a bit different with planar diaphragm, I guess, as both Tungsten and Susvara are currently top rated. I don’t really care, I don’t have them, as I would never spend that kind of money on headphones.

[@masterazlan6999]

Do u have anything for iem endgames systems?... Peace!

[@tubelab194]

No sorry, we only design audiophile quality kits.