Carl
Headphoneus Supremus
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It doesn't matter if they're overkill. Tubes like the 45, 10, 26, 71A, 20, etc sound really, really good, potentially enough to blow your mind. If you enjoy listening to something, then it is worth it.
Originally Posted by pftrvlr /img/forum/go_quote.gif Isn't 45 a overkill for headphone? Headphone is usually sensitive enough to work with a 300mw amp. And it will never be able to compete with speaker in terms of sound stage no matter what you do. I think that is why we rarely see 45/2a3/300b tubes even in the most expensive headphone amps. |
It doesn't matter if they're overkill. Tubes like the 45, 10, 26, 71A, 20, etc sound really, really good, potentially enough to blow your mind. If you enjoy listening to something, then it is worth it.