xDuoo TA-66 Headphone Amp Review - Your Vacuum Tube Journey Can Start Here
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Thanks to Apos Audio for the loan of TA-66!
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Timestamps...
00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
01:22 Shameless Self Promotion
01:54 Takeaways
02:45 Specs
03:10 What & Why is OTL?
08:33 Build
10:58 Test Gear & Headphone Pairings
13:38 Sound
17:56 Comparison w/ Schiit Asgard 3
19:50 Comparison w/ Darkvoice
21:30 Wrap-Up
The sweet siren song of tube amps. A mere $250 for the amp...and then another several thousand in tubes for just the right sound, lol.
Great review. Just what I was looking for on this product. Thanks
Another EXCELLENT review, Doctor!
Wow! Very cool-looking OTL HP amp. Thank you for another honest review.
Thank you ever so much for your time and work it takes to share your knwowledge,, 💖🙏💖
sounds like a great entry into high fidelity sound!
a great amp for the HD6XX or similar headphones for a very rich and non fatiguing tube OTL sound.
Neat review. I hope you get to do the xDuoo MT604 as well.
Just a heads-up, I’ve seen a specification for the amp where minimum impedance for cans is actually 50ohms. I have begun listening to a pair of 60ohm cans on my TA-66 (Monolith M1070C) and they sound great, nice black background, amazing dynamics and musicality, and surprisingly great imaging for a closed-back set of cans, so I can confidently confirm that going down to 60ohm cans is fine with this amp.
Can you please do some AKG headphones review? It would be nice to hear from you, my favorite top 3 reviewer in YT
Ordered this hoping it's a decent example of what tubes do. I've only tried a Little Dot II and something similar and mostly hated what they did for the sound.
Thanks for the video,
can you compare xDuoo TA-6 and TA-20 Plus please?
Nice review! Have you heard the Woo Audio WA7 fireflies (gen3)?
Not yet
Have you tried the he1000se on the xduoo ta66? I know it’s a lower impedance headphone, but seeing folks pairing it with tubes on head fi and enjoying it. Would I need to get something higher end to appreciate tubes on the he1000se?
Hmmm, i think this would be a mismatch with a focal clear mg?
Is the sound comparable to Violectric DHA V226?
Are these even worth a comparison to the WA7?
Any little Dot mk2 owners that have heard these? I wonder how they compare sonically
Nice review! will the technicalities of the bottlehead crack + speedball upgrade be about twice as better than ta-66
No
Depends on the tubes (which can get very hard to find) the BHC can actually be twice as better with the correct tubes
Edit: possible, very unlikely but still amazing upgrade
@@808lilmac but then ta-66 can be tube rolled too, will that not bring similar improvements.
@@hiraksarma3068 the tubes will cost as much as the amp itself making it a very questionable decisicion
Even if you go for the cheaper tubes ($60+ship total) thats the BHC stock tubes, and you rarely know the signature of the tube, its very common to buy one, not like it and never use it again
How does this sound with focal utopia?
I understand the dark voice has been around for some time, and everyone tends to reference it still, but is it even still possible to buy a new dark voice?
Can I hook 600 ohm headphones onto this amp?
What makes a higher end tube amp better than the TA-66? If you use the same tubes wouldn't they sound the same?
I think the answer from this reviewer would be: blablabla blablabla
Yup, only a balanced version can be " better" plus this is already a evolved version of the mighty dark voice .
@@necrodh That's what I thought. Output power would be the only difference between two OTL amps with the same tubes
We get such crappy pricing here in Canada. unreal.
Yeah, I have an electrician friend in Canada Joel Lagace and it’s depressing for him. I do audio work and field momentum vehicles.
I can find it on Amazon for $340 which converts to $250 USD
How is TA-26S compared to TA-66.
Following
Does nobody know the difference between "these days" and "anymore" anymore?
These days, not anymore.
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