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Offline John EH

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on: September 27, 2013, 02:23:15 PM
Just a WOW post.  Finished a run and bike ride and came home and made coffee.  To prevent waking the significant other I turned on the Crack and put on the Sennheiser HD650's.

Just absolutely frigging amazing.  An oddly well recorded album is in the mix.  I'd have never have thought this would have sounded this good but ..........

The Wreckers "Stand Still, Look Pretty" is just amazing.

Amazingly great kit for the price and brings hours of enjoyment.

And just to try to keep up I ordered the Iron Upgrade for my SEX amp and I've been enjoying the heck out of it as late.

Ok if I gotta be technical I have to say I bought a batch of Mil Spec triple mica JAN Phillips 6080's and I've gone through two of them already.  Is it just me or are they not very robust.

I promise you the failures are due to mishandling and not amp related.  I dropped one and another one I turned the amp upside down and set it on the tube entirely too hard.  After that the big coil sparks at start up. Actually still works but I tossed it anyway.

Anybody else notice the 6080's aren't bulletproof?

John



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 10:54:21 AM
Anybody else notice the 6080's aren't bulletproof?

The 6080 actually has the opposite reputation - they are generally incredibly robust.  I've dropped plenty of them on the ground without any issues, I'd say you've just had a bit of bad luck.

Paul "PB" Birkeland

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