You need to have high quality low noise tubes. I changed out all of the OEM tubes in my WOO headphone amp for just those reasons. Hiss and buzz. Perhaps someone with your headphone amp can make a recommendation. Headphones are very revealing and a lot of tubes which will work well elsewhere just won't work. Good luck.
Hum, buzz, snap, crackle and pop?
I have a new Yamamoto HA-02 headphone amp that I use with Sennheiser HD800 headphones along with a MacBook Pro. Occasionally, I'll listen with Audio Technica W5000 headphones. The sound is excellent. However, is it true that in order to have tubes in the system, there are forms of hum, buzz, snap, crackle and pop during quiet passages? When listening to solid state, the background is dead silent. I'm simply wondering if this is the way that it is with tubes thrown in the mix. Other than this minor gripe, the sound is extremely exciting and engaging. Thank you.
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