Can someone recommend me a tube headphone amp? I'd love to have one where you can actually see the tube, because it's so frickin' sexy. Maybe I'll go with some 600 Ohm headphones with them. This is a future purchase, but I like to drool a bit.
EDIT: Also, people keep saying this and that headphone sounds weak without an amp. Really? My 250 Ohm headphones are exactly the right loudness on my iPhone with max volume, and they sound fantastic. I have noticed an aetheric quality with either my PS3 or TV DAC or headphone amp, because there's something that's a bit different listening to music through them to my DT880s, but I can't say I ever needed an amp. I know I want to have two setups, one that's surgical in its precision and detail - perfectly neutral and reference for working on music and analytically listening to music. But I also want pretty much the exact same thing still (I mean, I feel the bass in on my DT880s is enough, so I don't need more. I've tried the ATH-M50, but I feel the bass is too much) - but I don't mind throwing a tube into the mix. I already love the 12AU7 that I'm using in a guitar effect of mine, so I know what the analogue can entail. I also think it's so deliciously decadent to have a tube amp setup, and I'm also contemplating going for one with a good DAC, and maybe try keeping it digital up to it, if that could help the sound. My multi-effect for guitar has a digital out, but I have yet to try it, since I trust its DAC more than my M-Audio FastTrack Pro (does anyone have anything good or bad to say as this as a DAC or amp?)