What did you think of the E17? I've heard lots of good things.
I guess tubes aren't for you. They aren't for everyone and its understandable. But hey look at it this way , no worry of dieing tubes , no worry of waiting for them to warm up. Solid state is much more convenient anyway. I'm not getting rid of my Valhalla since it compliments the HD650's I have so well.
That's most certainly true, on all accounts. You have a much more inefficient set of cans. I was thinking about getting the HD650s, but I think I'll wait to amazon is selling them for closer to 300, like they have in the past.
As for the E17, I thought it was great for what it did, which is as an on the go DAC. It's definitely worth the cost of entry, however I think that the E7 is overall a better value. If I could do it over, I might keep the E7 over my PA2v2, but I liked the custom built nature of the Electric Avenues product, and I felt that the DAC in my ICS device was just fine for 320 mp3s, which is what I primarily listen to.
Cheers,