HeadAmp Blue Hawaii Special Edition Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier

Something special

The Blue Hawaii SE looks amazing and sounds great. Truly feels and looks like a premium product. It gets warm, but doesn't feel like a space heater on my desk. Really happy with this product.

RE: BHSE review

I purchased the BHSE to replace the original Blue Hawaii (1st edition?) that was starting to experience issues after 22 years of service. The BHSE is more refined in every way, especially the way it looks! The 1st one was more Flintstone and the second more Ferrari! I've been using this with Stax 007, and 007 mk2 as well as Audeze CRBN2. I went for the DACT version because I'm the only one using it and it's hard to beat . 05 dB channel matching. At any rate it sounds fantastic and is deepening my addiction to vinyl as well as great digital recordings. I know the BHSE has been around for a long time, but I think you knocked it out of the park with this one!

Excellent match with CRBN2 and RayTube EL84's

I've had this amp for several weeks now, used exclusively with the Audeze CRBN2 headphones and Weiss DAC501 MK2 fed by Qobuz high res streaming and Audirvana playing downloads purchased from HD Tracks from a Mac M1 Studio. This amp/headphone combination is very well balanced and neutral with the HeadAmp supplied tubes, in my case NOS Russian Mullard branded EL84's with '05 date code. With Ray Tube's Select EL84's there is more and tighter bass, and astonishing clarity at all frequencies. It is an absolute pleasure that is hard to stop listening to.