Best tube amp for stock AKG 701 head phones

Dbk,

The amps you've noted should work well with the AKG 701, especially the W6. I'm using a Cayin HA-1A with mine and looooooove it. The Cayin has a lot of power and exhibits great control over the AKG. YMMV.

Cheers,
Garry

Ray Samuals Raptor. Been loving it with 701's for about a year.

I don't know what your budget is and I'm not familiar with the amps you've listed, but I would look at one of these:

http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-online.de/index.htm

The Eartube to be exact. I have an HA2-SE and I'm very happy with it. Dr. Meier is very easy to deal with. Go to www.headfi.org for more opinions.

Audio research..any model

Singlepower's PPX3 SLAM amp works well with my K701s...

Singlepower Extreme or one of the Singlepower slam models. Either PPX3 or MPX3. Some good deals on used amps at www.head-fi.com