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05-13-2009, 04:47 AM
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thanks for the review 
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05-20-2009, 12:30 AM
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Perhaps I missed it in the thread, but have you had a chance to compare/review the Corda Headsix?
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05-30-2009, 04:07 PM
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Does anyone (particularly Skylab) have a detailed comparison of the Arietta and HA-1 MKII?
I'm considering buying pataburd's HA-1 MKII particularly because they have better components. And it would be cool to own one of Alex's amps.
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05-30-2009, 04:16 PM
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Sorry, I can't help much. I only owned a HA-1 MkI, and that was a very very long time ago.
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Pics: Main Home Rig; Bedside Rig; Office Rig; Portable Rig;
Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Meier Audio 2Move, XXS; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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05-30-2009, 10:34 PM
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That's fine. I'm getting Sladeophile's Little Dot III instead.
Have you tried that?
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05-31-2009, 12:56 AM
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Unfortubately I have not heard any recent Little Dot amp. I asked AudiophileChina to send me one to review, but they declined 
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Pics: Main Home Rig; Bedside Rig; Office Rig; Portable Rig;
Headphones: JVC HP-DX1000, HA-RX900; Headphile Deep Cup Darth Beyers VXD3,VXD4; Beyerdynamic DT990/600 (Manufaktur) DT770/600 (Manufaktur), DT880/600 Balanced (Manufaktur); HiFi-Man HE-2 Planar Magnetic; Sennheiser PXC-350; Shure SRH840
Home amps: Ray Samuels Audio Stealth (Mullard ECC32/CV4003); Decware Zen CSP-2 (Amperex BB 6DJ8/Sophia Princess 274B); Darkvoice 337 (GEC 6AS7G's/Tung-Sol mesh plate 6SJ7GTs); Wheatfield Audio HA-2 (Mullard ECC32/GEC 6AS7G/GEC U52); Ming-Da MC84-C 07 (Mullard CV4004/EL84/EM87); Audiotailor Jade (GEC 6AS7G/Sylvania 5751); J. Sound Lab Headphone (Mullard 12AT7); Audio-GD Phoenix; Musical Paradise MP-301 (Ken-Rad 6V6GT/Mullard 6AU6)
Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; Meier Audio 2Move, XXS; Qables iQube
Sources: Denon DP59L table + Clearaudio Maestro Wood / VPI Scoutmaster + Benz Micro Wood L2 > Audio Electronics PH-1 DJH Phono Preamp; Music Hall 25.2 DAC; Denon DVD-5900;Red Wine Audio iMod iPod (Apple Lossless) & ALO VCap dock; Sony SCD-555ES SACD player
Loudspeaker system: Krell KAV250 Preamp>Sunfire Signature II Power amp > B&W Nautilus 800 Signatures + Velodyne FSR-1500/Martin Logan Descent
Tube testers: B&K Dyna-quick 650 & Dyna-Jet 606
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05-31-2009, 03:46 AM
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It isn't the MKIII, the much older wooden one.
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05-31-2009, 11:19 AM
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Nice review.
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08-13-2009, 06:21 AM
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Is the Meier sound sig..Fast, detailed, with good clarity? I'm looking at the Corda Cantate 2 for my DT48.. Isn't the out put OHM 120? One of my DT48 has a 120 OHM adaptar.. Would that improve the sound any..
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DT48a APS V3. DT48S. DT48e 25 ohm. DT48 8 ohm. Denon 5900. Denon 2930ci. Gold Point Headphone amp. BC Modded DAC 2. Zu Birth PC. Zu BOK PC. Zu Mother MK2 PC. AVR Yamaha 1800
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09-13-2009, 12:17 PM
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Skylab, another set of thanks for that original review you did - most helpful - I'm getting into cans for the first time (so a newbie here) and am looking at trying out a Cantate with some different can options as a good mid-range (performance & cost) option - with the Opera (& Arietta) no longer available and it being effectively for my secondary set-up I'm picking the Cantate is now the best pick from the Meier range (since the Opera replacement is nearly triple the price)...
I've heard there's been a few people question if the Cantate is worth the money or that it has some performance questions (basically I've read about the first 2/3 of the 220 posts in this thread so far but haven't seen any mention of it - but apologies for duplication if mention of it is here and I've yet to get to it).
Being in NZ there's a few limitations to what brands are available to trial (i.e. who has a local distributor) so Meier is one of the good options.
P.S. The Cantate I'm looking at BTW is the original model as demo'd in the review not the new Cantate.2 model.
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