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| Headphone Amps (full-size) Discussion of desktop headphone amps. |
10-22-2007, 09:04 PM
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Visely HEA-1: another nice portable headphone amp from China
I just got in for review another nice looking little portable amp from China, the HEA-1 from Visely. Their website purports to be www.visely.com, but that site did not work for me.
Anyway, here are some pics:
Only had a couple quick listens so far, but it sounded excellent. Actually got goose bumps listening to October Project's "Bury Me Lovely". Nice smooth, detailed sound.
Price seems to be $135 US. Sold primarily on EBay. Will be added to my amp review in the next few weeks.
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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
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10-22-2007, 09:14 PM
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dang!!! Stop it, you guys are killing me!! 
Looks sharp IMHO, looking forward to your impressions.
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10-22-2007, 09:19 PM
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Can you give us the dimensions, it's kind of hard to tell from the pic.
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10-22-2007, 09:21 PM
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Pretty small - with knob, 3.75" x 1.65" x 1".
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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
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Portable Amps: Ray Samuels Audio P-51 Mustang; Decware ZenHead; 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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10-22-2007, 10:39 PM
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Excellent Sky, I saw this cutey while ebay'ing portable amps earlier this week.
Looks solid, very curious how you think it stacks up against the mini^3/MiniBox E!
The Chinese are building some pretty nice home amps so why not portable also;-)
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10-23-2007, 03:59 AM
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I hope itll be in the ranking on your review list so i have an idea where it stands next to other amps! Hurry and burn that thing in,SkyLab!!! 
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10-23-2007, 05:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skylab
I just got in for review another nice looking little portable amp from China, the HEA-1 from Visely. Their website purports to be www.visely.com, but that site did not work for me.
Only had a couple quick listens so far, but it sounded excellent. Actually got goose bumps listening to October Project's "Bury Me Lovely". Nice smooth, detailed sound.
Price seems to be $135 US. Sold primarily on EBay. Will be added to my amp review in the next few weeks. |
Amazing all these portable amps coming out now... just when I was getting an itch to get a minibox-E. Now maybe I will wait to see what the comments are comparing all these amps! Hurry up and let us know what your ratings are Skylab! BTW the link you provided worked for me but it was in Chinese. But they have an English link here http://www.visely.com/English/index.htm
Does not tell you much and I would like to know more details of what op amps and circuit design philosophy they use.
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10-23-2007, 01:57 PM
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a little bird told me HEA-2 will coming soon, it's a smarter, cheaper and longer battery life amp.
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10-23-2007, 03:45 PM
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Quote:
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a little bird told me HEA-2 will coming soon, it's a smarter, cheaper and longer battery life amp.
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Not cheaper according to their own site which lists it a USD220
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10-23-2007, 04:16 PM
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Man, the choices just keep coming and coming. If it was confusing before, it's not getting any better now. It's kinda like computers though, you can't keep waiting for the next great thing just sorta have to jump in somewhere. For me that was the headsix. Getting a Meier amp was great but supporting head-fi was what did the trick.
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10-23-2007, 04:40 PM
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Looks pretty solid and nice for that price
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10-23-2007, 08:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skylab
Pretty small - with knob, 3.75" x 1.65" x 1".
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Looks to be a hair thicker than a Toma?
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10-23-2007, 08:40 PM
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From first glance, it reminds me of the earlier iBasso models, especially the pre-D1 mini-DAC. Wonder if there's any connection?
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10-23-2007, 09:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Podster
Looks to be a hair thicker than a Toma?
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Indeed, and just a bit longer. Still pretty compact though, good match for a 1st or 2nd gen Nano.
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Originally Posted by Dexdexter
From first glance, it reminds me of the earlier iBasso models, especially the pre-D1 mini-DAC. Wonder if there's any connection?
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The faceplate of the iBasso D1 and this amp simply have to have been made by the same company. They are far too similar for it to be otherwise.
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Team GO-U-NORTHWESTERN
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; 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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10-23-2007, 10:06 PM
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Compitition Is Coming Fast & Furious No?
[QUOTE=Skylab;3380084]Indeed, and just a bit longer. Still pretty compact though, good match for a 1st or 2nd gen Nano.
We do think alike I believe as I find myself putting thinner pods on thicker amps and vice versa at least as far as packing in a portable setup
Compitition Is Coming Fast & Furious No? I for one am glad we have the likes of you and Miguel to keep us informed of cream from fluff 
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