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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.I bet I know what John Siau's answer will be.:wink: While I haven't experimented with fuses in the HPA4, my own feeling is that if it...
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Tobes reacted to unicore's post in the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions with Like.Thank you John also from my side for the detail explanation of the issue and solution. With support like this here and excellent support...
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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.Thanks for the speedy solution John, Benchmark is certainly at the top of the pile for customer support.:thumbsup: I'll be ordering the...
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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.@unicore I have emailed Benchmark about the issue referencing this thread. Both our units around the same build date are behaving the...
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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.Throwing caution to the wind I decided to update the software (1.02) on my 2018 HPA4 to the latest 2.2.1 Everything went apparently...
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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.Thanks for the link to the software update, I had a brief look on the HPA4 page but couldn't find it. My HPA4 would be from the initial...
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Tobes replied to the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions.My HPA4 is also from 2018 - I wasn't aware there was any software update available? Was your HPA4 malfunctioning before or after playing...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.Yes, I think Jussi suggests that the 'mixing/mastering errors' indicated by the counter mostly manifest as some brightness or HF...
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Tobes reacted to TheFrator's post in the thread Benchmark HPA4 Headphone / Line Amplifier Impressions with Like.I picked up a used HPA4 and will give some impressions of it against the Oor/Hypsos with a Schiit Bifrost 2/64 and a LCD-5 in the next...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.I get that - in the sense that they are long, high tap number, linear phase filters. It was Jussi who referred to Sinc-L and Sinc-Mx...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.Yes, I've read Jussi's rationale that the apodizing filters correct recording filter artefacts in some content. To be honest I haven't...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.@kingoftown1 I think Sinc-L, LNS15, 1.536Mhz is now my favorite too! Spacious, detailed with great realism and very solid imagery with...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.That's >4 million taps at x32 - is that what you are using? I assume all the Sinc filter algorithms are essentially the same except for...
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Tobes replied to the thread Holo Audio May DAC Speculation.I've just been adjusting the volume manually to compensate for the difference when using SDM upsampling - I suppose setting the...