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Member Reviews: Triad Audio L3

Positive Reviews

Currawong

Makes for a great transportable amp when used with an equally good portable source such as the Foxtex HP-P1.

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By Currawong

Pros: Very good performance with a good source. RCA inputs as well as a 3.5mm socket. Bass boost.

Cons: Heavy (445g!) and bulky. Recessed front jacks. Needs a full-size headphone socket.

  Just before I left for a holiday in Australia late last year, I found out I was to be receiving a pair of Sennheiser HD-700s for evaluation. I had, not long before that, purchased a Fostex HP-P1 to take with me as a high quality DAC/amp to use there. As most of my evaluation time would end up being while I was in Australia, I was eager to get a good amp to go with it. By chance, a fellow Aussie was selling an L3, so I made arrangements for a friend to receive it for me so I could pick it up after I arrived.   This plan turned out to be a good one, as while the Fostex is quite a decent DAC, it isn't as strong a headphone amplifier, something which the L3 made up for in...
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Negative Reviews

shigzeo

Triad Audio L3 headphone amp in Review

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By shigzeo

Pros: power, grip, driving fidelity for low and high Ω headphones, good build quailty

Cons: no 6,3mm headphone jack, poor interface elements, poorly labelled

The full review of this nice amp is up at TouchMyApps. For the sake of brevity, the L3 is a fascinating amp because it is positioned in the market as a premium product. It certainly does a good job of performing into any set of headphones and earphones. Low Ω earphones don't daunt it, and unless you are pushing 100% volume at high gain WITH bass boost, the signal will remain strong into DT880 600Ω level headphones from the battery. Mains will fix any errors otherwise.   There is a slight noise in the signal with sensitive earphones and the output pops when power is pushed on/off.    The real problems are in its layout, which is sub-par for an amp of this price....
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Monkee

Sweet but brief!

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By Monkee

Pros: build quality, portability, battery pack improvement

Cons: size (transportable), sound requires battery pack, doesn't drive 300 ohms well

This says it all really - it's a lovely transportable rig with the battery pack, but this Lisa III rig lacks the effortlessness and dynamism of the best desktop amps at this price, and in the $1100+ range, that's a lot of money for something which didn't drive the full-size 'phones I have well. Thankfully they're desirable enough that a quick buy/sell was easy, but this wasn't the rig for me.   Made me wonder what an ODAC + PSU would manage too - this is the best implementation of the Lisa 3 I've seen though, and a really solid product. I disliked the bass boost (worthless addition to any amp imo though), and didn't like that the PSU light glowed even when off, but the amp led...
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