thanks for the veview.

yes thank you for the review, cant wait for the black version to be back in stock

Thanks for the review.  Like the Volume Unit meters a lot, look so sleek...     

Gotta say, as a Lynx Hilo owner I am just not seeing the value proposition here.  With the Hilo, for roughly the same price, you lose the balanced headphone out and gain a reference-quality A/D converter.

Hi @burnspbesq, I've never had the opportunity to try the Lynx Hilo. Would be nice to give it a shot. However I could be missing something but in checking prices, isn' the Lynx Hilo double the price of the HA-1? Where did you find the Lynx Hilo roughly the same price as the HA-1?

Love the display!

I love the display, too.  VU meters, spectrum are nice to have.  I would probably get this instead of anedio d2 if I had to do it over!

Great review. Looks like a nice package...and yep, I love the display too

Lynx is double the price $2495, Oppo HA-1 is $1199.
 
Also,
 
Lynx goes only up to 192 kHz and support up to DSD64.
Oppo can do PCM up to 384 kHz 24-bit and support up to DSD256.
 
Oppo can also support DXD files. but it's really how does it sound vs Hilo.
Someone should have 2 to a/b ing ?

I had a Hilo, It did HF sound staging enormously well, but I found the vocals a bit recessed. Odd for me, I might have listened to it not configured correctly. Opps has MFi so iOS deveices can be used in a car environment, but unlike the hIlo which can run off a 12 volt battery.. the oppo is line voltage.
 
There is a lot more to SQ in a  unit than just a DAC chip.  The analog section is a big deal. I like that the Oppo is class A- but wonder about the heat generated. Oppo also has great S/N ratio balanced.

I haven't had any issues at all with the heat generated... at least as far as I can determine from chassis temp.  I can check running temp tonight when I get home with my IR thermometer (if I can find it ), but I would guess it isn't getting over 110F, where ambient is about 75F.  A 35F delta for a passive cooling device is pretty awesome IMO, I see active watercooling solutions in computing that aren't that effective, but then I really don't know at what rate heat is generated in this amp vs. on a 100% utilized multicore processor.   What I don't know is if the internal temps for the ICs are OK, but assuming the heat transfer design is effective and the chassis is the main heat sink, I would then assume that there is no problem what so ever with temps in this amp.  If I am wrong about the effective heat sink design on the other hand...

I can confirm it doesn't get above 110f...