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Originally Posted by donunus  aaarrrggghhh, your description of it being so neutral seems like exactly what I want. grrr too expensive though. So is the c2c hard to listen to after this one? Is it more mechanical sounding or is the c2c just tonally different.
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Definitely the C2C is not mechanical sounding - but it is not as transparent or neutral as the Amphora. If you had not heard the Amphora, you would listen to the C2C and not feel you were missing anything. But on camparison, the Amphora is in a different league.
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Originally Posted by vkvedam Thanks for sharing, quick question. What was your source?
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Sources were, alternatively, my Denon CD player, Carat-Topaz DAC (review forthcoming), and my vinyl rig.
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Originally Posted by Leicachamp Hi Skylab.
From your review, I gather that the Singlepower, even though it is more colored,is the more musical of the 2 amps.
Is this a correct assumption?
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I don't like to say "more musical". The Extreme is euphonically colored (slightly) compared to the Amphora. Whether this will sound more musical is up to you
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Originally Posted by GreenLeo Hi Skylab,
So how does this amp compare with the Lisa? Both of them are transportable and in the similar price range (Lisa + LLP ~ 1000$). The comparison would be really useful for head-fiers.
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Sadly, I don't have a Lisa around anymore to compare it to; however, I am pretty confident to say that the Amphora is the better sounding amp. BUT: I never heard the Lisa with the LLP, so my comments relate to the Lisa running on batteries. In that configuration, the Amphora would get the nod.
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Originally Posted by jpelg Nice review, Skylab.
1. What source(s) are you using?
2. What gain setting(s) are you using for the low-impedance cans?
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Thanks! Source notes above. For high impedance cans, the high-gain setting was needed, but for low impedance cans I used exclusively the low-gain setting, and found it to sound a little better.
