REVIEW: Head-direct.com HiFiMan EF2 tube Hybrid Amp with USB DAC - Page 17

Anyone open these up and compare with the hybrid little dot 1+? Is it possible they are the same amp except for the included dac

It would be interesting to see whats a better value the EF2 at 209$ or the little dot i+ at 150 plus something like a super pro DAC at 85.

Heres the internal view of the little dot 1+ hybrid tube amp.



and the outside

I saw that for lower impedance, the little dot I+ offers 800mw while the EF2 offers you only 320mw. I'm not sure if that make a difference or if those numbers are inflated. I wish someone could give us some kind of comparison. What I do know is that I'm going home for a couple of weeks and traveling with me will be the EF2. Although not as good as my Keces, the internal DAC is going to be useful on the road.

Can anyone comment on the EF2 paired with the k601? I would be very interested to see some impressions.

small update:

they've had it for a couple of days and I was emailed today to let me know that they're going to test it tomorrow. So I guess I might not have a an amp for a few more days. They shipped fast, so hopefully I'll have a working EF2 by Tuesday or Wednesday.

put up an IC for my ef2.. will sell once new amp arrives

it's been fun the ef2 is lovely, great synergy w/ my hd580's

damn

that was fast

and you convinced me to buy one in the first place.

For my purposes, it should be fine. I plan on buying a D2000 here soon (before Christmas hopefully) and I think for Grado's and Denon, not much more is needed.

What do you plan on buying to replace it?

Hmm, im getting a HD600 soon, but I need a amp too.

I would really like to know how the EF1 compares to the LD MK2. The MK2 looks imo way better though

I didn't feel like the EF-1 had enough power for the HD650's. I wouldn't recommend driving anything over 150 ohms with the EF

Does the MK2 have more power? Ive readed somewhere in this thread that the EF actually had more power then the MK2 .

Don't know the LD's at all. Sorry. Just know that I had to turn the EF-1 very high and did not drive the HD650's very well. There may be other opinions out there but the 650's just didn't feel like they opened up much on the EF-1.

The WA6 isn't even a hybrid is it?

Plus it costs about 400 bucks more

I don't want the itch, but one of these days I should go to a meet to hear all these amps and headphones I haven't had a chance to try yet.