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post #16 of 88
10/18/09 at 9:33am
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The amp's color is a kind of copper. Very nice looking.

Sorry I forgot to post the website in the review, it's here: Einar Sound - I will edit the review.

I was under the impression the amp was made in Canada, but I will confirm with the maker. It's possible it's designed in Canada but made in China. I only know for sure that the company is in Calgary AB.
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post #17 of 88
10/18/09 at 9:51am
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Originally Posted by Skylab View Post
The amp's color is a kind of copper. Very nice looking.

Sorry I forgot to post the website in the review, it's here: Einar Sound - I will edit the review.

I was under the impression the amp was made in Canada, but I will confirm with the maker. It's possible it's designed in Canada but made in China. I only know for sure that the company is in Calgary AB.
I would be sure that it is made in China,it would be hard to believe that a Canadian Amp builder would open a Chinese website.
And the price gives it away as well.
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post #18 of 88
10/18/09 at 9:57am
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I agree this seems likely having seen the Chinese website. But I will get confirmation.
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post #19 of 88
10/18/09 at 10:01am
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Originally Posted by Mehve View Post
Well, when you put that way, good point. Made in Canada? Or designed in Canada with the blueprints sent to China?
Or designed and built in China.Then imported by a Canadian firm.
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post #20 of 88
10/18/09 at 10:05am
I would like to see it go against the LD MKVII.

Many Chinese companies have distributors or importers based in Canada. This may be the case.
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post #21 of 88
10/18/09 at 10:30am
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Originally Posted by sunneebear View Post
I would like to see it go against the LD MKVII.

Many Chinese companies have distributors or importers based in Canada. This may be the case.
Spec wise the LD MKVII is way ahead,should have mine next week sometime its a test I am looking forward to.
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post #22 of 88
10/20/09 at 6:31am
Nice pictures.
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post #23 of 88
10/20/09 at 8:26am
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So the amp is indeed going to be manufactured in China. The plan for Einar Sound is to market the amp worldwide from their Canada HQ.
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post #24 of 88
10/20/09 at 3:45pm
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Originally Posted by ford2 View Post
Quote::and may be the most affordable balanced headphone amp there is

The Little Dot Mk Vll is $200 cheaper.

Little Dot MK VII Technical Specifications:




Inputs:
Balanced: 2x 3-Pin XLR
Single-Ended: 2x RCA
Outputs:
Balanced: 4-Pin XLR
Single-Ended: 6.35mm TRS (1/4" Stereo jack)

Frequency Response: 6 Hz - 200 Khz (- 1dB)
THD+N: 0.001% (2 V RMS @ 1000 Khz)

Suitable Headphone Impedance: 8 - 600 ohms
Input Impedance: 20K ohms
Signal-To-Noise: 95 dB
User Selectable Gain Settings: Low (4x) and High (8x)

Power Output:
2800 mW @ 8 ohm
2600 mW @ 32 ohm
2000 mW @ 120 ohm
800 mW @ 300 ohm
I'd also like to this thing up against the Little Dot MKVII.Skylab any chance you can get hold of one?
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post #25 of 88
10/20/09 at 5:33pm
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Probably not, although you never know.
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post #26 of 88
10/20/09 at 8:32pm
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So its MADE in Canada is it.
It is made In CHINA.
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post #27 of 88
10/21/09 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by Mehve View Post
Very nice, and an attractive price! Although spec-wise, the LD MKVII looks to give it some competition. Still, I like the idea of buying an amp from my own country.

Question: What colour is the amp? Is it brown, or are the coffee beans and burlap colouring a black amp?

And yeah, while I can understand the desire to not go parading every last detail of the internals, I'd be interested for some details about what's going on inside.
With the goal to minimize the cost and provide the possibly lowest price, production is going to be assigned to our parnter in China and will be manufactured in China too. The production is going to and have to meet our requirement as promised and be in intensive quality control. We will be announcing the warranty policy that won't give any of our customers a chance to mess up with Quality. If you are in somewhere near us and would like to drop by, we are in the downtown Calgary where is convenient to most public transportations. Detailed address and phone number can be found on our website. Should anyone have any further questions regarding to production, sales or technicals, please contact me at email@einaraudio.com. Cheers for a good day, Einar Sound
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post #28 of 88
10/23/09 at 11:39am
hi Skylab. how about hd650 on this AMP? Thanks!
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post #29 of 88
10/23/09 at 12:26pm
i saw this many months ago in the chinese headphone site erji

look very simliar to this one

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carbon copy or rebranded? in erji it is known as hevicy

and on tabao site it is around 400usd
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post #30 of 88
10/23/09 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by laser View Post
hi Skylab. how about hd650 on this AMP? Thanks!
I don't own HD650's, so can't say, sorry.
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