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Fostex HP-A8 DAC/Amp and other Fostex gear
Apr 6, 2016 at 12:28 PM Post #436 of 479
jellofund said:
   
I think Whazzzup partially answered your question.
 
My understanding (from reading some discussion earlier in the thread) is that they are essentially idenitical. C denotes the international version (warranty wise & internal power jumper will be set for the appropriate territory) whereas the 'regular' A8 is the Japanese model.
 
Only other difference I'm aware of is the colour of the side panels. May have got this the wrong way round but I think HP-A8 has silver and A8-C black, although I believe the glass front panel still reads as HP-A8 on both models.
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Thanks man
 
whazzzup said:
 
ellipsoid is difficult to find but in north america you get the HP a8 black version. other locals get the C for their ps variances 
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Thank you
 
Looking to finally get this for my Beyerdynamic Tesla T1
 
Jul 29, 2016 at 4:07 PM Post #437 of 479
If anyone in the UK is interested in an HP-A8C I will be adding one to the for sale section in the next couple of days. This has served me well but I have upgraded and cannot justify keeping it.
 
Cheers.
 
Jul 31, 2016 at 11:26 AM Post #438 of 479
robert777 said:
  If anyone in the UK is interested in an HP-A8C I will be adding one to the for sale section in the next couple of days. This has served me well but I have upgraded and cannot justify keeping it.
 
Cheers.
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sorry to see you go, well not really :) i have kept my A8 to run exclusively la900 full mod, and added Hugo TT and soon GSX MK2 to run hd800S. what are you powering th900 now if you kept them?
 
Jul 31, 2016 at 4:28 PM Post #439 of 479
I may not be going just yet. Once my wife has a chance to take a few pictures for me I will list it on here and on eBay and see what happens. I am not sure how much interest there will be here in the UK

I love the Fostex DAC and have been using it as a DAC only. I have two amps. The Schiit Valhalla 2 for my HD800's and the Audio-gd SA-31 for the TH900s. I found the sound to be a little more toe tapping.

I fell in love with the Chord DACs but the TT is out of my budget. I was going to save up for 2qute but a NAD C510 came up as an open box sale on eBay so I jumped at it. I like that it is another British company that do not use off the shelf chips.

Cheers.
 
Aug 12, 2016 at 4:49 PM Post #442 of 479
zedosgatos said:
hi. I've found an ad selling one of those mint for 500 dollars. do you guys think it's a good deal or there's better options for that kind of money (new/used) appreciate.
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good price great pairing for th900. 
 
Aug 12, 2016 at 5:01 PM Post #444 of 479
Aug 12, 2016 at 5:09 PM Post #446 of 479
so you want another desktop? for what HP?
 
Aug 12, 2016 at 9:02 PM Post #448 of 479
My headphones are an HD650 a x2 a PM-3,and planning to buy an Audeze LCD-2 will it work? or I'll have to think in an external amp? I can't find enough information about this dac/anp over the Internet...
 
Aug 12, 2016 at 9:52 PM Post #449 of 479
zedosgatos said:
My headphones are an HD650 a x2 a PM-3,and planning to buy an Audeze LCD-2 will it work? or I'll have to think in an external amp? I can't find enough information about this dac/anp over the Internet...
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I don't own audez or HD 650 but hpa8 is good for efficient headphones, like th900 is what it's designed for. Now it's a fine dac amp and will drive lots of different hp but in the 500-600 $ is good value but you can only power so much. Both marantz and a8 will do in a pinch. I can't say which is better, but they are not 1-4 watt power wonders.
 
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