HM-901 - Page 12

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Originally Posted by reddragon 

BTW lee730, a headfier mentioned if you turn on the dx100 and don't play anything, every minute or so there will be cracking noise. Do you experience that too?

I haven't noticed that. Then again I normally won't leave it on long without music. He may have been referring to the sleep mod kicking in. I've had that happen before but that was on an older firmware more so. Unless he has wifi enabled that could also be causing that noise he is talking about.

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Originally Posted by lee730 

It's a transportable amp. Its about the same size as my DX100. Not as portable as the UHA6. But you are right really not a fair comparison. The Triad kills it.

Can the Triad L3 be used on the go, like on a car, ie powered by an internal battery? Or can it only be used being plugged into an outlet?

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Originally Posted by lee730 

I haven't noticed that. Then again I normally won't leave it on long without music. He may have been referring to the sleep mod kicking in. I've had that happen before but that was on an older firmware more so. Unless he has wifi enabled that could also be causing that noise he is talking about.

thank you

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Originally Posted by zachchen1996 

Can the Triad L3 be used on the go, like on a car, ie powered by an internal battery? Or can it only be used being plugged into an outlet?

You can use it on the go with the rechargeable batteries. It will only last 3 to 4 hours on each charge though with the included batteries. Still the Triad will not give you 100% of it's performance from those batteries. It really opens up with the dedicated PSU (not just a regular wall wart). I feel I was getting around 80% to 85% of its performance on the batteries and got a very nice increase from the PSU.

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Originally Posted by lee730 

You can use it on the go with the rechargeable batteries. It will only last 3 to 4 hours on each charge though with the included batteries. Still the Triad will not give you 100% of it's performance from those batteries. It really opens up with the dedicated PSU (not just a regular wall wart). I feel I was getting around 80% to 85% of its performance on the batteries and got a very nice increase from the PSU.

would it be a brick rig if you go dx100>triad l3>energizer?

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Originally Posted by reddragon 

 

 

would it be a brick rig if you go dx100>triad l3>energizer?

Yeah it would be a big rig lol. Honestly I prefer my T1 amp with the DX100 over the Triad/DX100 although a big part of this is synergy. On the Triad the DX100 sound stage presentation is way to big for my liking. I like to have some intimacy in my sound and on this pairing you don't get that. I like both a large sound stage with some intimacy in it still. However it may sound really good on full size headphones or IEMs with little to no sound staging capabilities (in your head IEMs, lot's of depth but not much width).

Any news about the 901 and when it will be available?

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Originally Posted by zachchen1996 

Since the L3 is so good, how would it compare to the alo rxmk3 and rsa intruder, both also being very expensive portable amps?

I think it would be a good idea to contact shigzeo about it as he was demoing the Triad unit. He did however say it was an unfair comparison between the L3 and the RXMKIII. So you can gather some info just from that comment alone. The RXMKIII will not match the dynamic range of the Triad. You'll have better volume control on the Triad volume pot without channel imbalance and you won't have hiss issues with Sensitive IEMs like on the MKIII. IMO though the Triad is above the MKIII. You properly power it and it's not a fair comparison. The Triad won't show you its true performance from batteries alone, its like a handicap at that point lol. The MKIII is the more portable amp though.

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Originally Posted by reddragon 

Is the t1 an improvement over the internal dx100 amp or its just personal preference?

I feel it is both an improvement and personal preference. You get a larger sound stage, more balance within that sound stage. Great width and depth and with the very 3D sound the DX100 brings so it's very fun, detailed, balanced, organic, smooth. Hard to fit that all into a sound but it sure does :). I think the DX100 internal amp is a bit warmer, smaller sound stage, still very 3D but not as good as the T1. I could easily live with it but since I have the T1 and I can make it even better of course I'm gonna use it :).

It runs on an internal battery. Supposedly it can last up to 80s hours on a charge but I have a hard time believing that myself. Then again I generally use it at half volume all the time on my DX100 clocked around 160 to 170 volume. I've gotten around 25 hours average battery life out of it. It takes about 3 to 4 hours to fully charge via mini usb.