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Moon Nēo 430HA Reference Headphone Amplifier
Apr 18, 2015 at 10:26 AM Post #376 of 1,920
armaegis said:
  I heard the 430HA today feeding an HE-6 and Abyss. Wow
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Tons and tons of power for the HE-6 with room to spare. Overall impressions are that it is an extremely smooth sound. I heard a tiny bit of brightness at the top though I don't know if that was from the dac or the amp.
 
 
 
I haven't heard them back to back, but going from memory I'd give the nod to the 430HA.
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Few days more and I'll taste the waters personally....
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In the meanwhile I received 280D DSD Dac: maybe too early to judge, but seems really promising (testing with Cavalli Liquid Glass and V281)...
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 10:33 PM Post #378 of 1,920
Interesting none of the reviews have really reviewed the DAC or discussed the 430 as a Preamp.
 
Apr 19, 2015 at 11:15 PM Post #379 of 1,920
longbowbbs said:
  Interesting none of the reviews have really reviewed the DAC or discussed the 430 as a Preamp.
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I find that absolute sound usually do not do a in depth review unless it is for some megabux equipment.  Also most reviewers I would think would concentrate on the primary use of the equipment. Out of curiosity , I wonder how the 430ha sounds as a pre-amp vs the closest moon stand alone pre-amp of comparable price.
 
Apr 20, 2015 at 7:38 AM Post #380 of 1,920
From what I read out of the white paper, they put a lot of that unit into the 430., They are very similar other than balanced outputs and a few more Analog inputs. I suspect that the sound would be very close.
 
Apr 20, 2015 at 7:43 AM Post #381 of 1,920
longbowbbs said:
From what I read out of the white paper, they put a lot of that unit into the 430., They are very similar other than balanced outputs and a few more Analog inputs. I suspect that the sound would be very close.
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Any idea if the same applies to the dac? The 430HA D sounds very similar to the review of the standalone unit which is floating around the internet somewhere.
 
Apr 20, 2015 at 7:47 AM Post #382 of 1,920
The DAC add on is a strong implementation of the 9018. I would call it a bargain at $800. The stand alone gets to dedicate all the power supply magic that Moon is renowned for exclusively to that purpose. SO I would expect better performance. However, we are not going to hear massive differences at this point. The DAC add on is a very strong bang for the buck contender.
 
Apr 20, 2015 at 6:25 PM Post #383 of 1,920
I imagine if you took that add-on dac and added a bunch of outputs and a chassis and a power supply etc, you would be looking at a couple of grand for essentially the same dac.  Well that's how I view it anyway
 
Apr 20, 2015 at 9:33 PM Post #384 of 1,920
mulder01 said:
  I imagine if you took that add-on dac and added a bunch of outputs and a chassis and a power supply etc, you would be looking at a couple of grand for essentially the same dac.  Well that's how I view it anyway
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Basically that is what you would have. I am sure they have a few extra things up their engineering sleeve though.
 
Apr 29, 2015 at 11:24 PM Post #386 of 1,920
May 1, 2015 at 12:39 PM Post #388 of 1,920
longbowbbs said:
  Yes, it will be my SS reference.
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Right that this amp is really powerful but I would compare cans like HD800, Abyss, HE-6 also fueled by the new HEADA Aurorasound reviewed by Currawong to check soundstage and musicality. Perhaps rompishment versus refinement ? The Moon more rock, electro, acoustical and the Heada more classical ??
 
May 1, 2015 at 12:43 PM Post #389 of 1,920
I have not found a weakness yet in the Moon 430HA.
 
So far I have used:
 
HD800
HD650
LCD-X
Alpha Primes
Abyss-1266
 
I have listened to Rock, Folk, Acoustic, Classical, Techno, EDM, Metal
 
I wish I had the HEADA unit but I do not. Frankly, I have not missed any particular aspect I seek from a headphone amp. This is a reference class unit.
 
May 1, 2015 at 1:01 PM Post #390 of 1,920
I have heard the 430HA with the HE-6, Abyss, HD800. Although my time was brief, I was very impressed across the board.
 
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