[OICWUTUDIDTHAR]

solid state, not a fan of tubes with the lcd3
 
 
options I'm looking at:
 
mjolnir (mjolnir 2)
bryston bha1
 
 
anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[Nhubley]

  solid state, not a fan of tubes with the lcd3
 
 
options I'm looking at:
 
mjolnir (mjolnir 2)
bryston bha1
 
 
anyone else have any suggestions?

WA22? Its a great amp but, not solid state.... 
 
Maybee the HDVA 600?

 

[jodgey4]

Audio-GD NFB-6 and Master 9 are also balanced and powerful and clean. Violectric V281 I would love to try myself.

 

[davehg]

Burson  conductor, sounded great.
 
Luxman DA200 and P1.

 

[thecourier]

Burson conductor is not balanced but is a great unit. They should consider designing a balanced amp 

 

[Nhubley]

  They should consider designing a balanced amp 

Agreeedd. That would be amazing. 

 

[TienV1125]

please, please more commends and suggestion. I been mostly into IEM and portable rig. but i Just got a LCD 3F, so now the chase begin.
 
happy new year

 

[hotdogseller]

Mjolnir 2?

 

[diamondears]

My question is, is it worth it to look for a balanced amp?

I'm also looking at Mjolnir and BHA-1, but I'm not FULLY convinced balanced is better than single-ended.

 

[jodgey4]

Usually not unless you're running cables over distances, or need the extra power that most balanced designs seem to offer. Or you're really worried about channel crosstalk.

 

[diamondears]

Usually not unless you're running cables over distances, or need the extra power that most balanced designs seem to offer. Or you're really worried about channel crosstalk.

Yes, exactly my understanding too.

 

[hodgjy]

My question is, is it worth it to look for a balanced amp?
 

I'm sure this will start a flame war, but I honestly think headphones do not truly benefit from balanced amps, especially orthos. 
 
Orthos aren't moving a coil with varying impedence/frequency curves, so all the added slew rate stuff has no benefit. Plus, any amp that is competent will have enough slew rate for dynamic headphones.
 
My thought is to buy the amp that you want--based on the specs and voicing that you prefer. If it happens to be balanced or unbalanced, so be it. Don't exclude one topology based on title alone.

 

[diamondears]

  I'm sure this will start a flame war, but I honestly think headphones do not truly benefit from balanced amps, especially orthos. 
 
Orthos aren't moving a coil with varying impedence/frequency curves, so all the added slew rate stuff has no benefit. Plus, any amp that is competent will have enough slew rate for dynamic headphones.
 
My thought is to buy the amp that you want--based on the specs and voicing that you prefer. If it happens to be balanced or unbalanced, so be it. Don't exclude one topology based on title alone.

 
I think I agree. Nice to know I don't have to spend more...

 

[TienV1125]

well. good new i should getting my  Audio Gd Master 9 in about two weeks

.  bad new  my wallet is empty for the next several months.