CosmicHolyGhost
Exhaustively burning holes in his wallet
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Personally I think the 71b is more powerful and a clearly better amp but the limitation is probably with the DAC... it just sounded a bit veiled and less transparent than the AK240. Would be interesting to A/B with the 120S+TU05/06. I have listened to AK120 stock with Tu05 and it was remarkable.
Back to 901 news, Fang posted on hifiman's official forum that they are prototyping the docking station (finally!) but still no mention of actual functionality that will be available or any timeline... I guess that at least make this dock less mythical than before....lol
To me, Hugo/120s+TU-06 > HM901 (minibox/bal) > AK240
In terms of tweaks/upgrades, 120s combo wins if money is no object. The tubes and interconnects can burn a deep hole in the wallet. LOL.. But this level is about personal preference/synergy, especially 901 has a different presentation.
Regarding the dock, fang already disclosed the features before and mentioned they are working on the usb dac stuff...balance line out was not mentioned so i guess there wont be...
They take so long to make this and i have lost interest already...