TheNoose
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Fish or learn fishing...in this case you enjoy the fish.
No worries mate...
I want to have HA-1 dac feed the line out,
to connect to an external tube stage,
and then feed it back into the line in stage. ..
To play thru the Headphones amp.
At present the software does not have separate option of fully controling those rear connections.
So I am not sure what I want to do is even possible. ..
Any comments on this?
Just listen through the tube stage. No need to pass the signal back into the Oppo.
My black HA-1 arrived this morning!
Quick question related to pairing with a hifiman HE-400. In high gain/single-ended I am turning the volume to -4.0-0db, is that normal for that headphone with this amp?
I am going to order a balanced cable to hear the difference and hopefully the performance.
Seems like this thing is way overpriced! The BDP-105 uses the exact same dacs but has 5 channels of output not just 2 plus plays cds, dvds, sacd etc! The BDP-105 also has a headphone jack. The GA-1 should only cost half what the BDP-105 costs not the same! So either the GA-1 is way over priced or the BDP-105 is underpriced.
Seems like this thing is way overpriced! The BDP-105 uses the exact same dacs but has 5 channels of output not just 2 plus plays cds, dvds, sacd etc! The BDP-105 also has a headphone jack. The GA-1 should only cost half what the BDP-105 costs not the same! So either the GA-1 is way over priced or the BDP-105 is underpriced.
I thought about getting the BDP-105. The reasons why I got the HA-1 instead of the BDP-105.
1. The HA-1 is an excellent pre-amp. I need one for my speaker stereo system. The BDP-1 can function as a pre-amp but it is far inferior, mainly due to the way the volume control is implemented.
2. The HA-1 has a real deal, dedicated class A headphone amp with a balanced output. The BDP-105 has nothing of the sort. Yes, it has a headphone socket, but so does my mp3 player...
If you don't care about 1 and 2, then by all means get the 105...
In terms of price/functionality ratio the HA-1 is pretty much unsurpassed in the world of headphone amplifiers. If you find something better I suggest you buy it.
Finally, the day I grow 5 ears is the day I care about 5 plus channels. Did you ever see a headphone with 5 cups?
If more effort had been put into high definition digital audio and less multi channel audio, 5.1 and above, a lot more people would be enjoying excellent high fidelity sound in their homes today, instead of cluttering their space with 5.1 plus inferior speakers, amplifiers and wires.
These days all you need for outstanding sound in your home is a computer, hi res files, something like the HA-1 and a pair of active studio monitor speakers.
Hi, how OPPOs DAC section compares to Burson Conductor?
I would hardly say that the 105 is a far inferior preamp though, it functions fine. I just have an issue with the volume control implementation. The preamp section on the HA-1 suffers from its op-amp implemented output which doesn't give the same quality sound as through the headphone output. But the HA-1 is more over a headphone dac/pre/amp than it is meant for HIFI/HT purposes like the 105 is.