[Patu]

I personally purchased the Serene for a speaker preamp instead of just using the Bliss. I'm currently building out a 2ch setup that will be using SS and tubes, and the Bliss is not versatile enough in terms of outputs to handle what I am building out.

I will also be using it to cut down on the number of remotes needed to control the hardware that will be sitting 6 ft away from me.

The Serene will be controlling volume to the speaker amps as well as to the Bliss. That way I only have 2 remotes to keep track of. One to the Spring 3 and one for the Serene.

I’ve bought Serene for my speaker setup also. Now I’m not sure if I need it anymore since DAC200 plays so great directly connectef to my ATC’s. Serene brings its own flavour though and it’s nice to have different options. I only need one XLR output so Bliss would be enough for connections.

Any chance you could compare the preamp sections of the two?

 

[idairyou]

I’ve bought Serene for my speaker setup also. Now I’m not sure if I need it anymore since DAC200 plays so great directly connectef to my ATC’s. Serene brings its own flavour though and it’s nice to have different options. I only need one XLR output so Bliss would be enough for connections.

Any chance you could compare the preamp sections of the two?

I would be happy too, but I am still building out the room and saving up for some of the hardware.

This will not only be a 2ch room but also my home theater room, so there is quite a bit of hardware I still need to buy.

 

[chrisnyc75]

Yes I’ve read the review. I remember him saying it was the other way around, that Serene is slightly better as preamp.

It is fair to assume that a purpose-designed preamp is better as a preamp than a purpose-designed amplifier that is also a preamp. If you are made of money and/or intent on min-max'ing every aspect of your system, Serene + Bliss is no doubt the way to go. But for us normal folks, Bliss is marginally less excellent as a preamp than Serene at most.

 

[Patu]

It is fair to assume that a purpose-designed preamp is better as a preamp than a purpose-designed amplifier that is also a preamp. If you are made of money and/or intent on min-max'ing every aspect of your system, Serene + Bliss is no doubt the way to go. But for us normal folks, Bliss is marginally less excellent as a preamp than Serene at most.

I’m sure there’s a small difference in benefit of Serene, but I’m just trying to get a grasp of how big this difference is. If there’s someone who has made the switch from Serene to Bliss and could give some insight. I won’t be having both of them, that just doesn’t make sense in my case. No room in the rack, no need for more connections and I don’t want more boxes.

 

[eee1111]

How blissful we talkin here?

Anyway…..im back into the hobby after playing with speakers for a while. Im interested in this and the cfa3 from headamp. I have the may kte so im gonna need to try this one out

 

[suno23]

is it possible to use 4.4 and xlr output at the same time to listen to two different headphones? I know it was possible on the topping a90d. I don't want to blow anything up so thought I'd ask here first. Thanks!

 

[Solasuke]

is it possible to use 4.4 and xlr output at the same time to listen to two different headphones? I know it was possible on the topping a90d. I don't want to blow anything up so thought I'd ask here first. Thanks!

It is possible, but it will affect the performance of both headphones.

 

[Frankie D]

It is possible, but it will affect the performance of both headphones.

Be very careful should one HP be much more sensitive then the other.

 

[kajetanjazz]

Just joined the bliss gang Do you leave your units on permanently? (Power consumption not an issue) People do that with May which gets hot as well. Easy to leave it on with the display off

 

[vonBaron]

@kajetanjazz how it sounds with 1266? Any compare?

 

[kajetanjazz]

@kajetanjazz how it sounds with 1266? Any compare?

Listened to it first time late evening, so very early impressions. Synergies well, very open stage and on smoother side which complement 1266 well. Not too impactful from what I can tell, not lacking, but was expecting it to be on an exaggerated level from GoldenSound descriptions. Will test low and high Z and other settings on dacs

 

[Patu]

Is anyone using Dan Clark E3's with the Bliss? How's the synergy?

 

[Frankie D]

Just joined the bliss gang Do you leave your units on permanently? (Power consumption not an issue) People do that with May which gets hot as well. Easy to leave it on with the display off

I turn mine off when not in use as I have found it sounds great quickly. I also leave on while listening or changing amps, etc and shut off for the evening.

 

[Frankie D]

I have also left it on for many days with no issue if you want to try that route as well.

 

[kajetanjazz]

I have also left it on for many days with no issue if you want to try that route as well.

Thanks! Haven’t compared the sound yet, but it takes about 1.5h for the chassis to get to constant temperature, so I imagine I’ll leave it on many of the times