Vendors = more to audition the latest & greatest + , as Danny says help to cover costs.

Don't know about the yammy.I have owned the NX33 and found it excellent.Good Luck.

What a thread,maybe the best.Lovin my Phoenix and believe it has ended my amp searching until something revolutionary happens.

IN,I really enjoyed the first one.

Really enjoying mine.NO plan to sell.

Takeing the top off just changes conduction to convection.There are heat sinks on the inside attached to the bottom plate.You can see them on his web site.Go to alphanovatech.com and buy yourself a passive-flat self sticking heatsink.Dead horse society going back to music.

I think they only ship on Mondays.Sometimes they simply mess up.Love my Phoenix,great price performance ratio.

The Apache was my choice to buy after hearing it.But I took a chance on the Phoenix thinking I could sell it if dissappointed.However I don't remember the Apache well to compare.

Computer-northstar mk2-phoenix. Mine did not sound good but improved with burn in.Can't believe how good it sounds.

Quote: Originally Posted by les_garten That's his source doing that. Well as soon as I posted,after all this time,figured out it was comming from the computer.Silence at last

Quote: Originally Posted by tosehee I noticed the clicking at first listen too, but this seems to disappear as it gets more burning in. When adjusting volume sometimes it does,sometimes not. But always the sound like plugging into a live amp from song to song.

Les What I did,ordered 8-1.5" dia. round stock 6060 aluminum pieces cut in 4-3" & 4-2" lengths.The 2" I mounted on the bottom corners,then stacked the power box on top,attacked to the feet.Of course the mounting was a bear without the right equipment.Cut cork to fit feet.Heck,I was going to...

The Phoenix sounds great and performs well beyond its price.Yes the volume clicks but imo is not bothersome.However,I find it annoying from song to song,"everytime",it sounds like pluging a jack into an amp. punk guy 182,I'm useing cork cut to size under the feet.No ground issue plus...

h.rav Going to China and checking Kingwa's operations,pretty neat. How about Kingwa comming here to a large head-fi meet.I would love to hear his impressions of others equipment.AND,what He might get out of it.

I'm still not listening a lot but continue to burn in.Runs 8-10 hours a day.My listening sessions are about an hour every few days. Yes the sound improved,everything cleared/cleaned up.Instruments have there own distinct spot. Instruments so REAL.My music sounds incredible. On the...