Got my SDAC last Friday. I am very happy with it. I haven't listened much through headphones because I was enjoying my system so much. Watt/Puppy Jeff Rowland amp n pre. It's the the most analog sounding DAC I've had in my system. Violins are beautiful and listenable for hours w/o fatigue. I...

Just got my Apogee Grove. It drives my AKG 701 with ease. Ditto my various IEMs. Zero complaints here. I only wish I had known about the Adorama bundle.

SobbingWallet, mikeaj and Willakan,   Thanks for doing all the heavy lifting with such articulate and well reasoned responses to cheapskate audio. Now all I have to say is:   "what they said"  :-)  

Quote: That's one of the best amp reviews I have ever read :-)

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Quote: This sounds like 'bad amp karma"  :=)   After all, you have done everything to this amp that Voldemort said was unnecessary  to do. Indeed, he designed the amp to demonstrate that all your mods are a waste of time and money.   It has been entertaining though, and we thank...

 Yes, but everyone will just say the shoebox degraded the sound of both amps so the comparison is invalid.

Quote: Thanks Mav, this is one of the most insightful and honest posts I have ever seen in an audio forum :-)

Quote: :-)  thanks for that.   To the OP, a pc will be fine even if it has a plastic case :-)

Great review. Thanks for that.

Well, my Nighthawk has over a 100 hrs on it now and is sounding great. I'm too busy listening to go into all the audiophile detail ...............OK.................I'm lazy :-) I urge anyone considering a phono stage to give this a try. I have heard way more expensive stages I don't like...

Try a Hagerman riaa board. Put any line source into it and it converts it to a phono equalized signal. Run it 24/7 till your burned in. Less wear on your needle too. However I'm not having any downs with this. My listening didn't end till 1:00am and it still sounds great.

Well I'm 3 days in now and this thing is still impressing me. Piano sounds great, none of that pinging you sometimes get with lesser SS gear. Thank goodness for spring break, we professors get it too :-) Back to listening

I'm about 4 hrs in listening to the Nighthawk that arrived this morning. The more i listen the more I like. Like a great piece of music It's hard to imagine anyone being unhappy with this gear.

I PayPall'd the money Mon. AM and just got the Nighthawk Wed. 11:30AM!!! Now That is fast. Just like the plane. Can't wait for it to charge and do some extended listening. Thanks for the incredibly fast service, Ray.