i bought a lyr amp early this year to power my new audeze headphones. schiit was one of the audeze rep recommendations. i liked the sound, but when i plugged my old standards into the lyr, a sennheiser hd595, these sounded like schit, no pun intended. they only sounded bad in the lyr. i had two...

I recently ordered a Lyr to power an Audeze LCD2 I was evaluating for purchase. I ordered it with the alternate JJ tubes the Schiit company offered instead of the standard GE tubes, as a web reviewer stated the JJ's sounded clearer, which sounded good to me. The Lyr with the JJ tubes drove the...

these guys on this site have lots of fine recommendations. read a bit and you'll learn a lot. try other sites too. there's a few top notch reviewers out there that will give you good advice too. if you can, listen first. and use a music cut(s) you are familiar with each time, so you are making a...

i've gotten to the point in audio equipment evaluation where i listen most critically to the voice to determine accuracy. i don't know exactly how that high frequency tinkling bell sounds in real life, nor how that deep booming drum actually sounds. the speaker or headphone just might be...