I had given a friend a LP that I had heavily modified. For some reason it blew up beyond repair. Assumingly not due to my work. I subsequently replaced it for him with two sub $1000 Amos. Then a Violectric. Needless to say he was unsatisfied. I am to please. So I picked up another LP for him...

Well I have concluded That I had jumped the gun on this. This is only my opinion of course. However upon further listening I have come to the following conclusion. The sound quality is up there with the GS-X SE. That should matter because this is $580. I currently have the Headroom amp so I...

Just the A70? See, that is their hyped advertising I guess. They seem to make it out to be way better than the A90. Everything they say about it. Class A, Linear, all of the fancy circuits and components. The Topping do not have a Torroid transformer and are not full class A? Plus I think the...

Would you please explain your choice? Antipodes is certainly a competitor at this level. I was confident in my decision. I would love to hear your reasoning for this. Certainly since you switched. What prompted this? The Oladra? It has more onboard storage than the Evo. I personally did not...

Okay. That does say a lot. Best under $1000.00. Endgame? His statement negates itself therefore. I suppose all is relevant. The Arya Organic are $1299.00 headphones. I am then guessing that the HD800 and certainly the Utopia22 will benefit from better. Of course Aune does make it seem as if...

So I got this inexpensive amp that is super resolving. Little Labs Monitor. Pro audio gear. Pro audio gear is not hyped on price like Audiophile equipment. It is indeed super resolving. If not musical. It states that one will hear things present that they have never heard before. Indeed. What...

Has anyone heard this? It is seemingly an inexpensive high end amp. Built of "high quality" Chinese components. Perhaps there is a reason there is nothing said about it anywhere. Too good to be true?

Not sure. I am using my Buddies K872 right now with it. Why could it not drive them? He does say he used the HD600 while designing it. Am I missing an impedance mismatch here? Sounds okay. No, Chesebert it is sonically not even anywhere close to the Woo amps. The Woo are very colored tube...

OMG. I was worried about this. This thing is so resolving.... The Monotor has no measured self noise! I just unplugged everything and measured it with an Agilent swept waveform scope. the 432 EVO Master has self noise! At least ours does! Holy smokes. Oh, plus my ears are still that good! My...

Seaice, Almost nothing. Pro's do not care about specs. they care about performance. that is why. I really had no clue that there would be actual interest in this! I will check posts in the Afternoon!

LOL Chesebert. What has happened is I think I have now hit the Pinnacle with my current equipment. The only thing now for me incidentally I suppose is to explore some "cheap" equipment. HaHa. On the topic though I no longer own the Pass labs or Dave. I can most certainly recollect of them...

It certainly should drive the Susvara. Jonathan Little had tested them with the LCD-X. They can drive the HD600 to voice coil failure without clipping. This amp only does one thing. It amplifies electricity. I am not sure how many watts it can provide but it seems plenty powerful. Powerful...

There is nearly no mention of the Little Labs Monotor Headphone Amplifier here or anywhere. It is Pro Audio gear. This thing is transparent,resolving and fluent to a enormous fault. It is truly the closest circuit topology to wire gain that can be achieved. THX AAA is not even close. There is...

Can the IFI IPower be used for Two devices at once with a Y splitter cable? A DAC and Headphone Amplifier. It states that it can furnish up to 4 Amps. The combined draw of both of the devices is not over 3 amps. However, by powering both devices simultaneously would this have a detrimental...

This Liquid Platinum that I had cap and pot modified blew up on my friend. I got him a Douk H1 to replace it. I obviously cannot A,B them now. Is the Douk as good as the LP? Does it benefit from being modified?

Douk H1. Will a linear PSU or IFI X-Power make a noticable difference? Edit. What the heck. I ordered a linear PSU for it. However I do not see how the Jameco Reliapro "linear" regulated 12v power supply is in fact "linear"? The shape of it highly suggests that it is a switching PSU? It says...

He is okay with it luckily. I learned a lesson here. To me it sounds horrible. I hate solid state amps. Especially THX ones. It is basically a gain wire It has no warmth or flavor at all It is very sterile and resolving. Like looking in a mirror. To this effect I doubt that the SP-400 or any...

I got him the SMSL SH-9. With his HD820 it should sound the same as the SP-400. It is said that the SP-400 is already a better amp than the Benchmark HP4. Mainly if the SP-400 is powering Planers. In itself I take it that the SH-9 is a very decent amp. I am not sure if the SH-9 is considered...

I gave a LP to my friend. He reports it just blew up. He is blaming it on extensive mods I made. He is adept at electronics. I give gifts that last. He has HD820. They are better with SS anyway. I am wishing to get him a slightly better amp that is all SS. I prefer to use Amazon. So I can get...

Indeed wrong amps. The MHA150 and Uniti are built to be budget components. There is a lot of stuff in these. Not just a headphone amp, Some might think these have a high price tag. Considering what is in these they are simply built to a price point. I heard the Utopia22 with my /woo /WA234...

Okay. Wrong amp. Zeos jusr explained this to us. They were just so-so until he used the Jolida BlackIce F11. Since the are coming to install our Nautilus I will have them bring them here to audition. I am guessing they sound like 5 Grand with the WA234 twins.

I believe this to be the case. these are darn good headphones according to almost everyone. Apparently the MHA150 does not have good synergy with them either. With the HD820 I did not like the Mcintosh either. I am very familiar with the HD820. They are good headphones at their price IMO...

I happened to hear the Utopia22 powered by an MHA150 and also Naim Uniti. I head this as bright thin and tinny. Very scooped. Bass was sorely lacking. Prat was lagging and stepping over itself. Very slow playing catch up, I did however hear something I had not before. Very pronounced and...

There is no comparison to the HD800. In a completely different league. Well, TBH they just sound so different than those. However if you like HD800 bass these have more, go lower, tighter and faster. Maybe you could compare just the bass but the W2022 are much better. I have come to the belief...

I am aware of this. Unfortunately it is not the same as Sony's foam. They sound a bit off. I had to have the spider glued to the Diaphragm in the right. They are really just mediocre already. Headphones don't last this long. None. They are Mechanical. That HIFI Man R10 is interesting but not...