I have the pleasure of introducing a WA5 into my home setup and I'm suitably impressed with the tone. I'm running Abyss with it and feeding it redbooks and HD flacs via a Bricasti M1.   I'm finding it very laid back though. Almost too laid back and not fast enough. Maybe I just need to adjust...

Latest HDTracks download. Very nice:

You should select me and tell the boss that you must hand deliver them. Perfect excuse to get yourself a sneaky trip to Dublin, the land of Guinness and whiskey  (and make my day  ).

  I use the HD800s and Abyss with the LAu. I'd still agree that the HD800 has more technical ability to project image around the soundstage however the Abyss is (way) more natural and deeper.

Just connected the Abyss to my system for the first time. Only about 20 mins in but holey moley the bass kick is insane. Not in a techno way but in a more natural way like im listening to a live rock band and you can feel the air whoosh past every time the drummer kicks with the bass drum. Fun...

I would have been a sceptic on rack and vibration control however myself and an audiophile friend were trying out Still points on my rig today with surprisingly positive results. We alternated  the still points between the amp (Cavalli LAu) with no great impact, the DAC (Bricasti M1) low impact...

Guys congratulations. This is an amazing lineup of producers and new products.

I'm hoping to have an Abyss in my possession early next week to go with my LAu. I'll let you know if its worth it. I'm expecting good things.

Just thought i'd also give a +1 for the Bricasti M1. Quality construction and magnificent performance. Not compared to TotalDac so cant say which is "better". I can just say the Bricasti kicks ass.:o2smile:

That's a solid review Frank. Great reading. Also a great selection of listening tracks for me to explore this weekend on my LAu.   I definitely agree with you about the LAu incredible versatility and honest ability to deliver the goods in a beautiful balanced and neutral manner across all the...

Buena Vista Social Club in hirez. Very nice.

I just tried the LCD XCs on the LAu and listened to a red book of brothers in arms. Holy sh1! that was amazing! Sorry for the lack of audiophile descriptions. That's all I've got right now.

Has anyone found a particular DAC pairing that maximises the performance of the LAu?

The initial streaming issues I had a couple of weeks ago have now disappeared. I wonder if they've upgraded their EU servers or capacity? Does anyone else find the iPad tidal app very slow and unresponsive?

Nik Bärtsch - interesting stuff

Been using the LAu for about a week now. My first impressions are that this is one of those special amps. Beautiful balance and soundstage.

My Cavalli LAu and Taurus MkI are now set up side by side for some serious solid state playoff this weekend. Notes to follow on Sunday. :) It will be interesting to see if the LAu is as great as a combo with HD800s as the Taurus is.

3rd generation iPad. Camera conversion kit is normal apple kit.

Another one for the list of compatible DACs: Woo Audio WDS-1 dac works with iPad via CCK.

Just subscribed last night for the one month free trial. First impressions are they have an impressive catalogue. Audio quality excellent for what you pay for. Im mostly a Redbook user so for the cost of 2 CDs a month Ive got unlimited usage. Just testing streaming from WiFi to ipad and using...

Pretty much anything that Adam Dutkiewicz (from Killswitch Engaged) gets to produce or acts as a sound engineer. Talented all rounder.

Also getting a bit of rotation on my transport is the accomplished Suzanne Vega 99.9 Degrees Fahrenheit album. There's loads of great stuff in this vocally. The arrangements are great too, with all sorts of mentalness and percussion treats jammed into the recording. Overall I think its a highly...

Paul Simon's Graceland has to be in the top 500 albums of all time? It gets better and better with each listening.

Having recently bought a Taurus Mk1 from a fellow Head-Fier my initial impressions (10 hours listening time) with my HD800s is that this is a great pairing! I'll try running the alpha primes and compile some notes although I'm not sure I want to stop using the HD800s...