Ooops correction.... July 2021 not 2022 !

I'm still using mine with my EF1000 (since July 2022). Find it to be excellent!

It was very good. If I had never heard the Viva, AIC-10-BAL and EF1000 with the Susvara, and upgraded to the Envy from a much lesser Amp, I would be very happy with the Envy. The Viva had more body and 'meat on the bone' i.e. a thicker sound than the Envy with the Susvara. Some people...

A HeadFi.org member is selling one for US$9,500 ! ; https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/hifiman-ef1000.61071/

I demo'd the Viva Egoista 845, Felix Audio Envy and the Riviera AIC-10-BAL (all with stock tubes connected to a Chord Dave) with the Susvara, and to my ears I preferred my EF1000 (also with stock tubes and connected to my Chord Dave) ! If I hadn't have bought the EF1000, out of these three I...

Of course it is....it was re-designed and re-built by Hifiman specifically for the Susvara !

You would be surprised...as some people with such finances to spend on such luxury items as uber-hifi systems are just plain ignorant of such facts !

Trafomatic Primavera or Aries Cerat Genus or Hifiman EF1000....take your pick !

Any item (even second hand items bought privately) that now comes into the UK has both custom duty (approx. 3 to 5% depending on the item type) and UK VAT (20%) added to the cost of the item PLUS postage after it has been converted from the local currency where the item has come from to GBP...

And the Primavera matching with the Susvara ?

Lol :dt880smile: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb8j12-trafomatic-audio-ultimate-setup-collins-tara-30-drina-listening-room?refsource=hifishark AWESOME ! :heart_eyes: Would Luuuuv to hear this ultimate Trafomatic set-up....wonder how the Susvara would sound off it lol :gs1000smile:

The Susvara, Abyss 1266 TC and Focal Utopia all have one thing in common....they are TOTL headphones from their respective Manufacturers ! As I have said a few times now in previous posts over the last couple of years is that people are not realizing what a TOTL hifi component is and means...

If you buy the EF1000 with the Susvara together as a combo from Hifiman you can save quite a bit of money off the RRPs !

Aah yes :thumbsup::L3000:

The Hifiman EF1000 or the Trafomatic Primavera or the Aries Cerat Genus with the Susvara and once you have purchased one of these TOTL Amps your done with having to waste precious time finding a better commercially available Amp (at least on the current market today) ! BUT....you must also...

I have never had the problems you mention with my EF1000. The only thing I found (apart from the main unit getting very hot), was the direct input RCA connections (for 'CD' & 'DAC' inputs) were far superior to the RCA 'AUX' and the balanced XLR 'AUX' inputs. The XLR 'AUX' was also the same as...

Thank you 'ufospls2' for the post with excellent photos and explanation to the original EF1000 and the now todays one we see advertised. Yes, the 'pure' EF1000 has a separate power supply to provide pure DC linear power to the main Unit. The recently launched EF1000DAC doesn't have a...

Not very recently a new one. The current EF1000 as you see advertised today I think was launched by Hifiman back in 2017/2018 (but not 100% sure). Recently Hifiman have also launched an EF1000DAC. However the EF1000DAC has a different pre and power amp to the EF1000 !

I have owned the EF1000 for over 2.5 years with the Susvara. I heard the Envy last September with the Susvara for just 10mins (it was a enough time for me) both connected to a Chord DAVE (that I also own). I believe the Envy was fitted with stock tubes. Both had the stock Susvara headphone...

Another great Headphone Amp (according to excellent online reviews) I forgot to mention for the Susvara is the entry level Aries Cerat 'Genus' especially hooked up to an Aries Cerat DAC starting with the great entry level 'Helena' !

I would add the Trafomatic Primavera to the 'God tier' as well.

Lol :dt880smile:..... would 99 million dollars be ok ?

I am still using the stock cable with my Susvara and EF1000 Amp with well over 1200 hours of use on it and them. Currently, I have no reason to change it as I like the sound very much both from my analogue rig and my digital rig and can't see it as being a weak link to my headphone system. I...

And I am very curious how it compares with my Hifiman EF1000 with both connected to my Susvara headphones. I have heard the Viva Egoista 845 connected to a Chord DAVE (same DAC as I have) and the Susvara and to my ears my EF1000 was a lot better sounding. I found the 845 a bit too warm for my...