Seems like you gain something & you lose something. No major changes seem to have been made, so it's reasonable. Cap aside, must just be a different 'tuning' for the AD8397, which is a very ductile & responsive chip in this regard.

I thought the same as I requested my black one. Though I will say that I find the silver finish classy...and the ugly black plastic knob is less ugly in person thanks to the mini size

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexdexter I certainly did, but not within the context of attempting to diminish it as your insistence here and your prior agenda would suggest. To you maybe. Sorry for the intrusion anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jahn Cool! let us know your impressions! Will do! No it's not one OPA2134 buffering the other. Supposedly, one is the gain stage for the main channels, and another is for the 3rd and 4th channels (active ground and ?). Of which the first one, at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexdexter Here we go again... And all courtesy of that modern miracle commonly known as proxy servers! And what's even funnier? It's you who had asked for it (the comparison). You amaze me...

With a 350 mW RMS on 32 ohms output (arguably on DC power) it is supposed to have some kind of current buffer at the OPAs' outputs. Interesting specifications indeed. I just bought one a couple of days ago.

Would you mind answering on the Go-Vibe v5 comparison?

Quote: Originally Posted by dw6928 Fair enough, I will post the evolution of this new amp, but with a little restraint. I know Xenos is a "sensitive" issue. Although we will never know why. Provided that there is a rational reason at all. A try -- because the folks at Xenos...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexdexter It's kinda cute how you're trying so hard to restrain yourself, "inconnu"! It's more like I was mocking at you

Quote: Originally Posted by dw6928 sorry Miguel and Dex, perhaps a little overly zealous upon arrival. it ends here. No reason to hold your enthusiasm. This used to be called a passion...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexdexter I'd be interested in hearing how it compares to the Go-Vibe V5. Do you still have one, Wayne? Of course, the Xenos is better than 2.5x the price so it's not exactly a fair fight. Yeah, in all fairness, I doubt that they would compare. But...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexdexter I believe that he was and succeeding at that Hmm, 25 posts in 2 days, welcome back, Andr*a! Yes, that kind of funny. Welcome back to you.

I agree with your description of the LM6171 and AD8058, except that the AD8058 differs from the former in that it has a richer tonality (especially buffered). Since tonality is vital for me, I don't dislike the AD nearly as much as I dislike the LM.

Quote: Originally Posted by mrarroyo dw6928 I am very concerned with what you are doing with this Xenos! You have posted 9 times out of the first 19 posts saying how great it is. That is very closed to the system a recently banned member used when posting on the Xenos. Are...

Quote: Originally Posted by billybob_jcv Like any capitalist enterprise, they charge what they think the market will pay - cost has nothing to do with it. (just ask MonsterCable!) If there is a limited distribution channel for these products to the West, and demand exists in the West...

Your praises are like music to me...know why? I'm awaiting the same amp myself

To me the AD8620 is one of the "musical" op-amps. An op-amp that I would label as "hi-fi rather than music" being the LM6171/2. I really think that our so different sources (before the cables) are the culprit for our different perceptions.

WOW, congrats on the purchase! Now I'm itching to read the follow up.

Quote: Originally Posted by en480c4 I would guess your limiting component is the Sony's phono stage. I doubt it. It would have to be serious crap to be limiting the appreciation of the extrernal amp. For curiosity, have you considered the possibility that the Headfive would just...

Quote: Originally Posted by NelsonVandal Maybe you have a point. IHP120 is not the highest fidelity around. Maybe coloration adds upp one on the other. Maybe it's a synergy-thing. I really hate thinking about synergy. It makes life so much harder. Well certainly it can never be...

Quote: Originally Posted by NelsonVandal No, I think it's the opposite. To my ears AD8620 has a fatiguing sound that makes you look for faults in your system. Whatever you do to try to compensate for it, you'll never be satisfied. I don't believe that expensive cables and connectors do...

It's all relative. I guess that it would be unfair to a typical chinese customer to sell the amp at a price that is out of proportion with the relative cost of parts and manufacture in China. In the same way, I guess it would be unfair competition for the western market to keep the prices as low...

I have the AD8620 in the Xtra, and I don't recognize the same attributes as you described. I hear a refined unexaggerated treble, and present intimate and full mids. Ok, the mids might be just tad dryish, but not lightweight. Mightn't it be that yuor source or cables are influencing your...

Quote: Originally Posted by jonnywolfet ok, im gonna advocate my x1 here, if you are not looking to spend much and want a smooth, warm and musical amp. paired with es2 will be very dark and lush sounding (coming from e5c, contemplating es2). mine is awesome. Agreed. It seems to...

Under $200? Then there are quite a few great ones: XTRA X1 (I love mine); C&C BOX; Faith AMP; and the newest entry, the Minibox-E.