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  1. eaglejo

    Reply to review by 'eaglejo' on item 'The Kennerton Gjallarhorn Modified'

    John, Late to this party, but just came upon this mod as I was preparing to sell these phones. They just didn't do it for me for the same reasons you noted. Right now I'm using them in my portable rig with a Woo Audio WA8. Best sound ever from a portable rig. Thanks for creating this simple...
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  2. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    No direct experience with either of those, but I'm quite certain it would achieve what you're looking for. I kept the WA8 and sold my Hugo 2. The WA8 adds the usual tube goodness--palpability, body, immediacey, while taming the treble.
  3. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    I honestly didn't notice that much of a change. Then again, it's hard to a/b it unless you had 2 units, one stock and one with the Mullards with both being fully warmed-up. That's the rub with an A/B comparison on the same WA8. You'd have to wait for it to warm-up after the swap. I certainly...
  4. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    I owned both simultaneously for an extended period. I prefer the WA8 in a pretty meaningful way and sold the CH2. I love the immediacy and dimensionality of tubes. I also think the WA8 sounds great without any usb decrapifier in front of it. At home I also feed it with my Yggy and it scales...
  5. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    My experience was a bit different with the AEON Closed. I thought they sounded good but felt like they were slightly underpowered. My other phones are Nobody Kaiser Encore, Focal Clear and Meze Classic 99s just to provide some context. The WA8 also sounds great with the Focal Utopias.
  6. eaglejo

    The New Schiit Audio Yggdrasil Impressions thread (read the first post)

    Stereophile is completely irrelevant, unless you're absolutely clueless and still use a flip phone. If it was up to Stereophile, we'd be listening to the same overpriced gear that generates the most ad revenues for that crap box mag. The notion of the Benchmark bettering the Yggy is absurd to...
  7. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    Anyone try plopping their WA8 into the main rig? I just did and it was numbingly good with my Rethm speakers and Triode Labs 2a3. It might be time for operation simplify in my main rig. I was using an iPad as a Roon endpoint. I normally use an UltraRendu/LPS1.2 to feed the WA8. Hate to even...
  8. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    I'd love to hear how the H2 compares to the L3 Holo in your Home rig.
  9. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    I've had the WA8 for several days now. On it's own, it is simply a great unit and I think it's sonics are completely consistent with the price. I bring it to work with me and listen to Tidal all day and then take it home for my office rig. With the H2 it simply is amazing. I view it as a...
  10. eaglejo

    Woo Audio WA8 Review - Head-Fi TV

    I've got the Mojo and the H2. Just bought a WA8 to see how it might work into the equation. I use the Mojo at work and the H2 in my home office. I find the H2 to be a little too much of a good thing with iems. I've got Kaiser Encores and I prefer the Mojo with them. The Kaiser Encores with...
  11. eaglejo

    Noble Audio - the Wizard returns!

    I'm a newbie to the CIEM game (but not headphones or universal iem's) and just got my Encores.  As an unrepentant audiophile, I can't believe the sound quality I'm getting from these.  I'm listening through my Chord Mojo.  Next up will be the iBasso DX200 that isn't fully burned-in yet.  These...
  12. eaglejo

    DX200=Affordable High End Audio. Dual ES9028Pro dacs. AMP1, AMP3, AMP5, AMP7 & AMP8 ***Firmware support now up for AMP9***

    Many thanks.
  13. eaglejo

    DX200=Affordable High End Audio. Dual ES9028Pro dacs. AMP1, AMP3, AMP5, AMP7 & AMP8 ***Firmware support now up for AMP9***

    I just got a DX200 and have a relatively stupid question:  Does this use an SDXC card?  I'm confused because Amazon and BH Photo show the recommended memory cards as SDXC.  I bought the SDXC.  Also, how do these cards pop in and out?
  14. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    I'd greatly prefer to keep one Zotl2 thread.  Much of the discussion has centered around tube rolling here and then psu's, so why not include all the other tweaks.  it makes it much easier for someone to see the progression.   My experience with the Zotl2 is that it completely scales up...
  15. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    I love the Eddie Current stuff and currently own one a custom phonostage he made for me (with Cinemag's best transformers) and used to own his Balancing Act.  I still have his phonostage which bettered the one in my EAR 868 pre-amp.  I've never been able to give the Zana Deux a serious listen...
  16. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    I think there's lower hanging fruit out there to improve the Zotl2 than going differential balanced.  If I were to rank the sonic improvements to my Zotl2, I'd have to say, funds permitting, upgrade the psu, swap the fuse out to a Synergistic Black and then go to the tubes.  I'm running some...
  17. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    I too had my Zotl2 in storage for a bit while we were renovating our house.  Well, it's now playing and it's great.  Just added some Sylvania 6SN7s and it's a nice improvement.  Get a good external psu and you'll be hard-pressed to find a better headphone amp.  Sonically, this thing is my cup of...
  18. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    OK, I've only got about 12 hours on my Zotl2 but I'm completely smitten with the sound.  The slam/dynamics/prat and bass of this thing is off the charts with a good external psu.  I'm using a Core Audio Kallos but hope to check out a LTA psu at some point.  I haven't been this happy with an...
  19. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    OK, I finally hooked up my Zotl2.  My entire rig was in storage as I completed a house renovation.  Right out of the box, the Zotl2 sounds pretty darned good.  It's a ballsy tube amp.  My quick characteristic would be the balls of good ss with the palpability of tubes.   I'll be trying it with...
  20. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    My issue isn't the sound quality.  It's their quality control.  They need to focus more on getting their products to market, quality control, and less on marketing.
  21. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    I'd be cautious with the LH Labs gear.  I have personal experience with their quality control.  I had issues with their psu and Geek Pulse dac.  If you want pm me and I'll elaborate.  And just an fyi, they're always have special sales.  Their core business skill seems to be overhyping their...
  22. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    Saidentary,  this is a great point.  There are certain audio moments where it's like, "Wow, that is an unambiguous leap forward in sound quality".  The first time I demo'd the Avantgarde Duos in a proper room, that was my first thought.  I've been doing this long enough that something shouldn't...
  23. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    The order has been placed.  A Midnight Blue Zotl2.  Quite psyched.  Supposedly, the sonic signature is the same as his other gear.  If so, this will scale up with anything preceding it.   I will keep everyone posted.  Don't mean to sound like a shill, but I LOVED his other stuff.  Anything...
  24. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    OK, so as far as speaker amps:   Shindo Sinhonia:  great timbre & tone in a push-pull configuration Shindo Cortese:  Sinhonia plus all the SET goodies, namely immediacy and soundstage. Kronzilla:  back row presentation.  lacking dynamics and immediacy.  Not a big fan of it. Several other...
  25. eaglejo

    MICROZOTL2 Tube Headphone Amp and preamp: a breakthrough device

    Wow, I had no idea this was even out.  In the past I've owned Berning's ZH-270 and the 300B Siegfried (the only piece of gear I've owned that's ever increased in price).  If this new ZOTL2 is voiced anything like his other amps and it sounds like it is based on this thread, then it is sonically...
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