absolutely agree!

Both the Bliss and Oor are quite good. Definitely a step above the Phonitor. The Niimbus us5 is nice also, has great sense of space. Benchmark HPA4 is also not bad. V550 if you like a slight tube flavor but still SS. But I do feel it falls behind in detail, space, and separation. A few amps I...

Mass Kobo, and Luxman IMO are the 2 best SS amps with d8kpro

He has the real deal Final audio connectors. Trevor made me a cable last year, it's excellent. Highly recommended.

Have a look at Norne audio cables as well. He even has the proper locking connectors for final.

I use a Nissyo step down transformer. To my ears with the transformer it sounds exactly as it did in Tokyo when listening to it.... amazing!

I thought about this also. They really do complement each other so well

trevors cables are awesome, but I am a bit biased :)

Apologies, that would be the price IN Japan. But with the savings you can have a wonderful trip to Tokyo, eat amazing food. Then come hope with a new amp! :). Last visit to Tokyo, both E-earphones, and Fujiya Avic had used 750u's for around 1.1k with the current exchange rate USD > YEN. The Yen...

I also own a 750u mk2. I spent a lot of time auditioning and listening to amps (bliss,oor,hm1,violectric,niimbus,hp4 etc etc) I landed on the Luxman. I never had a chance to directly A/B the Bliss vs the Luxman. But I have heard both and I now own the Luxman for whatever that's worth. This amp...

"budgetary alignment" i love this hah

im sure i'll get curious and try it at somepoint :smile:

had a chance to test out a few popular usb options. supra 2.0 oyaide neo viborg uc01 the viborg blows the others out of the water. I was surprised how poor the supra and oyaide sound in comparison. I'm a bit hesitant to try the supra excalibur at this point.

this is a really good example of how to visualize it

Try to give one of the finals a listen. Although if you are in the market for the Yamaha, they are on totally opposite ends of the spectrum sound wise.