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For Sale Queststyle CMA Fifteen DAC / HP Amp. Upgraded!
- Price
- 1650.00 USD
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- Excellent/Like new
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- Or best offer
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- United States of America
Questyle CMA Fifteen DAC/Headphone amp. Unit has been upgraded from new by replacing all the internal Nichicon FW (audio grade) capacitors with FG (fine gold). They're physically larger and more costly but improved every aspect of the sound. Clearly more refined and blacker with better texture...- goodvibes
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- Category: DAC/Amps
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Questyle CMA Fifteen — International Review Tour
I'll be listing mine in the buy sell trade forum in the next few days. All the internal Nichicon FW caps are upgrade to Fine Gold (FW) with a few of the larger values bypassed. Did this as an experiment and it was very successful. Clearer, more contrast, openness, focused, and textural...- goodvibes
- Post #94
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
It's a nice amp chip with a follower circuit to actually lower the output impedance like here. The ONIX does NOT have a high output impedance and should work well with any IEM and almost all headphones.- goodvibes
- Post #27
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Subtonic STORM: Impressions and Discussion
Seems to me that the only way to purposely do that is with phase cancelation via the super tweeter crossover. I can't comment on the actual sound so won't but will guess it would sound very friendly and open on top with an added ethereal factor. Looks like the dip is prevented from being even...- goodvibes
- Post #980
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
TPA6120A2 is a nice amp... if your multi driver earphone is above 30 ohms/50 ohms balanced.- goodvibes
- Post #25
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
I remember ONIX from the 80s and they were very good at doing amps etc. Did they have a hand in the final voicing etc of the kit you make with/for them or help them with?- goodvibes
- Post #16
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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MOONDROP MIAD01 5G Mobile- Audiophile smartphone
Don't care about DSP tube sound but really like the rest.- goodvibes
- Post #2
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Diminishing returns
For me, it was the Moondrop S8 with comply tips and matching cable choice that got me there. It sounds like a single driver but optimized for all ranges at the same time without compromise. Percentages are meaningless as it's a qualitative and not quantitative assessment of meeting a personal...- goodvibes
- Post #17
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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How much better than Tidal is Qobuz (for sound quality)?
I can listen to actual masters of what's on both platforms on some top (costly) home kit to compare and Qobuz is easily the better representation. Try doing one of their downloads (to wav.) and comparing it to the live stream sometime. It may have you rethink what 'bit perfect' actually means...- goodvibes
- Post #30
- Forum: Computer Audio
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
I still slightly prefer the sound of Qobuz, even after Tidal improved some months back and finally dropped the ill conceived MQA.- goodvibes
- Post #14
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
Looks great. Which OS? Local streaming? Qobuz?- goodvibes
- Post #4
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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New- Zishan Z1 DSD player thread
heat gun if the parts won't melt. clean, tin rosin and flow.- goodvibes
- Post #1,357
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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CanJam SoCal 2023 Impressions Thread
Don't see how they could even do that without a phase issue There's not enough components to fit, even in that large shell, to get a noble/notch filter that steep. I was being kind but it looks like phase cancelation or simply something I'm in the dark about. The coupler used can't be far from...- goodvibes
- Post #488
- Forum: Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours
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CanJam SoCal 2023 Impressions Thread
It's great curve except for that huge trough at 8K where you'd expect and insertion peak and I've seen that in other response measurements as well. Perhaps it's intentional to compensate for the insertion standing wave and overdone but my guess is the super tweeters are phase inverted relative...- goodvibes
- Post #486
- Forum: Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours