So I believe this amp and dac combo is the best i had so far in my journey. I have a HoloAudio/RKV3 for comparision and they provide much of the intent and staging that Kassandra/Genus provide, for a fraction of the price, but also a fraction of the experience. Mids and low end are effortless...

Yes exactly : the genus is the amp and kassandra is the dac.

I have listened to Susvara on both Genus and Kassandra. Kassandra is endgame for sure, the main advantage beside the R2R is the voltage output that for me is the reason why it sounds so big and refined. It has bested my HoloAudio in that regard If you ever come to Paris bring your Susvara with...

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And sold!

For sale is my beloved Abyss Diana TC (Dark Bronze) with JPS Superconductor cable in XLR (4ft, 1.2m). On top of that you get all possible pads combinations (abyss v1 pads, v2 pads that come with the TC, abyss 2023 pads with ported-bass, Dekoni) and the newly released Abyss headband, bought in...

Or buy a Lokius from Schiiit and fine tune all the treble you want out of your cables for less than 300 bucks :) After benchmarking a few, i ended up going for the SC cable, and it made me stop wondering which one would hold best value/tonality, it simply sounds great.

Haha I work in VFX aswell :) The file was made in Zbrush

absolutely, i would love to take the time to clean it because it's a bit prototypesque and you would need to cut a part of the 3d printed pad to fit the bend of the Diana Chassis, but in the meantime it's better to have something shared than nothing :) You can see what i mean by cutting on the...

Indeed it’s quite an effective mod, as experimented earlier the best mod for me was designing my own 3d printed pad, sound became lushier and so holographic it’s crazy

Hi! I'm parting with some of my gear to fund a new DAC/Streamer, and amongst the Abyss line I settled to keep the 1266TC, hence the listing of this beauty in near mint condition (used less than 100 hours) and flawlessly delivering in both looks and sound. Here is a Diana v2 in Black Onyx color...

Hi ! Selling my Diana v2 nearly mint (bought in december 2021), black onyx with the XLR cable. Less than 100hour usage as i bought Diana TC shortly after. DM me for more, i’m based in EU

Its mostly leather Pads break-in to me, i was convinced DTC opened up so much after 50+ hours of looping color-of-the-month-noise-wave-flac, then i got the 1266 which was as good on the first listen as it is now 100+hours after. Pad fitting/stiffness makes a lot of difference so i might give...

Not enough power to drive it, got the same underwhelming feeling when i first heard v2/dtc on a med output amp such as hdv, i went and bought myself a powerful tube amp as a last resort and ohh well was I wrong… They truly need power, maybe try something that can hold 6/8+watts at 50 ohm and...

Well the comparison should not really be made : the A&K can output 6vrms in symmetrical and 3vrms asymmetrically so beside the lack of headroom you mention, there is a real struggle to “power” such demanding headphone properly. I had the same realisation when i hooked diana TC to my Gryphon, it...