i bought the sony 1000x to pair it with my lgv20.. if this combo is that good with tidal, I am doing a 1 day shipping and returning the sony now and will try this with my layla and ether c 1.1. lol

finally! tidal support!

QP1R and ether C 1.1. floored. Though needed to do a small eq tweak.  can't wait for the upgrade option. wait, is it available?

i have c&c bh2 - it's no contest with the C5 - it's only topped by the vorzuge pureII+ and liquid carbon in my stable.  But it does get loud if you are not careful with the volume. Not sure however if that's your concern

so i just got a cavalli carbon from today with balanced adapter. i thought i was already floored last time.  i fell over again .. flat on my face. lol. very noticeable is the increased airiness - why does it sound like an open pair of cans! scary what the higher cavalli models can do thinking...

And then i try the balanced cable again straight from the AK240.. and wow - floored.  I love my pure II + but i think I will really have to go after a balanced amp to top this.  

and yes i agree it is a myth. and i am just stupid.  I swapped the left and the right  earpieces! that's also why i felt that the comfort has become a lot worst.  this is embarrassing.    now that things are sorted, i am hearing why i upgraded from the angie in ther first place. whew.

hey guys, is it possible that there is burn in period on the cables?  ive been really noticing a lot of distortion on the layla even on moderate volume levels in a lot of tracks. I never had this problem before with the Angie. I just noticed this once i swapped the cable with the balanced one...

close but not quite. but then again i have the ifi ican micro that almost always needs an attenuator to take out the hiss so i may not be that reliable of a hiss detector :D

I have the pure ||+ version and IMHO it just is the more refined amp. I may even go as far as to say, the best portable SS amp i've heard given the limited amps i've tried and given the still limited time i own it. The C5 is warmer and has potentially more kick on the lower region, but not...

A super SuperBowl weekend to everyone! Actually, Happy Chinese New Year! Any canjams or meet ups sometime April to May?

hmm. ever since i got the x7, qp1r and akjr, and mojo(with iphone 6s+) i havent been using my dx90.  But thanks to your post, I will try it again with my 846.  From what I remember though, the 90 is more analytical than qp1r and akjr The QP1R a tad bit warmer and the AKjr just more musical...

Just pulled the trigger on the Cayin yesterday morning, and with amazon free one day shipping, got to experience the 'hype'.     Well it isn't just hype thankfully.  I like the way it is not overly warm - and not too smooth as a tube amp would - but it does smoothen out a bit.  There is a...

The attenuators work like a charm. That being said Im not sure if Avatar Acoustics still have them in stock. I paid triple for the shipping actually to just get this as soon as possible. lol. Good people at Avatar Acoustics though.

Thanks! Although ill definitely try 'mix and match'-ing, reading this is very reassuring indeed!  So looks like ill have the full stack desktop micro version and a portable ican-idsd nano to take with me on the road.   i've read somewhere that although the iDSD micro has ipurifier on board...