Quote: Originally Posted by Morph201 Hahahaha! Wow! This thread is REALLY taking off! For the most part Xenos might be considered, "by some" as a new player on the block, but no one is discounted their amps. As far as the reviews show, people are pleasantly pleased with their...

Quote: Originally Posted by thomasward00 So basically in lay terms this amp will sound good and won't make my music sound like crap? Personally I think spending 200 or 300 bucks for just a headphone amp is stupid, its just not my thing, I just want a nice boost in volume and not having...

Quote: Originally Posted by thomasward00 It already sounds great, just needs a little more ooommph. Good to know! Enjoy it without worrying about status symbols.

I am by a natural instinct an advocate of whatever I feel is subjected to unjust marginalisation. More vulgarily, I have a deeply felt commitment for anything I feel to be in need of a higher consideration. I guess I also have what Mark Oliver Everett (The EELS) calls "the love of the...

Yes the -REP is significantly better, but certainly not because the -RHP is crap. The -RHP still leaves things like the PA2V2 miles behind for design quality and subsequently rated performance, with sound quality to match without a doubt. Especially the -REP IMO is a pretty underrated amp in...

Quote: Originally Posted by shuy as above. the sound probably be less clean than a line-out, but is that it? does that mean it doesn't make sense anymore? It still makes sense, since the amp can relieve the headphone out from the labour of driving a headphone load (a low...

Yeah, but please keep what's written in my sig in mind. That is the background I unconsciously tend to take for granted when it apparently is not. More exactly, my instinctive disposition is to pursue the optimisation of the infamous "cost vs performance" thing, which I for one see (and have...

You're always stretching my statements to the extreme, are you. Small and able to be battery powered doesn't in any way make it a different thing for me. A headphone amp is a headphone amp, period. If it can also be taken with you it's just an added feature that you may or may not take...

Quote: Originally Posted by Morph201 *cough* also based on the EPT stats, you're going to have slightly different SNR... i.e. HISS! This is also according to Alberto, who I asked about this 2 months ago... I hope you are aware of the numbers. The rated S/N ratio of both amps...

Quote: Originally Posted by dw6928 No offense, but sadly is incorrect. The difference is worth the few dollars, according to Alberto of Xenos when I spoke to him before the amps were released. Especially if you are running demanding headphones like 701s or 650s Which is bound to...

Quote: Originally Posted by caramelsoul AS much of a fan boy you are, i thought this was the Tomahawk and Hornet thread... As it still is. Or to put it like Lawrence Sterne, digressions are the soul of writing. As far as fanboyism goes, I am a fanboy of a variety of things.

There is what should only be a minor difference, just large enough to justify the added/subtracted $40. -EPT = Texas Instruments TPA6120 output stage, same as in the $349 CIAudio VHP-1 and VHP-2. So all in all it's a OPA2134 + a TPA6120 in the signl path. -EPC = Complementary bipolar...

Um, no, to the best of my knowledge. I labeled an "incredible deal" the P1 since it even betters my C&C BOX, one more very well regarded amp that was reported to hold up to the likes of the SR71. Moreover you can easily upgrade its op-amps with, for instance, the excellent LM4562 or the...

Quote: Originally Posted by dw6928 raw power numbers do not mean a great deal when we are discussing not only the true quality of the amplification but the relationship the 701s have with the Heeds. Take a stroll over to the Heed thread if you are incredulous. I'm not saying...

Quote: Originally Posted by dw6928 All of my SS amp experience with the 701s boiled down to one amp (for me): The Heed Canamp. It really elevates the AKGs to a different level. When I owned the H5, it amped the 701s to a very acceptable, this is a good combination level. When I would...