Hey Donato, thanks for the reply! I was looking for a desktop all balanced unit, I only have $800 £600 to spend so went for a Matrix M-stage HPA-3B, which is well within that range. 'Loud' meaning I want to blow the doors of the thing (LCD-X). They maybe efficient but still a big headphone...

Hey Gino, sorry for the soooo late reply, I have just purchased a Matrix M-stage HPA-3B so a bit of an upgrade from the VA1. I would say at the price point the VA1 is very good and nothing in its price range has balanced inputs which makes for a really clean sounding low noise amp. I have never...

Thanks for your hard work, effort and time guys, really really cool what your doing to this 'little' amp. I was after a fully balanced amp to power my LCD-X's and you guys found it for me, just ordered and on its way. :)

Hi everyone, I am looking for a 'loud' balanced amp to match/drive my LCD-X's properly, any suggestions would be very appreciated.....

Ah thanks, very new to this site.

Anyone have an Audeze Deckard for sale? (UK)   Cheers   Colin

Will do! First impressions are good. Powers my LCD-Xs lovely. Very clean sound, very low noise, could do with a bit more on the LF side. Very pleased for the price and its got balanced inputs which is what I needed. Impossible to find another with balanced inputs. I find it amazing the much more...

Thanks Gino, I bought one to try out and it runs my lcd-x's fine, albeit from the 'high' impedance socket as their very quiet using the 'low' impedance. I hope this will not damage my LCD-X's as technically the impedance's don't match as the 'high' socket is for headphones with impedance 50ohms ...

Hi !   Do you know what the power output (mw/w), Im looking for an amp to power my Audeze LCD-X's but I dont have £600 to pay for there one!!   Thanks in advance!   Colin