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Remastero - maker of PGGB - emailed me and pointed out that the AK4490 chip the Audma's DAC uses has a 1-bit direct path, which in combination with no onboard digital filtering might make the Audma a candidate for greater improvement with oversampling to DSD 256. Unfortunately RockON AV needs...

I don’t think there is a thread for the Audma Maestro HPA1 so I made one! I just published a review here: Between me making that video and releasing it to Patrons and its public release Audma responded to my questions - after about a month and 3 attempts to get these questions answered. The...

Hey guys, have you been able to figure out if you and other Chinese audio companies are part of the exemptions that were announced on 11 or 12 April?

I'm glad you like the clumsy thumbnails 😆... And that's the perfect description of them lol. I don't have the time to make them better and I don't have the money to pay anyone else to make them either. I appreciate your viewership and kind words. Cheers :beerchug:

Thank you! I wonder why that didn't come up in my search 🤔

Anson sent me a review unit of the Clarinet. It sounds great. But those corners are sharp and not great for sliding in/out of a pocket. Does anyone know a good case for the Clarinet? I see AliExpress has this: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804962523933.html but that is not made for the...

I don't normally post my own reviews on Head-Fi but due to the pending price increase this coming weekend because of Trump's tariffs, I'll put this here to help anyone on the fence. Enjoy!

I have the same question. The 2 brief demos I heard at CanJam were encouraging but provided nowhere near sufficient data to determine if JOAL joins the Hekse/Hedd2/Tungsten/E3 group. Hopefully Abyss can lend me one soon.

Hey thanks for the share! Congrats on the Vanish!

I just published a CanJam NYC video. It was a really great show. Thanks to the Head-Fi team for putting it on. Thanks to all the exhibitors for taking time to travel and put together all those demos. And thanks to the community for a rewarding experience. Here's the video:

Quick announcement: See you in New York! My first CanJam as well. I'm excited!

What an awful mess this has become. I'll do my best to provide some perspective, with full realization that this conversation devolved into tribalism over truth-seeking long ago. So most assuredly, I'll offend some, maybe all, and inspire lots more attempted face-saving posts. But here goes...

No worries, my friend. This was a post I'd been meaning to get to. You were just the reminder. I'm trying to wrangle me up a 2GT btw. I like OG Hedd2 but does need a bit of help in the bass department.

I'll jump in and clarify some of my comments. My unscripted style admittedly muddies the most salient points sometimes, even though the same allows me to be more efficient (planning scripts and reshooting takes a ton more time that I just don't have). And sometimes I miss minor details - like...

I had about 15 headamps on hand at the time of my Tungsten review...almost comical to see that typed out haha. None of them reach 200 wpc of course. Going from 8w to 200w though comes with many more differences than power output. Even if both amps are of the same class (ie Class A, Class A/B...