Exactly. And I have a dedicated Denon SACD player as well as the well-regarded Oppo 105 and 205. It has way more to do with what goes on before it hits their respective encoders.

This is exactly the situation I'm having with them right now. Many opaque (or outright dishonest) messages and mysteriously lost tracking numbers across two separate orders. Not sure what's going on, but either it's specifically targeted disinformation or more people are having this experience...

Thanks for this. I'd forgotten ALL ABOUT Meier Audio! I've got to go check them out PRONTO!

I ordered a iDSD Signature on approval and that's when I was confronted with this whole "it's digital input or fuggidaboutit" thing that apparently is taking over the industry. I'm not, nor have I ever been a fan of Bluetooth connectivity. I do understand that the 3.5mm outputs on phones being...

That looks terrific! A little expensive, but terrific. I see a couple of other amps that might work, but still a little outside of my original budget. I'm suffering from sticker shock x the number of years it's been since I bought that K12. I get that it probably seems like I'm pretty far...

I find them with and without the Bass Boost or I find them with more power and a DAC built in. Most of them are either too cheap to be what I'm looking for or way too expensive to be what I'm looking for. My present main portable amp is a K12 Montblanc FiiO. But it's getting a little long in...

The header pretty much sums up my question. I also have have older portable players (various formats) that have analog only outputs. I've ordered the NX7 on approval, but in general, I prefer to listen at lower levels with a more traditional "loudness curve" bias for the lowest four or so (if...

It's looking like the NX7 so far. I'll be driving Sennheiser 600's, 650's, Monoprice 1060's and Fostex 900x's so it needs to have some current output grunt factor. Any other recommendations at or near that price point are still very much welcome! the iFi iDSD Signature is now returned. Sad...

Quick question on the iFi iDSD Sig: Is there a way to kludge an 1/8"/3.5mm analog to USB adaptor (like those on Amazon) to create a line level analog input for the iFi? Not certain, but I have one and if it'll work I have to cancel a return pronto...TIA...

Thanks for your recommendations! I'll check them out.

I have many portable analog source (walkpersons of various types/formats, etc.\ players as well as a contemporary Samsung phone and some quasi-contemporary X5 and X5 II Hi-Res players. I've been trying to find a new portable "one amplifier to rule them all" option and it seems that the...

Outstanding. Perfect? Pretty close, but just remember that being the "wetware" in the experience our perceptions have more slop in them over time than virtually anything else you can change on a GOOD amp. We all like to tweak our gear to personalize it, but I wouldn't get too bogged down in...

I second the above. It's a terrific amp bone stock. One can salt to taste if one cares to, but it punches WAY above its ask...

I've used mine with a D50 and that combo works flawlessly. I keep my H20 with my Lynx Hilo/main setup, but with the passage of time, I'm realizing that the Lynx's Headphone output (while not as good as the H20) is good enough to suffice. I need to loosen up a little desk Real Estate, so...

The inside of mine looks fine. But even if it didn't, I could take care of that in short order. Judging from what I hear at shows I've attended its value to Dollar ratio is FAR more "sane" than most of the things I saw and heard at the last couple of shows I visited. I've had my say about...

I think the brand was Superlux HD-330. If it never showed up, it's no big deal... : - )

Tonight? I'd love to dawg, but I need more heads up than that, lol. Besides, all my activity for the last year has been AC home headphone amps. I'm waiting for that FiiO A&K killer Hi-Rez player you showed me last year to go on sale/clearance/2-for-a-dollar... Hopefully next time! (Btw...

I think that's pretty close to what I paid for mine. I haven't regretted it for a moment since. Wonderful amp...

If one's discretionary income comes as hard as mine did/does, being in this hobby makes you picky if even you didn't start out that way. I unhesitatingly recommend the Gustard. I went through what you might be going through with one of my favorite (now) vintage brands back in the mid-to-late...

Thank you.

One of the attractive things about both the Lyr 2 and the H20 is they can (but it's not encouraged, at least from what I read) drive reasonably efficient speakers. But I haven't tried it. I've got a BUNCH of self-restored Pioneer '70's receivers and Integrated amplifiers and they pretty much...

I went through the (not small) number of amps in the last local meet and saw and heard most of the names at the top of this group's recommendations. I still suggest that the OP does the same thing. There might be an H20 there, but it's even more likely an H10 would be there. (That was what I...

I've heard numerous Cayin's and none of them knocked me out. But that doesn't mean I heard your "heartthrob" or even if there's enough consistency between one production run and another to say it has a consistently reproducible sound, and that's before all the tweakers get hold of them. You...

I haven't seen (or more importantly heard) a Cayin who's Class A output characteristics are as robust as the H-20's. I bought the H-20 as a standard bearer for those two design parameters (High power/ Class A/SS) and as I'm not a "tube" guy (I like SS that can emulate clean tube "tonal...