First, a big thank you to Avatar Acoustics (GA, USA) and iFi (UK) for the demo time of  iCan + iTube + iPower hooked up to my existing iFi micro iDSD.   (kept iDSD in Direct Mode) Alas, the gear has been returned to the show room floor for future lucky listener demos.   Second, this isn’t...

wow, great findings and writeup !   a lot of which mirrors my audio discovery during an extended demo of iCan+iTube along side iFi iDSD micro.   will try and retailer my forthcoming (short) report to how iTube fits into this duo-to-trio pairing as well. cheers.

faith in "the market"? feh. the DAC chip makers market (to profitability) is not tied to audio fans searching for holy grail of quality, but to massive adoption in consumer grade equipment sales.   now that the original author has left this thread, happy to do the same myself. unsub...

Everyone ready for the compatible SS "tubes" that turn Lyr 2 into a SS amp? Should be sweet! Lyr 2 The ultimate chameleon amp!

Um, isn't it normal at a meet to ask before disconnecting Person X's headphones from Rig X, To take over to another table for connection into Rig Y? Some folks may not want their HD800s or HE-560s flying around the room haphazardly. Or not have headphones available at listening Rig X. FWIW...

Alas Nope, didn't do that comparison. If time allows before my demo period is over I will try this.... no promises however.

Thanks to iFi UK and Avatar Acoustics (USA), I’ve been running the new  iFi iPower (9V)  MSRP $50? USA through some equipment in the past weeks, and wanted to provide an overview.   Caution:  this is NOT a complete review, nor an in depth audible “impact” report of iPower for reasons...

  observations of the iFi trio are coming in the next few days.   first need to do a small write up of the iFi iPower.....

long time Octo iFi micro iDSD owner here, back to contribute a bit more in coming days about the iFi iPower. and also my impressions (not a review) of iDSD+iCAN+iTube trio with HE-560s.   as to the 3D feature- find my preference for 3D being on (or off) really depends on the recording of the...

  +3.   just sold a kidney in hopes of inching towards such a trio of sweetness.

I'll take a Uptone Audio USB Regen over a Wyrd any day. and twice on Tuesday.

the Schiit DAC Gungnir does this also.   the click can be a feature if you don't "trust" what the computer/driver/audio playback program might have set as values for output. for example:  should I hear the Gungnir click when I wasn't expecting it, could be that the OS or program changed (or...

If anyone would like to buy my pair of:   '75 Reflektor SWGP Silver Shield Holy Grails (purchased Dec 2014 from rb2013)   send me a PM.   only put about 60 hours on them back in December, and likely aren't even fully burned in.   (used to have two Lyr 2s, now down to single Lyr 2...

changed my mind, and requested my Pulse X Infinity be shipped in old chassis. opened a ticket today at 1009am. Gina replied at 1033am. Shipping noticed received at 1115am.   wow, fast action from the LH Support team today!

The Geek Out V2+ has a battery but haven't compared its playback times to HA-2 or iFi iDSD micro yet.

+1 that's a big Me Too!

have read some early impressions about the superb tonality of the LC amp.   Can anyone (with HE-560/planars) at the shows/meet comment on the LC soundstage or any "tube like" qualities of this SS amp?   thanks,

  I don't consider the $45 an expensive upgrade since Alex said we can keep both units Regen Amber and Green.  albeit one usb board will need a second/DIY enclosure. that being said, if my Yggy arrives in July likely won't need a Regen on it.... hm? 

my pal has his Yggy arrive, along with the Regen (Green) I lent him. problem is his Yggy isn't warmed up yet- and his computer source, split cables and LPS are already delivering super clean signal to Yggy's USB receiver. so there's not much expectation (from him) of Regen making a big...

How big of a bribe would it take for you to smuggle many bottles of Westvletern XII into the country? :-) Hope to meet you in Denver,

I own the Regen green and it's awesome. Improved Regen Amber coming soon!

  for a year I had a well recommended hand-made cable that used Oxy Free Copper plated in silver. about 4 strands per channel. it was certainly a step up from stock, and used it with HE-500 and HE-560s.   but honestly, a few months ago was able to test (then buy) an amazing hand made YFS...

  I wonder why LH labs have shipped multiple hundreds (thousands?) of these units yet we only read about a handful of failures?   this isn't a forum where every customer: receives their unit has a user ID here mandatory must post:  "my unit is working well!"

  yes, hot is good.  keeps you from holding onto the volume knob constantly and getting blisters.   feel free to stack on top of BiFrost, or Gungnir.  they are huge aluminum heat sinks. damage will not occur.

Not to burst your M8 bubble, but it has neither a balanced DAC nor balanced amp inside it. It's merely has an external facing XLR jack to its SE amp. mgoodman can confirm as such.