Selling my excellent audio-gd HE9 (regenerative power supply amp) from 2021. Bought brand new directly from audio-gd and paid a lot of customs on it. I've had little time for audio these due to family commitments so letting this go. I'd challenge you to get better sound quality for this price...

Excellent condition Hifiman Arya for sale. I love these so much I have two of them. I don't need my backup pair which I've lightly used so here it is. I can optionally also include the Moon Audio Blue Dragon cable for another $150 (totally worth it for the sound quality boost).

This is an endgame drive-every-headphone kind of an amp. Makes every single HP I've tested on it sound great, along with the SR1a ofcourse. Grips with authority and provides a lot of slam. It's also built to drive speakers. Bought from an authorized dealer. Comes with receipt. Mint condition...

IME, generally preamps will have a greater effect than most sources, so that's where I'd spend money first.

The Yggy A2 (which I owned for quite a while) is not in the same league as the R7HE and to me, apart from some subtle microdetail, wasn't even as as good as my Reference 7.1 from Audio-gd when the latter was paired with the DI20HE. The rest I haven't heard.

This is an endgame drive-every-headphone kind of an amp. Makes every single HP I've tested on it sound great, along with the SR1a ofcourse. Grips with authority and provides a lot of slam. It's also built to drive speakers. Bought from an authorized dealer. Comes with receipt. Mint condition...

Congrats, great setup. I had the Yulong DAC and man digital has come a ways since then. I bet the Chord was adding a lot to the setup you heard.

I agree, I strongly prefer speaker amps for the SR1a (and all of my headphones). The HSA1b and JotR serve as travel amps in my case.

Without baffle compensation, the HSA1b does colour the sound of conventional HPs to some extent but mildly so (definitely less than most tube amps I owned/heard). I feel part of it may be your DAC's MO coming through.

Agree with this. The Jot R does have more accurate, sharper transients with better imaging focus. But as a tradeoff, it sounds smaller, drier and often harsher in the treble.

Had the wife listen to the SR1a and TC briefly. Without giving any of my thoughts, she explained that the SR1a (+ subwoofer) sounds "more impressive, as if the sounds are actually in front of you or you're in the room where the musicians are" whereas the TC "sound more like typical headphones...

As the title suggests, I'd like a connector like this: https://www.thomann.de/gb/pro_snake_dmx_adapter_male_female.htm Except that I'd like it attenuated with resistors. The purpose of this adapter is to eliminate some background buzzing that I hear from my HD800s when I connect them to my...

Have been casually observing the threads. I've felt no need to look for reviews for anything...the SR1a fully open + sub combination continues to be beguiling to the point of occasional disbelief. I'm listening to this setup more than all of my other stuff combined. It's great to feel an itch...

This is exactly the feeling I immediately had. Repeatedly having to take off the SR1a to check if speakers were on got annoying fast. In a lot of ways, they were better than speakers despite my general preference for the latter. Changing gears back to the TC, IMO it's the best complete package...

You'd like the REL S or T series for music or the KEF KC62, which is among the best for ease of integration. Rythmik sealed offerings are also quite good. The SVS is slightly below in quality (for purely music) but the reason I chose them was because of their built-in parametric digital EQ, and...

Yes, I used a sub with the TC and Susvara, but the effect isn't what I'd call an improvement. With the SR1a, a woofer was practically a game-changer. Their bass is now primarily limited by the quality of the sub. Appreciate the time that went into this. I agree with pretty much every point. A...

You're right, my decision was more for its psychological effect than to produce a measurable advantage in timing. My volume control works out well because everything is digitally controlled in my setup, but for others, connecting to the pre is simpler. I may switch to that route later if it...

I played around with it and for me and my room 140hz works best. But, I have it EQ'd such that it's a gradual rolloff as it approaches 140hz. I use the XLR output of the DAC to feed the preamp and the SE out of the DAC for the sub. You may ask why I didn't connect the sub to the preamp. My...

I'm aware this has been mentioned a few times but wanted to share anyways. I recently got some time to get subwoofer integration locked in. With individual digital EQs on both the SR1a and sub, connecting the sub directly to the DAC and opening up the flaps on the RAAL to near full excursion...

The Arya has more for sure, particularly in the midbass. I wouldn't call that beating the Susvara, it's just a boost on the Susvara's more neutral (and higher quality) presentation.

An unusually off-base review from a great reviewer. Other than his commentary on timbre/tone, I felt he missed the mark in most other areas. My hunch is some of it stems from a lack of long-term comparison across a range of ancillaries. Can't understate the importance of time and experience in...

I found many of the same benefits...but if I'm going to use a sub, I might as well use my speaks, which is what I end up doing. If privacy/noise disturbance weren't factors, I'd rarely turn the sub off.

Of the 3 aftermarket cables I owned, I only preferred one over the stock. Sound-wise, it's not the worst and not the best.

I found exactly the same with the R7HE 2021 and my previous Audio-gd Reference 7.1 after adding the DI20HE.

I have the same experience with each HP every so often. Necessitates having a stable of varying flavours (for me).