I used the Vygarde with the Stellia. It was the best cable for the Stellia that I tried. The bass was amazingly tight and dynamic. I have since sold the Stellia. I also tried the previous generation of Drausk and did not think that was the great match for the Stellia. The current version...

Just received my recent order of Drausk v2 Lite and thought I would compare them with previous Drausk for anyone who is interested. The Lite have a distinctly lighter signature than the previous Drausk. That is the previous version impart much more weight to the sound particularly in the lower...

Has anyone heard from Trevor via email lately? He is normally very responsive but hasn't replied to some email I sent about some pending orders quite a while ago. Perhaps he is on vacation? I had placed an order for the Drausk 17.6AWG just before it went out of stock and wanted to know if he...

I am not familiar with the A&K but I can provide some general info on the V280. Don't adjust any jumpers until you try it out. Both balanced and unbalanced inputs are available from the balanced output. The V280 has loads of gain, so don't worry about using the unbalanced inputs. Try all...

Recently picked up a FE from Drop. After a few days of warm up I tried it with my Stellia and was very disappointed. Feeling like I wasted a lot of money (the FE is final sale at Drop), I tried it on my office system with the Focal Clear. I was pleasantly surprised. It sounds excellent...

I guess it would have helped if I spelled it correctly. (Doh!)

I didn't see any mention of the relative new Drawsk so I thought I would give my impressions. I am using it with the Focal Stellia. Of course it made a huge improvement over the stock cables. Interestingly it did not change tonal balance or character of the Stellia. It just made everything...

I wish I had seen this before my FA-12 shipped. I was planning to use it with the Stellia. I agree the FA-12 tonal balance does not complement the Stellia well. After listening to the FA-12 for a while, I decided to go back to my Ragnarok 1 rather than get the FA-10. The Raggy has greater...

Questions for FA-12 owners (might also apply to the FA-10): How long did it take for your amp to burn in once you received it? Do you leave it on all of the time? If you don't leave it on, how long does it need to warm up before reaching normal performance?

I just heard my FA-12 order shipped today. I will report back once I have spent some time with it after break-in.

I heard back from Vitaliy. The delay is because I requested the remote control option. He said it would be shipped by the end of this week. I understand they are a (very) small company, but they haven't done a good job of managing my expectations. I do agree that Vitaliy has been very...

I am curious; when did you place your order for the FA-12? I ordered one at the end of December, and have not received any shipping notice yet.

Has anyone used the Clear with Silver Dragon cables from Moon Audio? I would be interested in how they compare with the stock cables. My current cable of choice for the Clear is the MSA-1 cable from BlueJeans. It has slightly better definition and smoother overall response than the stock...

I recently decided to compare three different low cost DIY cable replacements for the Elear. Here are the three configurations I tried: Blue Jeans Cable MSA-1 (this is the cable BJC uses for headphone cables). It is a pair of coax cables in a single jacket. The coax cables are small...

The cable BJC uses they call MSA-1.  I think this is what is pictured above.  They have a MSA-1 Special Applications Page that specifies a variety of connectors.  If those don't suit your needs, then you should contact them directly.  They will quote custom cables - the price is similar to their...

I have similar cable sensibilities to you regarding cables.  Are you satisfied with the sound of the BJC headphone cable?  TIA.

Harbeth HL5.

I thought of noting the serial number too late (doh!).  If a replacement comes back, I will definitely note my impressions.     What I was hoping for was that the Joti would give my MF M1-HPAp a run for the money.  The MF is a standard discrete class-A design and so has lots of detail but...

Indeed I did in both my request for and RMA and in a note in the box with the unit.

Anyone else received a defective Joti?   I received a new Joti recently and found that it sounded pretty poor.  The dynamics were there but the details and image were very muddy even after a few days warm-up.  It was far worse than an old Musical Fidelity VCAN-II amp that I had lying around...

Greetings-  I have been reading Head-Fi for years and finally decided to join.   I listen to primarily classical and value tonal balance and detail over frequency extremes and dynamics.  My current cans are HD650.  I have been experimenting with various amps of late - that is why I joined.  I...