Are there any good reviews (even on head-fi) of aeon 2 open? Is there or will be there an upgrade program (send us old Aeon and get discount to buy new Aeon 2?) Is it possible to adapt 4.4 ballanced to 3.5 single ended without too much loss in audio quality (comparable to changing vivo SE...

I just wonder, were all those CNC mill lines of the older Andromeda design there because manufacturing process limitation or were they purely aesthetic choice? Is the newer design of the shells because manufacturers perfected their process or because they just felt Andromedas need a little...

How are these with WA8 Eclipse?

Mojo is class A, I guess? Through entire volume setting range or up to which color setting (= voltage)? So basically, it doesn't matter how loud I push it, it still draws the battery all the same for all the volume settings?

Can it be used some other way than as a DAC? :o :o What about Aeon Closed back? Can you say how big are improvements between Hugo 2 and Mojo with these? Oh, have you also heard the open version of those? Thanks ;)

Thanks for fast reply. So better OP stage = necessarily bigger DAC? How big is the impact of output stage of your DAC design on sound quality compared to the impact the digital part (digital filtering/ FPGA DAC firmware) has? Or else- if I were to buy Hugo 2, what would give me more SQ upgrade...

Is it technically possible today to fit Hugo 2's output stage (10 element pulse array and 1w into 8 ohms) and 256FS filter into Mojo's tiny chassis?

Could you, please, rather think of..."Mojo" equivalent of power pulse array? For less than ten-thousands euros? Maybe under five thousand euro? Four thousand? Four thousand would be adequate! Then so much many more of us could have their cakes and eat them :-) Thanks

What would that mean for digitally made music?

Thanks. Seems like the AFO is THE cure for everything I disliked about Nighthawk (which I enjoyed, still).

Hi, could someone compare AFO tonally to AQ Nighthawk? Thanks :)

I thought Clears have improved magnet structure that's similar to Utopia.

Common sense for someone heavily inspired by one of the buddhist traditions, maybe. Thanks to eastern schools of thought (mainly buddhism), asians tend to be more focused on experiencing things itself and are also more accepting of the status quo in general. While westerners, being heavily...

" I ask them this: Have you lost anything? Has that thing been taken away from you? If you hadn't seen it and didn't know it existed, you wouldn't have chosen to be upset." Hmm, that would be...I guess...more Asian kind of thinking than western one.

BURN IN AND PADS? I have read, that MrSpeakers does not only match drivers on their headphones, but they also match the pads too (cool!- could you elaborate more on this @mrspeakers ?). Also, Focal touts pads with changed materials and added perforations on their new headphone models as one of...

How are these compared to closed version tonality (male/female vocals, treble), soundstage and imaging wise? Thanks.

I'd just like to know which Aeon's Rob Watts likes. Open ones doesn't seem so far from Nighthawks though. They have -3dB at 20 Hz and +5 dB at 1000 Hz compared to Nighthawks. So they should have a bit less sub-bass rumble and bit fuller and more forward female voices. Aeon has nicer and...

"HFN: What is your personal favourite DAP? Headphone? Earphone? Please explain why. RW: Currently Mr Speakers Aeon" https://www.headfonia.com/q-n-a-saturday-rob-watts/2/ Which one, Rob? Open or closed?

When I compare Mojo to iPhone 7 dongle DAC, i find, that when I listen to Mojo, I find both low and high listening volumes very satisfactory (Aeon Closed). But when I use the same HP for the iPhone 7 dongle DAC, I can't seem to find satisfactory listening volume. Every volume setting seem too...

This Rob Watts guy really rocks! It's great to see the guy who made very important part of this schi...Chord chat with fellas who bought it with their 2200 cash online! And this is a nice looking device! Better output stage, 6.3 mm jack, volume wheel, AptX! But I only have 2200 stash of cash...

So basically inaudible difference with my library and standard use (mostly CD quality FLACs and Spotify, sometimes SACD quality), thanks for answer though. Was the 256 FS and 16 FS filter difference audible to your testers between lower sampling rates (MP3s and 44.1 kHz, 16 bit quality music)...

Haha, I (28 yo) think I have a huge problem to hear anything beyond 15 kHz :) Does the HF rolloff filter do something else on top of this mild change? Thanks :)

Aren't they more rugged and mechanically less prone to damage than micro-usbs? Nonetheless, they do provide an ergonomic advantage, as either side will fit the hole the same way. Also, can't they be built to be able to carry more power than micro? USB-C is what Apple uses to charge their big...

Is there a comparative FR measurement between different Hugo 2 filter options ( HF rollofs!) ?

Why do people keep calling Mojo's sound signature as warm? Mojo seem to have even frequency response with very little amount of variation in it (+/- 0.2 dB? from 20 Hz to 20 kHz) and no measured clockwise tilt.