I've had quite a journey with headphone amps, including 3 tube amps and 5 solid state amps. The amp I've had for the past year and been extremely happy with is the Violectric V222. It's clear and detailed but with none of the THX/measurement-focused tradeoffs of sharpness or dryness. In my...

I had a positive experience with buyer. He is very detailed and I strongly recommend him!

This sale is pending. I will mark it as sold when the buyer receives it and it confirms it works.

A streamer is something like this https://ifi-audio.com/products/neo-stream/ The streamer would connect to your local network other ethernet, but you can buy a wifi range extender as a trick to use wifi. The streamer takes an internet connection as an input, and outputs to your DAC. Besides...

You think Spotify has different masters of Taylor Swift albums than Qobuz does? I really doubt that. Streaming companies take whatever files the record company sends them, and recent pop albums aren't old enough to have remastered versions from different years. I think the more likely...

Pending sale. Bought this year, used less than 100 hours, basically brand new! No issues what so ever. #58. See the number on the back of other used ones to compare age. This is a high end headphone tube amp but can also be used for high efficiency speakers. This is the 2A3 version, not the...

My experience: when I used entry level audiophile gear I couldn't really hear a difference between lossless formats like FLAC, and any decent MP3 quality level like 192kbits+ - the highest quality setting on Spotify was more than enough for me. Once I got better gear which improved clarity and...

If you leave your computer on you could use Foobar2000 with a UPnP plugin and a physical streamer. You could also stream Qobuz over UPnP with a mobile app like BubbleUPnP.

I really like this DAC! I've used a Schiit Modius, Schiit Bifrost 2, and Denafrips Ares II. I'd say it sounds noticeably better than the Bifrost and Ares, not in a huge way, but in a big enough way. If money is tight for you or you don't listen to details too closely I wouldn't call it a must...

I think the Eddie Current ZDT Jr is really good for the price! I enjoyed it more than a tube amp which cost twice as much (the Feliks Echo Mk II), and I like how it has a low impedance output too, many tube amps don't, especially the lower cost ones. Drop briefly restocked this last year, but...

Sorry if someone has already asked this, but has anyone compared the Arya Organic to any of the HE1000 models (HE1000v2, HE1000 Stealth, or HE1000se)? I briefly used an Arya v2 and found too harsh, dry and high end focused - but it was used so maybe that impacted the sound somehow. HE1000v2 has...

The coupon expired :( What a shame, that's an amazing deal!!

It's R2R on a single chip which was designed for medical devices. Most R2R DACs use a custom series of transistors. Which isn't a good or bad thing, it just makes it sound different.

I bought a Bifrost 2 OG And Ares II OG at the same time and did a lot of side by side comparisons. I liked both a lot and it was a hard choice, but I personally preferred the Ares II. The Bifrost had more energy and certain instruments like guitars sounded more realistic, but overall I preferred...

I wanted to re-post something I wrote in another thread, just so everyone's V222 opinions can be consolidated in one spot https://www.head-fi.org/threads/warmest-solid-state-amp.966279/post-17592978 TL;DR: I love this amp, I highly recommend it for people who like clarity and warmth with no...

This was my first headphone amp and I got it on sale on Drop for $150 USD, so for the price I can't complain. I thought it was much better than plugging headphones directly into a phone or laptop. It has more detail and energy. I enjoyed it most for high energy genres like pop, metal, and punk...

My impressions: as I was going up the price ladder for heaphones the Focal Elex (Elear with Clear earpads) was my favourite for a while, and I still think it's the best headphone under $1400 (now that Hifiman is lowering prices) and I tried the Utopia because I wanted the next step up, and...

I agree with FinHifi. I've had multiple solid state amps (SMSL SP200, Schiit Asgard, Singxer SA-1, Burson Soloist 3XP) and tube amps (Feliks Echo, Eddie Current ZDT Jr) and my favourite one of all has been the Violectric V222. I can't recommend it strongly enough if you want both warmth and...

I hear people say Hifiman has QC issues, but I've never encountered them, and I've used 4 different pairs of headphones from them. I can't speak to how they are after years of use, but I've never had a pair of Hifiman headphones which didn't work out of the box.

My two cents: I would definitely recommend the Edition XS for the price. They're like a watered down version of the higher end Hifimans like HE1000v2 and Arya (which have more detail and wider soundstage). The biggest con I found was because of their very low impedance of 18 ohm (the other...

Hi everyone, I browsed this forum a lot for reviews, I often find them more practical and to the point than some longer form review websites. I created an account to use the classifieds section.