Yes think I will be on search for something new - will probably watch what deals come up towards Black Friday. Not necessarily stuck on Hifiman though - wondering what else is nice match for the Ultralinear +.

was curious as well - came looking and thought there might be a thread about the Gemini now. Have respect for Sparkos' work - would love to play with one of these.

probably not the forum to discuss this but played around with Roon Equalizer program today - input the Oratory 1990 specs recommended by some for the Ananda. Made a pretty good difference with lower end, detail, and top end air. Really quite like it not a subtle difference although only...

I have been using HifiMan Anandas with my LTA Ultralinear for night time listening and to be honest a little underwhelmed. The amp is fabulous with speakers (Zu) but has me thinking a) the headphone amp section is not great or b) the Anandas are not the best match for this amp. Not much bass...

item has been sold - thanks for interest.

I am original owner of this Lumin U1 Mini. Has the SBooster power supply upgrade done to it. Have original power equipment and original boxes. I am interested in a trade for headphones that are in same price range (was about $3K new cdn including power supply upgrade). Currently using...

wanted to bump this thread - more interested in current view of what you can get for a desktop amp / dac combo for $500 in Fall of 2021. In my case driving HifiMan Anandas so think I want some power from amp but as long as that basic is met okay with solid state or tube amp options. Any ideas?

Is there a type or brand of headphone that you think matches well with a top of the pile solid state amp like this one. I have Hifiman Ananda which is nice match but always with this hobby you are wondering what might be better matchup.

using my Anandas with a Headamp GSX mini - nice combo. Wondering if anyone has heard the Abyss Diana vs Ananada - are we in same ballpark or is the Diana a major league upgrade?

great note AnaK. Curious about what power supply you are using - is it just stock into some kind of power conditioner or are you using an upgraded power supply. Am exploring an improved USB cable and after that thinking of an Uptone LPS. But would it make a difference and if it does then...

what aftter market cables are people using with the Ananda?

three more comments - early days here: 1. I don't mind the interface once I have used it a couple of times - the visual is better than I thought it would be, nice and easy to read 2. love the feel of the volume nob but also have lots of gain - have read you can adjust gain may have to check...

My new 3R arrived today. Took some fussing to figure out how to change the source, but once I did beautiful music right away. Also came with no power cord for the separate power supply - grabbed one from my FUN amp and probably the same. The sound is very nice, clean and pure right out of the...

I have a new Conductor 3R coming - Womaz I was hoping to use USB connection to my Lumin U1 mini. So if you are not connecting with usb what are you using. My current dac only has spdif connection - was hoping to move away from that with the Conductor so hope mine has no usb issues. For what...

Have a Conductor 3r on the way. Will use mostly as dac and preamp into speaker based system. Was hoping to connect my main music source a Lumin U1 mini (playing tidal and roon) to the Conductor. Not sure about the little USB connector so might have to settle for spdif connection. Guess I...

I actually like this amp better using rcas between my dac and amp. Dac is an Exogal. Maybe I need better cabling as using Kimber Hero in balanced and quite honestly disappointing - dull and closed in sounding. Rcas comparing to are fairly inexpensive Dueland interconnects but bring back the...

remind me the sparkos you are using are the ss3601s? And you only need two right - one for each channel? Thanks.

I have new ZMF Atticus with my Burson Classics this week. Drives the headphones good although finding things a little polite, almost rolled off a bit. What do you think would the Vivids or Sparkos punch things up?

Here I have about 50 hours on the Classic Amp and things have opened up quite a bit. Taking its time but some real punchiness to the sound combined with nice detail. Might still be a little more to go but really like what I am hearing. Have a ZMF Atticus coming in next few days so will be...

have grado 80s may have to pull them out - but really just 5 hours old now - cold out of box after long cross Pacific journey. Confident things will open up as I put some hours on and amp warms up.

got my Fun Classic today. Have had it running a couple of hours - clean sounding but also dark and closed in. Listening to Sun Kil Moon new one right now so maybe not best for dark sound, but a little light please! Will play around with different headphones as it gets time on it. Feeding it...

I ordered my amp with classics - should be here early next week. I have sold pretty much all my gear - have massdrop purpleheart headphones left but reading lots about what I might buy to go with new amp. Very interested in planars - but so many choices and possible fits. Where do you...

Most of the talk about the Fun is op-amps. I am more curious about headphone matches - is anyone running planar magnetics with this amp - thinking Audeze's or HifiMan offerrings or even new Verum 1 which seem to have lots of buzz?

Hi - I have been thinking about buying this dac in the new year to replace an older dac that has no usb connectivity (I use a Mutec MC-3 as usb/spdif connector). I am currently running a Sonore microrendu to stream Tidal through Roon. Tried a search and couldn't find any comments about using...

Over xmas picked up a new Gungnir which is still in burn in mode. I have been reading that I should leave the Gumby5 on all the time to get best performance - so what about the HP-1? Have been turning it off at night or when I switch over to speaker system. Will it perform better if kept...