Great review! Thank you!
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Ichos
My pleasure!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Ken G
Great review. Can I ask what DACs you paired with it that cleared up some of the shortcomings you mentioned?
Ichos
Thank you.
The best results where with Denafrips r2r Pontus and Venus.
I know that they are expensive but I have the feeling that similar results may apply with DAC like Bifrost or even modi multibit.
The best results where with Denafrips r2r Pontus and Venus.
I know that they are expensive but I have the feeling that similar results may apply with DAC like Bifrost or even modi multibit.
CT007
"build quality is excellent". I've heard the opposite.
dedminton
Aside from the buttons I remember thinking the build quality was pretty good.
Great review btw
Great review btw
Ichos
@CT007
It is built and assembled like a tank.
Full aluminium chassis , nicely finished and tightly screwed.
Gain switch is very good and clicks firmly.
Buttons are a little loose.
Pot is very smooth and with good feedback.
Use while listening to music is 100% noise free.
Now I have read - as you may do - that the pot is getting noise after a while.
Unfortunately it is too early for me to know.
I have been using it daily for a month and it is dead silent.
It is built and assembled like a tank.
Full aluminium chassis , nicely finished and tightly screwed.
Gain switch is very good and clicks firmly.
Buttons are a little loose.
Pot is very smooth and with good feedback.
Use while listening to music is 100% noise free.
Now I have read - as you may do - that the pot is getting noise after a while.
Unfortunately it is too early for me to know.
I have been using it daily for a month and it is dead silent.
PsilocybinCube
Great review. Very thorough.
Being firmly on the subjectivist side of the hobby I can still appreciate what they are reaching for with this amp and I sometimes wonder if this wouldn't be a great amp for gaming or movie purposes. And for ascertaining differences in other parts of the signal chain, as was mentioned in the review.
As for music, give me my ooey gooey tubes.
Being firmly on the subjectivist side of the hobby I can still appreciate what they are reaching for with this amp and I sometimes wonder if this wouldn't be a great amp for gaming or movie purposes. And for ascertaining differences in other parts of the signal chain, as was mentioned in the review.
As for music, give me my ooey gooey tubes.
Ichos
Thank you. I find it quite enjoyable for music too. There is a certain amount of clarity and drive speed that I like a lot. Music is just flowing.
claud W
I tried to breakin IEMs and cables with my SLP Phonitor E, but the volume setting always returned to 0. I had the 789 still boxed up from its purchase in March 2020. I added it to my breakin stack and it sounds very linear, but a touch dry. Works like a champ with IEM break in and sounds good enough for regular use with a decent DAC.
Ichos
Yes , it is just a touch dry but still very enjoyable and not boring or plastic sounding like other pro staff.
Works wonders with iems.
An R2R dac or a decent not "digital" sounding one is the best match.
Works wonders with iems.
An R2R dac or a decent not "digital" sounding one is the best match.
searchingtom
I am interested in how this would pair with a tube amp,
Ichos
You mean to use the tube as a pre-amp?
searchingtom
Yes. Thank you.
