[sphinxvc]

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I know this, but nonetheless I was wondering if people had included it in the chain at some point.  The other day while waiting for my 10SE to ship I was thinking of a TOTL purely Audio Gd brand setup, so I thought I would ask for the experience of others out of curiosity.
 
 

 
You should ask Currawong.
 
 

 

[darren700]

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Like every other amp people have used the phoenix with the LCD and liked it - though I'd pick the Master 5 at this point.  The Ref7 is a DAC.
 


 

Why not the Master 6 as it puts out more power? The master 6 and Ref7.1 is definately my dream setup.... but i doubt ill be able to afford that anytime soon
i think ill be happy with the NFB-10SE for a while, as im really liking it so far

 

[buson160man]

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I'm going to try a  a hi-fi tuning supreme fuse in my W4S DAC-2 as soon as the new batch arrives in the U.S.

When you get your fuse I would like to get your opinion on what your thoughts are about the upgrade.I know in my system every component has a hifi tuning fuse in it and i found in my experience so far that the improvement in the equipment performance was defintely worth the effort.When you get your fuse or fuses drop me a reply.
 
 
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[WarriorAnt]

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When you get your fuse I would like to get your opinion on what your thoughts are about the upgrade.I know in my system every component has a hifi tuning fuse in it and i found in my experience so far that the improvement in the equipment performance was defintely worth the effort.When you get your fuse or fuses drop me a reply.
 
 
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Anything has to be an improvement over the crappy little fuses found in most audio gear.   

 

[buson160man]

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Anything has to be an improvement over the crappy little fuses found in most audio gear.   

Amen
 
 

 

[tme110]

But what do you need the extra power for?  certainly not lcd-2s.  Besides more power doesnt mean better, and it could make it too powerful to be useful to sensitive headphones.
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Why not the Master 6 as it puts out more power? The master 6 and Ref7.1 is definately my dream setup.... but i doubt ill be able to afford that anytime soon
i think ill be happy with the NFB-10SE for a while, as im really liking it so far

 

 

[darren700]

Hmm, i am a bit confused by audio-gd's page for the master5/6
 
If you refer to the picture below from their site, the Master-5 is on the left and the Master-6 is on the right. Based on the chart layout it appears that the 5 has alot less power than the 6 (1700mw vs 9000mw @ 50ohm) but i do not think that is the proper way to intemperate it. I think that both amps run in class A until they hit 1700mw and then it switched to discrete power? Therefore the only difference between the 5 and the 6 is that the 6 has more gain applied in both high and low mode? i would appreciate others opinions.
 
 

 

[dagothur]

That is a ridiculous amount of power.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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That is a ridiculous amount of power.

Have you tried powering the HE-6s?
 

 

[dagothur]

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Have you tried powering the HE-6s?
 

  Wasn't the Lyr designed for that?  I'm pretty sure that most people don't have the Lyr set at max volume when they use the HE-6s with it, and the Master 6 has 1.5x the power.  

 

[tme110]

It's obviously only Class-a to a certain point but there's not enough info to infere that it switches at 1700mw.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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  Wasn't the Lyr designed for that?  I'm pretty sure that most people don't have the Lyr set at max volume when they use the HE-6s with it, and the Master 6 has 1.5x the power.  

The Lyr was good with the HE-6s, but they do respond to even more power...trust me.
 

 

[dagothur]

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The Lyr was good with the HE-6s, but they do respond to even more power...trust me.
 

I will have to, as I've never heard the HE-6's.  I've always wanted to, but they're too expensive on their own, disregarding amp requirements.
On an unrelated note, I'm going to be receiving my NFB-10SE tomorrow, and will post initial impressions with my Nuforce as a basis of comparison.  King-Wa managed to get it to me in three or four days, from Hong Kong to Wisconsin.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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I will have to, as I've never heard the HE-6's.  I've always wanted to, but they're too expensive on their own, disregarding amp requirements.
On an unrelated note, I'm going to be receiving my NFB-10SE tomorrow, and will post initial impressions with my Nuforce as a basis of comparison.  King-Wa managed to get it to me in three or four days, from Hong Kong to Wisconsin.

Nice...keep us posted.
 

 

[dagothur]

I received my NFB-10SE, and have been listening to it for the past 20 minutes or so.  Initial impressions are that this is a noticeable and worthwhile improvement over my Nuforce.  If I still had the option of comparing it to the Lyr/Bifrost I could tell you if it had perfect synergy or not, but so far I am extremely pleased with it.  The NFB is phenomenal across the board, at least with the third filter setting.  More impressions will come soon as I do more serious A/B testing.