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Already upgrading?Looking forward to this chat after placing an order with Justin for the Bigger Ben!
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Pumped to see you in the chat! A few short hours away!! See you soon if you can make it! 7pm PST
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Similar experience a couple weeks ago. Ordered a Kenzie after an extended phone conversation with Justin. He happened to have one nearly ready to go, so I have been listening and loving it. It is a real pleasure to talk with Justin, and then to make a great choice of headphone amplifier as a result--although I doubt that there would be a poor choice among the Ampsandsound lineup. Generally his amps are built to order, but it usually takes only a few weeks. Well worth the wait.This will be a treat. Justin spent 2 hours on a Friday evening helping me decide which of his amps would be right for me. I chose the Mogwai SE, which he dropped off at Fedex 30 minutes after we hung up. I'd buy it again in a New York second! Justin clearly has a passion for his products and I'm looking forward to hearing him chat some more.
A (brief) review of the Amps & Sound Kenzie Ovation:
I recently received the Kenzie Ovation headphone amp as well as pair of Verite Closed cans. I have only had the rig for a few days, but I thought I would post my thoughts and impressions. I am by no means a YouTube sommelier of audio gear, and so I will not go into an exposition of soundstage, frequency response etc. There are others who are better suited for that kind of thing. Instead, I will just say that this combination is freaking magical. I could use that very tired cliche about how I heard things in familiar songs that I never had before (although it's true), or the raw emotion it delivers (I damn near had chills). But I won't. Rather, if you believe being an audiophile is the pursuit of the joy of listening to music instead of the relentless analytical pursuit of the next decimal point, I encourage you to experience this combination. Be warned though; you may objectively forget your FOMO on the next best thing in audio gear, and just get chills.
Happy Holidays, and thanks so much to Justin and Zach!
Gear: A&S Kenzie Ovation (stock tubes), ZMF Verite Closed (leopardwood, stock cables, Auteur suede pads), Schiit Yggy (upgraded to unison USB and analog 2), Bluesound Node 2i via RCA SPDIF), and A&S XLR to RCA converter
Headphone Bibliography: Sennheiser HD800, Hifiman HE-500, HE-560, HE-1000 v1, Audeze LCD-2, LCD-X, and Focal Elear, Utopia
I mentioned ordering a Bigger Ben to see how a more powerful tube amp paired with the VO and Empy. Now it gets a bit more interesting having added a Susvara hp a couple of days ago. It does sound really sweet with the Pendant but is WAY underpowered.Already upgrading?
I mentioned ordering a Bigger Ben to see how a more powerful tube amp paired with the VO and Empy. Now it gets a bit more interesting having added a Susvara hp a couple of days ago. It does sound really sweet with the Pendant but is WAY underpowered.
The BB should arrive later this week and should drive the susvara nicely!