Solude
Headphoneus Supremus
I was suppose to have the Shug but it went microphone in shipping. I've emailed Todd but unless they get 1 year, not holding my breath.
And its official... the Peak is awesome!
I finished my comparison of the Burson Soloist and the Peak and its was a complete stomp.
Some background. If we go back a few months I ran a comparison of 5 amps. The GS-1, HeadOne, WA22, B22 and LF. Long story short I ranked them B22 > WA22 > HeadOne > GS-1 > LF and sold all but the B22. Along came the Soloist and on first run it bested the B22 in clarity, separation by such a margin that I packed the B22 for sale. But while I was burning in the Syl BB I started to notice that the clarity was at the cost of a bottom end. It wasn't simply tight, its was MIA.
So given that running the Soloist v B22 again was pointless if the Peak was better... I ran the Soloist against the Peak and I completed the review for the sake of completion-ism but it was pretty obvious within a few songs that it was academic. The Peak is simply effortless. Its dynamic, fast, has great body and incredible clarity with a pitch black background. Its, for now, simply the best I've heard with the LCD-3.
Colour me impressed. And to think based on some comments here and in 'professional' reviews I was pretty sure I was bringing it in simply to rule it out :O
Fingers crossed it holds against the B22 tomorrow because frankly its a whee bit more desktop friendly![]()
It makes me kind of sad you arent putting all that into the same thread you were using before![]()
Finished my B22 v Peak run and everything I thought about the B22 v Soloist hold true which means the Peak thoroughly smashed both. The joke... now I wonder about the Arete. Could it be a Peak with no fuss?
good to see some life in the peak thread again
I didn't know what I was missing in Mike Oldfield's The Songs of Distant Earth until I got this amplifier. It was like listening to a new album.
my peak is older and has blue lights like most of my other gear, the volcano has a green light.