I got a new one for 200€. Only very limited stock so far it seems. Hell of a combo with SMSL SU-8v2. Also using balanced interconnects. Seems like those two were made for each other
PS: yes i feel ashamed getting the arcam for that price!
sorry i dont. I just own the Questyle CMA400i and i prefer the SU-8/rHead combo, although the amp part of the Questyle is superior to the rHead imo. For the price the arcam is being sold though its a no brainer.
Class A solid state normally takes a few hours to settle in. I'm sure there is still burn in, but the first few hours/day of being plugged in will make the largest difference.
Maybe my ears are not that experienced, but my rHead sounded great out of the box without any burn in and I haven't noted any improvement (or decline) since then.
Sorry, it's been quite a few years since I heard a Graham Slee product of any type. I suspect they get more exposure in Europe than North America, which may explain why I haven't encountered anything of them recently.
I was lucky enough to purchase the rHead from the official distributor in Romania (around 200 Euro).
I’m amazed and delighted by the sound of this little headphone amplifier.
Very underrated product for such great features, sound and build quality.
The rHead is being given away here in Australia with the purchase of a set of Aeon Flow headphones. The distributor must have a lot of excess stock or something. So, pay $1149 or whatever for the AFO/AFC and get a free rHead amp valued at $895 for nothing. Score!
I know this because I bought my AFOs for this very reason and was going to sell the rHead. But I’ve changed my mind after reading some reviews and comments here and elsewhere which suggest the amp might pair well with the AFOs after all.
Hello guys, I am the owner of an Arcam rHead and I have a problem with my unit and I need your help. Usually, I leave the amplifier off, only turning it on when I'm actually going to use it. When I turn on the device, the right channel keeps failing, sometimes without sound. Then I go and touch the volume button and the sound comes back on the right channel. I spend a little more time, the right channel is muted again. And it stays like that for about fifteen minutes. After that time the problem disappears and the amplifier works normally, happening again when I call it the other day, but only in the first fifteen minutes. Does this problem happen to anyone else?
I tried a nice Teddy Pardo PSU for a while, and it made a very very small difference... like not really worth doing. Maybe for listening really loud and using more difficult to drive headphones, but for my listening and with "normal" headphones it was hardly audible.
I was running a balanced power conditioner at the time so maybe it would be different with power straight from the wall. Or maybe a nicer PSU would make a difference but at the point the price discrepancy between amp and power supply would be pretty extreme.
I recently bought an Arcam rHead. I have a question about the volume control. On my unit the physical resistance of the volume knob changes as it is turned. Is this normal? From about 7.30 to 9.30 it is quite stiff. From 9.30 until 1 it is loose and easy to turn. From 1 onward it is stiffer with more more resistance. It is not smooth to turn and sticks slightly at 9 and 1.
I recently bought an Arcam rHead. I have a question about the volume control. On my unit the physical resistance of the volume knob changes as it is turned. Is this normal? From about 7.30 to 9.30 it is quite stiff. From 9.30 until 1 it is loose and easy to turn. From 1 onward it is stiffer with more more resistance. It is not smooth to turn and sticks slightly at 9 and 1.
My unit too has a uniform resistance throughout the range of motion, without any bump. If I represent it in a graph, it might look like a step curve. There is a threshold of force for it to move, but then the force is fixed once it starts moving. It is a pity that they discontinued this. I absolutely love the look and feel of this product. The Topping A50 looks like a promising alternative, but I just love the simplicity of this.
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