Douglaster
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Anyone tried NFB11 with 600 Ohm cans (like T1 for example)?
Yes, its my main setup.
Works like a charm. I dont believe you can beat the cost benefect
Anyone tried NFB11 with 600 Ohm cans (like T1 for example)?
I received a response from Audio-GD this morning letting me know the NFB-11 is currently back ordered until the end of February. I still think I'll pull the trigger to ensure the 5% off. Unfortunately I have to wait for a new quote as they failed to include the cost of the TCXO upgrades.
In any case I'm pretty excited. When I purchased my HD650s I also bought an Aune X1s to replace my SMSL SD793. The Aune was definitely a upgrade in the sound department but I worried about the relatively low power amp. I eventually returned it and bought a Fulla 2 as interim solution until I figured out what I ultimately wanted to do. For what it is, the Fulla 2 works great. So much so that I decided to buy the full "Schiit Stack". Unfortunately the Modi 2U was defective, and using the Fulla 2 as my dac, I didn't notice a tremendous difference between the Fulla 2's amp stage and the Magni 2U. As such the magni/modi were returned and the quest continued.
Admittedly, I'd never heard of Audio-GD until the Zeos review of the NFB-11. This weekend I started listening to the DMS3 "Unamed Audio Podcast" and one of the presenters actually talked about what made the NFB-11 unique. That spurred a renewed interest, and after 3 solid hours of reading everything I could about Audio-GD and the NFB-11 I decided it's going to be my next dac/amp.
Of course, I'll now have to wait well over a month to get mine... thankfully, as I mentioned above, I'm quite happy with my Fulla 2 in the mean time.
Just out of interest what is unique about the NFB-11? For like me that do not know yet.
Anyone out there with both NFB-11 and Fostex HP-A4 could share a comparison?
I'm certainly not qualified to speak to the details, so checkout the 4th episode of the podcast I mentioned above. Essentially it comes down to Audio-GD's use of a 'current conveyor' system in the NFB-11 (not sure if they use this in all of their amps or not). I don't know that this system is any better or worse than other technologies being used but it sounds as though it's definitely uncommon.
Anyone tried NFB11 with 600 Ohm cans (like T1 for example)?
The Beyer T1 does not sound harsh with the NFB-11?
Can you set the PS4 to output only stereo over optical? The NFB-11 will definitely not take a multichannel signal. I would imagine it has to be 2 channel PCM.