millerdog
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Package came today from Japan.
The amp is about the size of pack of cigs. It has rcas in back and a mini also. I like the two head phone outs for it lets me make comparisons easily. I also purchased the ATH-A9X closed hps from them. Post about that will be in the appropriate place.
This is my first amp so I didn't really know what to expect. I got a CHA47 coming in also; soon I will able to compare the two.
I have been reading alot of "crap in crap out" posts and agree. The only source I have is a slimx. I went portable for I work in a studio where music is not allowed.
First of all, the amp has a low frequency hiss at idle. Perhaps power supply.
The amp seems to fill in gaps that I have heard on certain discs.
Where strings are involved, the return motion of the bow often sounds like gaps to me, but with the amp it does fill the sound. On one cd, that gap made me replay the song over again to see what the anomaly was. With the amp on, the song sounds uh..normal. The stroke of bow is not longer distinguishable.
The highs through my sr60s seemed crisper. Most don't like the highs, but I like em in the ear bleeding catagory.
It also seemed to bring more mids to the grados. The sound is fuller...has more mass. It seems to take away some of the "punch" in the bass.
The volume control seems to 7-5, with my setting at 12oclock.
The unit comes with a ac adapter and a gold plated rca to mini that looks to be a meter long.
This stuff comes from Japan so forget about reading anything and just look at the pictures!lol
My guess would be that this is not worth the price of admission. Still, since the CHA47s are just portables, I think it would do good for me as a dedicated home amp for my slimx.
just my thoughts,
md
The amp is about the size of pack of cigs. It has rcas in back and a mini also. I like the two head phone outs for it lets me make comparisons easily. I also purchased the ATH-A9X closed hps from them. Post about that will be in the appropriate place.
This is my first amp so I didn't really know what to expect. I got a CHA47 coming in also; soon I will able to compare the two.
I have been reading alot of "crap in crap out" posts and agree. The only source I have is a slimx. I went portable for I work in a studio where music is not allowed.
First of all, the amp has a low frequency hiss at idle. Perhaps power supply.
The amp seems to fill in gaps that I have heard on certain discs.
Where strings are involved, the return motion of the bow often sounds like gaps to me, but with the amp it does fill the sound. On one cd, that gap made me replay the song over again to see what the anomaly was. With the amp on, the song sounds uh..normal. The stroke of bow is not longer distinguishable.
The highs through my sr60s seemed crisper. Most don't like the highs, but I like em in the ear bleeding catagory.
It also seemed to bring more mids to the grados. The sound is fuller...has more mass. It seems to take away some of the "punch" in the bass.
The volume control seems to 7-5, with my setting at 12oclock.
The unit comes with a ac adapter and a gold plated rca to mini that looks to be a meter long.
This stuff comes from Japan so forget about reading anything and just look at the pictures!lol
My guess would be that this is not worth the price of admission. Still, since the CHA47s are just portables, I think it would do good for me as a dedicated home amp for my slimx.
just my thoughts,
md