[miceblue]

And I just published my review of the B1 as well.
http://www.head-fi.org/products/aune-b1/reviews/13367

Thank you AuneAudio for letting me be a part of this worldwide tour!

 

[hakushondaimao]

Canadian tour of the B1 is underway. If anyone else wants to join in, head over to the application thread HERE.

 

[DrKC]

 

Thanks for reading it.  I'm not real good at fabricating things I don't really hear and am really bad at parroting what others have said.  In the end, all I come up with is what I actually heard with the source material I used.  If it's not there, I don't hear it.
 
Cheers

 

[miceblue]

I created a video review for the B1 on my YouTube channel if anyone is interested in it.

[video]https://youtu.be/84b0R8Ofxrg[/video]


Video Table of Contents:
0:16 - Thank you to Aune Audio
0:41 - Sound quality A/B test methodology
1:39 - B1 vs OPPO HA-2
2:20 - B1 vs FiiO E12
3:35 - B1 vs JDS Labs C5/C5D
5:54 - B1 vs JDS Labs Objective 2
7:53 - Sound quality overview
8:36 - Price-sound quality value
8:51 - Gain switch voltage output
10:02 - Class A switch current output
11:05 - Class A amplifier design overview
11:41 - Battery life
12:23 - Class A switch's sound
14:05 - Aesthetics overview
15:03 - Mute relay
15:27 - Input/output overview
15:42 - Volume knob
16:43 - Front panel window and component overview
18:52 - Size and portability
20:24 - Stackability
21:39 - Aluminum chassis overview

 

[swannie007]

Received my B1 today and have been listening to it for a few hours with different sources and am quite pleased with the sound. An early observation is that it does not pair well with my HD650's. Bass is overwhelming and tends to veil the midrange too much for my liking. It appears that brighter headphones such as Beyerdynamic T90's and AKG Q701's tend to pair better with this amp,to my ear, YMMV.
Early days yet but liking it so far. Oh yea, I replaced that awful volume knob with a more conventional cylindrical one that I had in my spares box, much better.
Need to try more headphones with it and then some in-ears. Cheers.

 

[hakushondaimao]

@RedJohn456 posted his impressions from the Canadian tour HERE.

 

[hakushondaimao]

@Peter West's review from the Canadian Tour is HERE. Very good review, IMHO.

 

[Peter West]

Thanks Hakushondaimao for the kind words....great amp ...ordered my own this morning!

 

[jjacq]

http://www.head-fi.org/products/aune-b1/reviews/13543

Here is my review. Thanks for letting me take part of this tour.

 

[derGabe]

http://www.head-fi.org/products/aune-b1/reviews/13548
 
My review for german speaking people. The english version is coming by the end of the week.

 

[ozrayyau]

I have one, for me, it's not good as the Fiio E12a.

 

[Peter West]

I bought the AUNE B1 after pairing it with my LCD-X and Fostex T-50RP headphones. It's not bad with the Titan 1 in-ears but way too much amp for most of my other headphones and in-ears. The plenary magnetic headphones just sing with the Class A amplification. For my other in-ears or headphones like the Momentum on-ears or Grado 60s it's either the Astell and Kern AK-100 II direct or through Cypher Labs Picollo. It's amazing how much the music can change depending on the amp - headphone combination and specific musical tastes also play a part. There are songs that sound pretty good out of my IPhone into the Cozoy Astrapi and $39 T-Peos in-ears. It's all relative and money (sometimes not a lot) factors in as well.

 

[RedJohn456]

I have a quick question about the B1 amp. I was reading online about the two main issues, the high output impedence and low output power. Does anyone know if that has been addressed with Revision B? 
 
@hakushondaimao  Any info on this bud?

 

[ESL-1]

Output power is fine for me, it drives my 600 ohm Beyer DT880's (both stock and recabled) with no issues including adequate level. I do have it set in high gain and high current. It also does well wth my 600 ohm T1 but that is actually more efficient due to the stronger magnet.

 

[RedJohn456]

Output power is fine for me, it drives my 600 ohm Beyer DT880's (both stock and recabled) with no issues including adequate level. I do have it set in high gain and high current. It also does well wth my 600 ohm T1 but that is actually more efficient due to the stronger magnet.

saw a review on the Aune site that highlighted the two issues. The 10 ohm output impedence is the one I am concerned about mainly. Not good for multi ba iems