I just received mine today (California) and I can't believe how it sounds. At first, I was skeptical (for HK-made electronics) and it sounds very sweet on my Grado SR325i. I ordered this for curiousity sake after battling my mind if I have to spend some hard-earned $$ for a Chinese-made electronic. I am currently playing it from an Ipod Classic source from Leonard Cohen, Marc Cohn, to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. Sounds superb with the equalizers positioned all the way down. With my "V" setting, that is where all the sounds not heard from my other reputable U.S. made headphone amp. Then I fed it on my fully upgraded (Blackgates, Solens) Apt Holman preamp thru an upgraded Hafler DH-500 (I have this power amp hooked to a switcher receiving 5 different preamps (Upgraded Hafler DH-110, Belles, Apt Holman, Acurus, Bryston) and all of them gave me sounds resulting in some instrument sources I never heard from my CD player before without the BRAVO headphone amp in between. For now, it is still in "burn" mode and I expect to hear much better sound after at least 50 hours of burn time. (I usually let my new stuff going thru a 2-hour burn, power off for a few minutes and on again for another 2 hours until it reaches at least 50 hours) Why? My tech has over 30 years of experience in the audio repair business, worked for NASA and a reputable computer company before he permanently retired and concentrate on personal audio repair business specializing on tube amps. Finally you got to give this Headphone Amp some serious listening and decide for yourself. Peace!
