Brise Audio FUGAKU - The world's first Ultimate Portable Audio System
Jul 13, 2024 at 12:57 PM Post #46 of 82
I’m supposed to be getting a demo opportunity in the next week or two. I’ll be sure to share impressions here and in the Watercooler thread.
still no demo opportunity ? We are awaiting your feedback... Please don't leave us in the dark :wink:
 
Jul 13, 2024 at 2:07 PM Post #47 of 82
still no demo opportunity ? We are awaiting your feedback... Please don't leave us in the dark :wink:
The demo got pushed to August, sorry friend. Rest assured, I didn’t forget about you or this thread. I’ll be sure to share impressions once I get the demo opportunity.
 
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Jul 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM Post #48 of 82
I don't understand... Why use proprietary, non removable cable when it's not even an electrostats?
At least KSE1500 make sense for the dac/amp combo, but this?
Edit: ah it seems the MEMS driver is the one that need it's own power supply, I guess that's what they change to while not changing the req of proprietary design.

IMO the Shure is actually the "first" if the criteria is only those three as in OP's 1st sentence.
This is basically a hybrid version of JH3A. The fact that MEMS driver needs its own power supply doesn't mean that they had to design a new connector, but they might as well do it since they needed more than 4 pins.

IMO the asking price is worth it regardless of how it sounds. This is an engineering and design masterpiece, made by a small company. Many have tried the external crossover idea, and Fugaku makes all of them look like toys. This one is for the history books.
 
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Jul 29, 2024 at 8:03 AM Post #49 of 82
Final version of the FUGAKU.

Forged carbon for the chassis plates.
Nice detail: The potentiometer and one of the tons of carbon are coordinated with the cable…
Final FUGAKU.jpeg
 
Aug 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM Post #50 of 82


New video available on YouTube about the final version of FUGAKU. Unfortunately subtitles are not available so I cannot understand.

If someone understand the language of the video, could you provide us with a summary of it's listening impressions ? Thanks in advance

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Aug 7, 2024 at 5:45 PM Post #51 of 82


New video available on YouTube about the final version of FUGAKU. Unfortunately subtitles are not available so I cannot understand.

If someone understand the language of the video, could you provide us with a summary of it's listening impressions ? Thanks in advance


I understand Cantonese and watch this channel often, but this is not the most useful channel for serious impressions. Everything is almost always positive there, in all the glorious audiophile terms. One thing that stood out to me though, is that he compares Fugaku to full-sized headphones more than usual in this video. My guess is that it could be that it's priced in the hi-end headphone range, could be that it has an emphasized upper treble, or could be that Fugaku is that good.
 
Aug 9, 2024 at 6:25 AM Post #52 of 82

Hong Kong High-End Audio Visual Show 2024 start today. I hope the Mughty FUGAKU will be there for listening...​


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Aug 13, 2024 at 10:13 AM Post #53 of 82
Sep 5, 2024 at 8:39 AM Post #55 of 82
I finaly had a chance to try carefully the FUGAKU, and... i did NOT confirmed my order. I was indeed quite disapointed when using the FUGAKU with my Cayin N30 AP compared to the N30 with my IEMs UM AP. The FUGAKU did not sounded that good with the Cayin, it sounded a little too bright. I tried it with a A&K SP3000T, and it sounded better, but... Buying a FUGAKU + a new A&K SP3000T is.... a little too complicated/expensive :wink:

So... I will stay with my Cayin N30 + AP. I just realised with this comparative listening that may be the N30+AP is not very neutral, It enphasies the Low-Mids. So I will try some EQ to see if I can improve the combo sound signature....
 
Sep 7, 2024 at 4:45 AM Post #56 of 82
It is time for me to share with you my experience of this absolutely extraordinary equipment.

Yes, the Fugaku is an absolutely insane headphone amp combo that cannot be classified among known devices.

So we have a full symmetrical analog amp that has 5 amps per side used to power the intra developed by breeze via a proprietary cable with 8 drivers for 5 channels each.

The result depends on the source because like all breeze equipment it is very linear and often reveals the particularity of a cable or a source.

So the coupling with the N7 did not satisfy me, there was a hardness in the medium that bothered me.

By coupling it to the sp3000t I obtained a better density and homogeneity.
So we have a dense, tense sound, with a superb timbre at the breeze audio (sumptuous).
In terms of frequency, it really goes very low as I have rarely heard, tense and powerful. The medium is very rich, it reveals a lot of details in a relief that is absolutely insane. The highs are superb, this is where we arrive at the end of what we can already know, because it is impossible for me to find a fault, it is fair, precise, rich, dense, powerful.
Where some TOTL have made a compromise somewhere, the Fugaku is without any compromise.
The scene is incomparable with an intra, you have to look in the best sedentary system to find a belonging there, it is very wide, very high and very deep but always with an excellent coherence.
On this particularity I hear well that it comes from the way the headphones are managed level amplification. Everything is in phase which creates a perfect image of the work as it was made.
It is an absolutely extraordinary experience, a journey in music that can last for hours without any fatigue and with only the magic that operates.

I am delighted to have had the chance to listen to this system so important in the R&D of transportable systems. Thanks to my friend Pierre and thanks Brise Audio
 
Sep 8, 2024 at 3:39 AM Post #57 of 82
I will add that
I had to adjust the output power of the dap SP3000T to the minimum because it was too dynamic for me and I felt that it could (according to my criteria) become a little tiring.
Once found the right setting, a pure delight.
 
Sep 8, 2024 at 3:54 AM Post #58 of 82
I will add that
I had to adjust the output power of the dap SP3000T to the minimum because it was too dynamic for me and I felt that it could (according to my criteria) become a little tiring.
Once found the right setting, a pure delight.
"Too dynamic*", you mean "too intense" ? 🤔

Transients too violent ?

Border of aggression ? (Overall rendition)...

Same feeling with all styles of musics ?

* Because huge dynamics are, for me, the best quality to get for an audio system. 👌
 
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Sep 8, 2024 at 4:03 AM Post #59 of 82
"Too dynamic*", you mean "too intense" ? 🤔

Transients too violent ?

Border of aggression ? (Overall rendition)...

Same feeling with all styles of musics ?

* Because huge dynamics are, for me, the best quality to get for an audio system. 👌
exactly, after several tracks, I told myself that it could become tiring. once the sp3000t was set to 1.6v the result was superb. still as much relief, but less intensity, a matter of taste
 

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