[nichifanlema]

There's THA336 and it's upgraded version, THA 336i,

And there's also it's bigger brother, THA337; does 337i also exist?

and recently I found about the new THA332; is this the regular 332, or 332i version?

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by nichifanlema There's THA336 and it's upgraded version, THA 336i, And there's also it's bigger brother, THA337; does 337i also exist? and recently I found about the new THA332; is this the regular 332, or 332i version?

The THA336i is the same as the most recent THA336, but with a PCB for some of the components, AFAIK. It's not an upgraded model or anything.

 

[nichifanlema]

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Originally Posted by DAVISears Those DarkVoice without "i" are meant for international version with better components inside and tighter QC control compare to China local market model.

Hmm... Doesn't both 336 and 336i are sold to International markets?

 

[nichifanlema]

Ah, so that was a typo

So the "i" suffix stands for "international", correct?

Then what about the statement that the "i" versions have some pcb components and upgraded caps?

 

[kitaoji]

I believe that originally there were two versions of the 336 - one for within mainland China, and one for Hong Kong. (Whether or not this "Hong Kong version" of the 336 also refers to "all areas outside mainland China" is unclear.)

The "Hong Kong version" apparently received very nice response from audiophiles, so Orphean Sound Labs decide to make modifications to the 336, thus becoming the 336i. I haven't heard of any differences within the 336i (or any other versions of the 336i) other than the voltage requirement.

 

[nichifanlema]

Looks like there was original Darkvoice 1

And then Darkvoice 333

Then came the Darkvoice 336

& HongKong version 336

Now this HK version 336 probably looks the same with the newer 336i, except that 336i is modified a bit.

Then came the 337

I am not sure about whether 337i exists or not...

And now there's the newest model, 332...

I've also found this....which seems to be manufactured by same company, except for it's a tube Power amplifier....looks pretty neat...