[Ironcobra80]

Is this combo a good upgrade for my anandas and maybe a future he1k v2 upgrade over my kadas tone and atom stack?

 

[dunring]

It's good, but I use a Topping A30Pro/D30Pro since it's the same full power on all connectors and saves a fortune buying balanced cables. Plus I like the harder to drive Beyerdynamics and having 1/4 the power of the balanced side of an amplifier is just too lame. I never have to listen to lossy compressed MQA ever again, and the optical in is a silent noise floor on a gaming computer full of noise. The only audible benefit you'll probably hear is if you get balanced cables and stay in medium gain instead of high, even with a preamp reduction to equalize. The Ananda isn't too hard to drive, the Atom is good. It's not going to be a mind blower, but it'll be nice.