T+A has this crazy 200 series Headphone amp. A bit too much for me really unless its perfect. And it’s not with no preamp out. A hopefully USB-C ladden Chord Hugo 3 should be around the corner any year now. There is the Lotoo Mjolnir, which again the price is sky high, yet I can’t help but desire it. It’s like a USB Hugo 3… go figure. But if you could only have one, or two lesser ones, that’s tough. The Sony flaship gold looking Walkman version 2 is great looking but reportedly has a slow OS and DAC input lag for live laptop video in a DAC only mode, A&K KANN Ultra, A&K SP-3000, and then there is Woo Audio. Still, I feel like I’m missing some contenders. What else do you have for me to consider, anyone? I won’t one good desktop solution and one or two portable solutions. The Lotoo Mjolnir is not gym friendly for example but is awesome in its semi portable but full fledged nature. I would still need an A&K I think. The Lotoo LPGT may be a bit too perfectly polite for me, I would only guess. As the Lotoo LPGT Ti was better, as is the Mjolnir. This leads me to believe the SP-3000 and the Sony flagship walkmans perhaps are better sounding in the end.l than the LPGT. And I had a LPGT but I sold it so I’m done with that for now. It was nice feeling but I was sure I wanted a newer DAP or I would wait for a used LPGT Ti to pop up used. Oh and all the nicer Schitt Audio out there like the Schitt Mjolnir 3. All these different Mjolniers lol. TO ME MJOLNIER!! I usually can put $6K on a credit card at a time so the rest would be cash really. And I still want more headphones too. I only have the Focal Stellia. I still want a flagship caliber Noble custom IEM, an open back planar magnetic, and the Focal Utopia Gen 3, perhaps Dan Clark’s new E3. Then house speakers and amps. It never ends. But I just got the TV paid off, the new for 2023 Sony A95L 77-inch QD OLED, which btw is beyond amazing to own. Absoultly worth the summer’s worth of OT hours at work required to acquire it. My PS5 is in heaven. I need more time to reseach but it’s hard. I don’t even have the time to edit this down which I know is too long!
