Looking forward to hearing your impressions of both amps. I do have future plans of adding an R2R DAC into the mix now that I THINK I’m done with the amp side of things. I’m inching ever so closely to just being able to enjoy listening to music after so much demoing and tryouts of many components.
Flux Lab Acoustics FA-10, FA-10 Pro, FA-12, FCN-10 & FA-12s Amplifiers - Summit-Fi for the People?: Reviews, Impressions & Discussion
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Any idea how long the backorder wait is for the fa-12?
About 2 weeks, bare in mind Christmas is coming up so deliveries will be delayed
gancanjam
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My HE1000 V1 pairs well with FA-10. I heard Arya has similar presentation & tonality as HE1000 V1 so that may work
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Okay, I’m in the process of completing a deal for one myself after selling my Soloist 3XP. It should be an awesome mix of amps with my modded FA-10 already in my collection. I guess @sahmen really has influenced use both!
It’s a scarily fine line between shared interests and co-dependancy... I think I’m grateful @sahmen
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It’s a scarily fine line between shared interests and co-dependancy... I think I’m grateful @sahmen
Ahh Gentlemen. What an honor! Incidentally I am feeling quite humbled and scared at the same time myself
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That being said, I may have both the fa-12 and fa-10 on hand soon to do some comparisons with both types of dacs.
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At the moment I have the burson conductor 3 reference, musician pegasus, gustard a22, singxer sda-6 adv, burson ha-160d. I just sold the teac ud501 but the chip on that is similar to the ha-160d (burr brown).
I'll be using the lcd-4, unfortunately I've recently loaned my lcd-3 and sold the hd650. I've always needed to turn the the volume knob less for them.
@teknorob23 has already lent me his fa-12, spent a few hours listening to it yesterday. Fa-10 is still on its way. I can play the LCD-4 loud low gain, unbalanced at 3pm on the knob.
So far I can say that the fa-12 is very liquid, rich and seductive, to me it has the original burson house sound and what I thought the conductor 3 series would sound like. It does decays and soundstage depth astonishingly well. I sometimes get tube amp vibes but a very clean sound, one that doesn't roll off the treble.
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Sounds very promising. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the 12 vs 10
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What's the difference betweenn the Flux FA-10 and the FA-10 PRO?
FA-10 has a tuned treble whereas the fa-10 pro treble is "as is" and more present. The Fa-10 is J-Fet and the Pro is bipolar. The pro will give you a more accurate sound as opposed to it being romanticised. Not many people here have the FA-10 pro. Also the FA-10 just got headfonia amp of the year award (https://www.headfonia.com/hfn-2020-awards-part-2/)
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So the PRO it's just better or it depends on what you are looking for?
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no its flatter, more neutral, more of pro-studio sound
From what it seems, the Pro sounds more linear and is more akin to other amplifiers. The reason why the Fa-10 is so loved is that it gives you a more full-body, sweeter organic sound.
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