I'm thinking I want to experiment with a new stack. My Singxer SA-1 has some characteristics that have become bothersome after the past year or so. Chiefly, the sound quality differs greatly between the balanced output and the SE output, such that honestly I just use my Liquid Spark for SE headphones rather than the Singxer. The balanced output sounds phenomenal, but it's always such a kick in the pants when I get a new headphone and have to balanced-mod it or order a balanced cable and wait to feel like I'm getting the most out of it all.
I have my eyes on the FA-10 Pro. I'll be picking up an HE6se soon, and I've got a few 300- and 600-ohm cans, so some brute force is required for a lot of my collection. But I also have a good smear of more sensitive headphones, as well. Little bit of everything across the whole sensitivity spectrum, really. And in terms of my tastes, if I had to choose between musicality and detail, I prefer musicality, but I would much rather have both.
So, some questions:
How do the two outputs on the FA-10 compare? Will I be favoring one output and avoiding the other again, or are they more or less equal?
On the musicality-vs-detail spectrum, where does this amp land?
I'll initially be using my Schiit Modius as a source, but I'm real keen to try an R2R DAC in the future, something like a Denafrips Ares II, for instance. Any thoughts on pairing this with either of those two DACs?
Thanks!