psy472
500+ Head-Fier
Slow down…Tungsten will take a long long time to come.Annnnnnd I just bought a Gungnir MB lol. My wallet is screaming at me.
Slow down…Tungsten will take a long long time to come.Annnnnnd I just bought a Gungnir MB lol. My wallet is screaming at me.
I'm ready now . All that's left is It's Immanence Tungsten's arrival this summer.Slow down…Tungsten will take a long long time to come.
The Susvara is more than fine with one Mentor and leaving power aside, they are also a match made in heaven.If that is true, that is a substantial shift in the power requirements versus money spent for amplification for the Susvara.
You are going to be like a proud Papa when we all get our Mentors in.The Susvara is more than fine with one Mentor and leaving power aside, they are also a match made in heaven.
I am just a honest reviewer, Flux Lab Acoustics are going to be the proud papas!You are going to be like a proud Papa when we all get our Mentors in.
Your review definitely helped seal the deal for me.
I was reading up on this and the comparison was about soundstage being bigger on the dual stack vs single. They only do better as a dual vs the previous highly regarded amp, the Volot.If it is more than enough even for Tungsten, for whom is really the stack of 2? What I see is the opposite trend today, headphones are getting more sensitive and with lower impedance than in the past. Or put it in another way, are there already any more real-life comparisons between single and double Mentors?
Soundnews attempted to do this comparison, but I struggled to get from that some clear takeaway.
If Mentor could be also used as a preamp, then the stack would have a much higher value, because then I could use it at the same time also for dual monoblocks for speakers. But solely for the headphones, I think it's mainly for die-hard fans (which is still great that this option exists).I was reading up on this and the comparison was about soundstage being bigger on the dual stack vs single. They only do better as a dual vs the previous highly regarded amp, the Volot.
So guys today arrived my Mentor, Christmass is here. My first impresions are great, absolute ink-black background, excellent dynamics, great texture, detail-monster, great exponential volume control (you can use iems and also susvara) BIG 3D space... So it was great choice.. This is my most expensive amp I had and I have not very big experiences (Burson conductor 3xr, S17 Pro, Earmen Ch-amp, Master19, Smsl sh9) , but I cant imagine, that something can be better..If Mentor could be also used as a preamp, then the stack would have a much higher value, because then I could use it at the same time also for dual monoblocks for speakers. But solely for the headphones, I think it's mainly for die-hard fans (which is still great that this option exists).
Yep, for me the fact that it doesn't have any pre-amp functionality it's kind of a big issue, fortunately I already have a solution in place for that. Either my current setup it's used for my 2.1 speaker system and I get the cyan 2 and mentor for critical headphone listening or I pre-amp the mentor with my S17 using it's balanced pre-outs, while still using the single ended pre-outs of the S17 for my 2.1 speaker system, the Cyan 2 replacing my current DAC the SMSL SU8s, which I suspect it's going to be audio nirvana.If Mentor could be also used as a preamp, then the stack would have a much higher value, because then I could use it at the same time also for dual monoblocks for speakers. But solely for the headphones, I think it's mainly for die-hard fans (which is still great that this option exists).
I'm gonna send you my DT880s to see if they sound good in that amp and it's not a treble cannon, that would be the ultimate test.So guys today arrived my Mentor, Christmass is here. My first impresions are great, absolute ink-black background, excellent dynamics, great texture, detail-monster, great exponential volume control (you can use iems and also susvara) BIG 3D space... So it was great choice.. This is my most expensive amp I had and I have not very big experiences (Burson conductor 3xr, S17 Pro, Earmen Ch-amp, Master19, Smsl sh9) , but I cant imagine, that something can be better..
My setup will be similar, just instead of Cyan 2 it will be Pontus 2 - balanced outs to Mentor and single ended to Usher P-307A and Usher R1.5 combo. Although I have a feeling Pontus can accept only one at a time.. will need to check this if I need to physically disconnect one of the outputs.Yep, for me the fact that it doesn't have any pre-amp functionality it's kind of a big issue, fortunately I already have a solution in place for that. Either my current setup it's used for my 2.1 speaker system and I get the cyan 2 and mentor for critical headphone listening or I pre-amp the mentor with my S17 using it's balanced pre-outs, while still using the single ended pre-outs of the S17 for my 2.1 speaker system, the Cyan 2 replacing my current DAC the SMSL SU8s, which I suspect it's going to be audio nirvana.
that should be expensive.. the trebles seems to be to me awsome, not offensive but every detail is there..I'm gonna send you my DT880s to see if they sound good in that amp and it's not a treble cannon, that would be the ultimate test.
How would you compare it to the Master-19?So guys today arrived my Mentor, Christmass is here. My first impresions are great, absolute ink-black background, excellent dynamics, great texture, detail-monster, great exponential volume control (you can use iems and also susvara) BIG 3D space... So it was great choice.. This is my most expensive amp I had and I have not very big experiences (Burson conductor 3xr, S17 Pro, Earmen Ch-amp, Master19, Smsl sh9) , but I cant imagine, that something can be better..
It is from memory and at that time I had also another HPs, so it is not very worthy.. but I believe, that Mentor has better control, dynamics, details, texture and a blacker background. There is a video on YT (comparison of some amps incl. Master19) from midfi guy, I agree with him... But Master19 is also great preamp (I used it at that time as preamp mainly) also with excelent volume implementation like Mentor...How would you compare it to the Master-19?