[doctorjazz]

Honestly, I have trouble believing a 70's Sansui SS amp or similar would sound good with the HE6. Now, my Krell KSA 150, on the other hand...

 

[greenkiwi]

I've heard people like the little Emotiva amps.

 

[zerograin]

I've heard people like the little Emotiva amps.

I've owned a few Emotiva amps. Sold all of them. The XPA-2,can't compare to the Parasound. Music sounded dry. I would love to try a Krell.

The best I have heard was a pair of Wilson Audio Sophia connected to Krell amp, processor, and CD player. All out of my reach.

That has always been the reference of how I want my audio to sound.

I feel like I'm getting closer with the addition of the Yggdrasil.

 

[greenkiwi]

I'd like to get a yggy to go with my ncores.

I have their mini amp, it is great for what it is... And one of their early IPS-1s (7 mono block blade design). It definitely want a dry amp... But none hold a candle to the ncores.

 

[greenkiwi]

That being said, I have seen a few people who have said the mini pairs well with the HE-6

 

[gikigill]

Honestly, I have trouble believing a 70's Sansui SS amp or similar would sound good with the HE6. Now, my Krell KSA 150, on the other hand...

A proper vintage amp like the AU-777 or an Onkyo A5100 will grab the HE6 by the scruff and make it dance. Speaker taps FTW.

 

[doctorjazz]

I haven't listened myself, but I'd be surprised if one of those "vintage", inexpensive SS amps, even though they may have enough juice to drive the HE6, sounds as good as a dedicated amp or high end amp that also has enough juice. But, it's speculation, and OT here anyway...

 

[gikigill]

I haven't listened myself, but I'd be surprised if one of those "vintage", inexpensive SS amps, even though they may have enough juice to drive the HE6, sounds as good as a dedicated amp or high end amp that also has enough juice. But, it's speculation, and OT here anyway...

My Pulse does daily duty with a fully serviced 1976 Onkyo with perfect DC offset and has enough juice to power almost anything.
 
Both the channels are dead silent until you hit 95/100 on the attenuator. A high quality properly serviced dual-mono vintage amp with a monster
 
power supply is a thing of beauty.

 

[doctorjazz]

OK, I could be wrong (though that has never, ever, happened before )

 

[gikigill]

OK, I could be wrong (though that has never, ever, happened before

)

You could spend some money on a nice Sansui G-22000 and be even more wrong

 
Even Putin has a Sansui G-33000 and if its good enough for Vova, its good enough for me

 
http://www.classicaudio.com/forsale/san/G33K.html
 
The amp is so huge, its built in 2 pieces.

 

[doctorjazz]

That's not one of the $100 receivers I used to see around back in the day, obviously. Nice looking beast!

 

[MrMan]

Yeah, there it... But I would be really careful as it resets to -0dB fairly regularly.

You can use apps to control the volume.

 
So there is no way natively out of the box to get windows to control the volume? This is the first dac/amp I've owned that windows can't control the volume.

 

[jbr1971]

   
So there is no way natively out of the box to get windows to control the volume? This is the first dac/amp I've owned that windows can't control the volume.

 
You set the volume control option in the Pulse setup menu for USB Control and that allows Windows/apps to control the volume. It is set for Knob Control by default.

 

[Madeupword]

How to control volume using Windows built-in volume instead of the LH Control Panel?

 

[zerograin]

There's a little icon on your task bar, looks like speaker. If you click it you can use the slider to adjust the volume. Also on the LH control panel you can set how you want to control the volume. But as others have stated, I wouldn't recommend it. The Pulse and Geek likes to reset to max volume.