[tiberian]

its amazing, honestly i am quite surprised that its noticeably better than the prehead i had, which was very good. the max simply had more transparency, overall details and dynamics. cymbals never sounded that good before, the midrange was improved and the bass was more coherent. people should really give it a try before making those sterotypical judgements.

 

[jaybar]

Did you compare it ahainst the other Heardroom amps?

 

[KShaft]

Interesting.

I thought the MOHR I just returned was damn excellent, but Id give a slight nod to the prehead. Perhaps those transformers and attenuators make the difference.

But at 3 times the cost I think id get more gains buying a new source...(which Im gonna have to do anyway since Im going to be in Europe, Lord willing).

k.s.

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by KShaft Interesting. I thought the MOHR I just returned was damn excellent, but Id give a slight nod to the prehead. Perhaps those transformers and attenuators make the difference. But at 3 times the cost I think id get more gains buying a new source...(which Im gonna have to do anyway since Im going to be in Europe, Lord willing). k.s.

i got the max used and it was a sweet deal. but yea 1700 (after the headfi membership discount) is a bit steep.

 

[Puddleglum]

There's a discount? Is there documentation I can read on this discount?

 

[tiberian]

you need to have 100 posts in order to get the 'headfi04' discount.

 

[go_vtec]

Congratulations on your purchase. Although it is a bit pricey, I think Max w/ stepped attenuator is one of the finest soild state headphone amps made today. Of course, the service by people at Headroom is also top notchy!

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by go_vtec Congratulations on your purchase. Although it is a bit pricey, I think Max w/ stepped attenuator is one of the finest soild state headphone amps made today. Of course, the service by people at Headroom is also top notchy!

seriously its a classy amp. always wanted to check out a headroom amp because of all those flames, and now i am a proud owner of the max.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

The Max screams build quality like few audio equipments that I've ever used (Ray Samuels') and if you dig the sound, then you're set for good. I can take that Prehead off your hands real easily, you know

BTW I just thought that maybe the Max has a particular synergy with the DAC1 the way the HD650 does, hmmm

 

[tiberian]

i am getting good results from both of my dacs

, and the prehead is back to todd for good.
by the way YTF did headroom put the input switch at the BACK of the amp? its so annoying to get around and flip it everytime i switch my sources. thats my only complain so far.

 

[Tyll Hertsens]

The switch is on the back because that way the signal traces don't have to all the way to the front of the enclosure befor they get switched. It's one of those annoying things that separate high end from consumer audio products.

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens The switch is on the back because that way the signal traces don't have to all the way to the front of the enclosure befor they get switched. It's one of those annoying things that separate high end from consumer audio products.

tyll replied to my thread

, anyway thanks for the clarification and you guys should be proud of the new module, its really fantastic.

 

[acs236]

Did you get a chance to listen to the older module? If so, how does it compare with the new one?

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Originally Posted by tiberian tyll replied to my thread , anyway thanks for the clarification and you guys should be proud of the new module, its really fantastic.

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by acs236 Did you get a chance to listen to the older module? If so, how does it compare with the new one?

nah sorry.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by tiberian tyll replied to my thread , anyway thanks for the clarification and you guys should be proud of the new module, its really fantastic.

Now I want a meet just to see what these new Headroom amp guts are all about.