[Stevko]

An Angel must have read my post a few pages back, haha. This is exactly what I was looking for last year.... but I love my C9 too much. How much is the Angel?

799usd

 

[Stevko]

Tr amp balanced..

Toslink in for streaming or cd-player.
SE out= almost same power as balanced.
Nice color.
Big battery

 

[majo123]

TR amp balanced ? No, chinch in or USB (and any digital signal is singleended only)

@carboncopy : My GS3000e has a balanced cable and I prefer it on my big system with Paltauf ESD and DAC.

Think maybe crossed wires ..I know the amp is not balanced as I owned it ..was wondering if the angel is basic the amp balanced?

 

[majo123]

Toslink in for streaming or cd-player.
SE out= almost same power as balanced.
Nice color.
Big battery

Thanks for the info

 

[Zachik]

the best match so far for the RA1 is the GS3000e to my ears

I will check it out when I get my RA1...

 

[carboncopy]

TR amp balanced ? No, chinch in or USB (and any digital signal is singleended only)

@carboncopy : My GS3000e has a balanced cable and I prefer it on my big system with Paltauf ESD and DAC.

Yes...it is more fitting to the GS3000e (in theory). I currently have on the amplification side a Trafomatic Head 2 as a preamp before an Enleum 23R. It is on level with the RA1 (!!), not better, bit different but on level (with the GS3000e). The big difference is, that the Trafomatic + Enleum combo drives every headphone wonderfully. Every one. Plus the Enleum has a remote controll.

But the Enleum without a preamp is too soft and round for me, would cleary prefer the RA-1 with the GS3000e over it.

The thing is, I learned about 10 years (maybe 15) back with my ears to listen and not with my eyes (or my conceptions).

It is of course just my personal experience.

 

[Stevko]

Hope Grado start to make HP amps again

 

[Plautus001]

Thanks for sharing. I'm curious now.

Wonder whether it would make sense to terminate to a balanced 3.5mm jack?

Would that mean it could be used both balanced (e.g. with a 3.5mm to 4.4 / XLR adapter), or single ended if the amp lacks balanced output?

For flexibility, a 2.5 mm or 4.4 mm would fit directly into many more devices and there are XLR adapters for both

 

[Stevko]

Sounds pretty good tonight

 

[Stevko]

Feeding my Grado with MQA. Sounds good..

 

[jonathan c]

This RA-1 / RS-1x duet is transcendent, makes me wonder: why the other gear?…music listening could be…(the inner dialogue continues…fun with music…fun with gear…)

 

[Stevko]

Is it the 9v battery RA-1?
Tried Tidal MQA yesterday. It sounds good, but the std quality/cd-quality also sounds good.
Not sure if MQA are better! So I canceled my MQA. Subscription

 

[jonathan c]

Is it the 9v battery RA-1?
Tried Tidal MQA yesterday. It sounds good, but the std quality/cd-quality also sounds good.
Not sure if MQA are better! So I canceled my MQA. Subscription

It is the 9v battery (it takes two). I cannot get over the absence of ‘electrical / electronic’ haze!

 

[jonathan c]

The magic continues…!

 

[carboncopy]

It is the 9v battery (it takes two). I cannot get over the absence of ‘electrical / electronic’ haze!

Hmmm...what's interesting is, that both the GS3000e and the RS1x has a 50mm driver. Which was not developed at the time of this amplifier.

And glad that you like it too