[ThanatosVI]

I have tried a Naim 5si with He1000 V1 and V2.
Hifiman headphones sound good with Naim. Lots of punch and rhythm.
I believe it will be the same with Susvara.

Did you try the headphone out of the naim or speakertaps with Adapter cable?

 

[Marco59]

Did you try the headphone out of the naim or speakertaps with Adapter cable?

I used the Naim speakertaps.

 

[smodtactical]

Im thinking hard about susvara. I am preparing my system. Right now I got AGD HE9 into x350.8. Thinking about a better preamp. Should I go with some kind of tube pre or pass XP series? Local dude selling his XP30. I never heard tubes and do wonder about the 'tube magic' sound.

 

[llamaluv]

Regarding the XA30.8, I would think those would work very well also with the Susvara. The XA25 is the quietest amp (less than 50uV) that Pass makes though. Many of the other pass amps are 200uv noise including the 150.5 I started with that had audible hum and noise in my system with other more sensitive HPs (not a problem with the Susvara though).

I can corroborate that my X150.8 has audible hum with the Utopia and similar dynamic HPs though of course not with any planars.

 

[ajaipuriyar]

I too jumped on the speaker amp wagon to power my Susvara and Abyss and brought the Viva Solista. I will let the amp and tubes settle in for few days. Stock tubes for now but I am eyeing the Elrog 845 tubes as an upgrade.
First impressions are they that the most SS sounding tube amp. No accentuated mid range or soft/slow bass. Fast and articulate with huge and wide soundstage.

At 40kg / 88 Lbs and 29 inch deep, it’s not the most desktop friendly amp. It does get hot. I need an AV rack asap.

Pics or it didn’t happen

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

I too jumped on the speaker amp wagon to power my Susvara and Abyss and brought the Viva Solista. I will let the amp and tubes settle in for few days. Stock tubes for now but I am eyeing the Elrog 845 tubes as an upgrade.
First impressions are they that the most SS sounding tube amp. No accentuated mid range or soft/slow bass. Fast and articulate with huge and wide soundstage.

At 40kg / 88 Lbs and 29 inch deep, it’s not the most desktop friendly amp. It does get hot. I need an AV rack asap.

Pics or it didn’t happen

That is some serious hardware you have there ajaipuriyar ....Awesome !

The dCS Vivaldi plus clock is arguably one of the best DAC's on the plant !

Interesting you went for the Viva Solista Speaker amp and not Viva's mighty headphone amp the Egoista 845 !

 

[ajaipuriyar]

Thanks, dCS gear is really special.

As most of my purchases are blind, based on online reviews/feedback and when I spoke to Viva , they too recommended Solista as a better match for the likes of Susvara. It has that extra power, grip and refinement due to better power supply and output transformers.

 

[BassicScience]

Im thinking hard about susvara. I am preparing my system. Right now I got AGD HE9 into x350.8. Thinking about a better preamp. Should I go with some kind of tube pre or pass XP series? Local dude selling his XP30. I never heard tubes and do wonder about the 'tube magic' sound.

I've long had a preference for tube preamps for speaker systems, but some lower end ones can be somewhat noisy in the context of headphones. Since the Susvara merits a dedicated power amp, I'm currently leveraging the Audio Research preamp (which is dead silent) in my main system for use in my headphone chain. I've never heard a SS preamp that provides the tonal richness of tubes. There's just more "meat on the bones" for lack of a better description. Just my $.02.

 

[iFi audio]

The dCS Vivaldi plus clock is arguably one of the best DAC's on the plant !

So they say

It surely is the most known expensive DAC on the planet

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

So they say

It surely is the most known expensive DAC on the planet

That may go to the MSB Technology Reference DAC both for price and performance !

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

That may go to the MSB Technology Reference DAC both for price and performance !

Just checked, yes the MSB Ref DAC is twice the price of the dCS Vivaldi at a cool £52k just for the DAC excluding any add on's !

 

[iFi audio]

That may go to the MSB Technology Reference DAC both for price and performance !

This would depend on who we'd ask and on what continent

In the US I think that MSB would most likely take the cake, but in Europe folks are very much into dCS. I can't say how the trends look like elsewhere

 

[donato]

I too jumped on the speaker amp wagon to power my Susvara and Abyss and brought the Viva Solista. I will let the amp and tubes settle in for few days. Stock tubes for now but I am eyeing the Elrog 845 tubes as an upgrade.
First impressions are they that the most SS sounding tube amp. No accentuated mid range or soft/slow bass. Fast and articulate with huge and wide soundstage.

At 40kg / 88 Lbs and 29 inch deep, it’s not the most desktop friendly amp. It does get hot. I need an AV rack asap.

Pics or it didn’t happen

Wow, those 845 tubes look amazing. Can't wait to hear your impressions and also after you get the Elrogs too.

 

[ThanatosVI]

I too jumped on the speaker amp wagon to power my Susvara and Abyss and brought the Viva Solista. I will let the amp and tubes settle in for few days. Stock tubes for now but I am eyeing the Elrog 845 tubes as an upgrade.
First impressions are they that the most SS sounding tube amp. No accentuated mid range or soft/slow bass. Fast and articulate with huge and wide soundstage.

At 40kg / 88 Lbs and 29 inch deep, it’s not the most desktop friendly amp. It does get hot. I need an AV rack asap.

Pics or it didn’t happen

Even though the Viva is right in your face on the picture my eyes immediately zoomed in on the Vivaldi Headtrip combo.
Gorgeous setup

 

[ajaipuriyar]

Even though the Viva is right in your face on the picture my eyes immediately zoomed in on the Vivaldi Headtrip combo.
Gorgeous setup

If I keep the new toy syndrome wrt Solista aside, the Headtrip Reference and Susvara combo is IMHO spectacular.

At least in my setup, it has a certain emotional connect with music that I haven’t experienced elsewhere.