Shahrose
Headphoneus Supremus
Beta22, Dynamite/Dynahi, GS-X.
Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Beta 22, Audio-GD Phoenix, Ray Samuels Audio Apache, and Blue Circle Audio SBH are all terrific SS headphone amps. |
Originally Posted by AmanGeorge /img/forum/go_quote.gif Beta 22, Audio-Gd Phoenix, Grace m902 |
Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Beta 22, Audio-GD Phoenix, Ray Samuels Audio Apache, and Blue Circle Audio SBH are all terrific SS headphone amps. |
Originally Posted by LeMat /img/forum/go_quote.gif It seems we have a lot of votes for the Beta 22 ! Do you guys automatically include the dedicated PSU or is it already awesome without it ? Dumb question : If it's a so good design, why hasn't it been copied or taken over by a large manufacturer ? Would it cost too much ? |
Originally Posted by Covenant /img/forum/go_quote.gif The M^3 wasn't designed as a high-end amp. It was designed as a very good price/performance ratio amp. If offered the choice, I'd take the Beta22 |
Originally Posted by PFKMan23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not sure what you mean by dedicated PSU...... |
Originally Posted by LeMat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dumb question : If it's a so good design, why hasn't it been copied or taken over by a large manufacturer ? Would it cost too much ? |
Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif the raw parts count is somewhat high since a WHOLE BOARD is dedicated to a ground channel and that's 'just not done' in the industry. not in any real mainstream way. even as a builder, I had to re-think if it was worth it TO ME to sink time and space (chassis space) and money into a 3rd channel. I decided not to (for now) and am living with a 2ch b22. I did build a 2nd PS for it and plan to run each of the 2 boards in monoblock config, which I think is way better than the ground-channel concept. ground-channels are cool but when it eats a whole board, that when I pull the stop-cord |
Originally Posted by PFKMan23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not sure what you mean by dedicated PSU. And no I don't really think that there's a wall wart that could adequately power it. |
Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif the raw parts count is somewhat high since a WHOLE BOARD is dedicated to a ground channel and that's 'just not done' in the industry. not in any real mainstream way. even as a builder, I had to re-think if it was worth it TO ME to sink time and space (chassis space) and money into a 3rd channel. I decided not to (for now) and am living with a 2ch b22. |