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Lynx Hilo - new offering from Pro Audio company.
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I will.
Happy Camper
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I don't think you'll regret it. The headphone amp is sounding pretty good with the T-1s. I'm not getting to hear the DAC outputs until I get my 6s replaced but the T-1s are delaying my sending them out. 
Sorry, welcome to the Hilo club kenwood1.
I have had a chance to use the HE-4 with the Hilo hp amp. With all orthos, it will take what you have to give and give you quality sound in return. I've pushed the hp amp to max volume (slight trim on input sig.) and there is no distortion and no weakness in the audio presentation. No stalling, no collapse of soundstage. The instruments come out of a sound of silence and decay back into that nothingness with no distractions. The 4s don't exhibit the same refinement as the 6s but they sound pretty decent with such a quality signal.
Sorry, welcome to the Hilo club kenwood1.
I have had a chance to use the HE-4 with the Hilo hp amp. With all orthos, it will take what you have to give and give you quality sound in return. I've pushed the hp amp to max volume (slight trim on input sig.) and there is no distortion and no weakness in the audio presentation. No stalling, no collapse of soundstage. The instruments come out of a sound of silence and decay back into that nothingness with no distractions. The 4s don't exhibit the same refinement as the 6s but they sound pretty decent with such a quality signal.
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BTW, I already borrowed a demo model, so I have heard it. I don't know all the features yet and I haven't checked out the AD converter part.
I have tried lot's of dac's and I would call this dac (i went into my kt88 amp) high fidelity with depth and cleanliness. It sort of reminds me of the simaudio high end dac (around 1.8k) i once heard. I would not say a lot of "air", but clean and trueness in depth to the sound. Most revealing dac's I heard had a mediocre bass response, but the lynx is full bodied and rich. That is one of the things that sold me on it.
The headphone amp (which uses a separate dac) is very "pro audio" to my ears, meaning it has less coloration than my burson (which is also a clean amp). It sounds superb with my q702 headphones, but can be a little fatiguing with bright recordings. I might need to look into some other headphones to darken it up a bit for those times I want to color the sound a little.
Once I get a new mic preamp I will check out the a-d converter, which should be excellent.
I have tried lot's of dac's and I would call this dac (i went into my kt88 amp) high fidelity with depth and cleanliness. It sort of reminds me of the simaudio high end dac (around 1.8k) i once heard. I would not say a lot of "air", but clean and trueness in depth to the sound. Most revealing dac's I heard had a mediocre bass response, but the lynx is full bodied and rich. That is one of the things that sold me on it.
The headphone amp (which uses a separate dac) is very "pro audio" to my ears, meaning it has less coloration than my burson (which is also a clean amp). It sounds superb with my q702 headphones, but can be a little fatiguing with bright recordings. I might need to look into some other headphones to darken it up a bit for those times I want to color the sound a little.
Once I get a new mic preamp I will check out the a-d converter, which should be excellent.
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BOOM!!! That was one of the only boxes this didn't check for me... Hopefully they can add a bit more functionality to it, but really the volume control is the biggest thing I was looking for (to try it out as a preamp straight into my monoblocks). AWESOME!
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BOOM!!! That was one of the only boxes this didn't check for me... Hopefully they can add a bit more functionality to it, but really the volume control is the biggest thing I was looking for (to try it out as a preamp straight into my monoblocks). AWESOME!
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I just asked them about that, and the max current output is 250mA. Current limiting shouldn't be an issue with a headphone, unless you can think of one below 30ohms.
As a note, the Hilo's full scale is apparently 19.2dBu. Not that this really matters.
I just asked them about that, and the max current output is 250mA. Current limiting shouldn't be an issue with a headphone, unless you can think of one below 30ohms.
As a note, the Hilo's full scale is apparently 19.2dBu. Not that this really matters.
Happy Camper
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That takes care of a remote function and I'm sure most functions will be integrated into it as the software wizards get working.
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Placed my order for a Hilo, thanks to Happy Camper. Anyone interested should contact Scott at www.adkproaudio.com he's a really nice guy and is offering our Head-Fi community a nice deal.
Now the hard part... waiting.
Now the hard part... waiting.
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I love the fact that we're still getting value added features well after purchase. Nice job Lynx!!!
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Nice! Thanks for the links!!
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The following may be of interest. It's from a Norwegian forum (Hifisentralen), but some of the text is in English:
- "Lynx Hilo: Hodetelefonbruk" (Google Translate: "Lynx Hilo: Headphone Use")
- "Hodetelefonforsterkerspesifikasjoner" (Google Translate: "Headphone Amplifier Specifications")
Nice! Thanks for the links!!
Happy Camper
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Living with other headphones has given me a chance to use the headphone amp on the Hilo. I feel very safe in saying that if you were going to build a computer rig of reference quality sound, you can start with the Hilo and not miss anything while you fill out the rest of your rig. The headphone out is as good as advertised and you can live with it until getting a tube amp.......at which time you will have two quality amps of different technology. I've played the RS-1, T-1, HE-4 with excellent results. An upcoming meet will offer the LCDs & HE-500 as well as the HD-800, D7000, the other HEs (5le&6), Sennheiser 600&650s, K/Q70x and others. I've been taking a few of these home to extended listening.
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Can't WAIT to read the impressions from the meet-up!! I'm hoping someone will be able to compare the headphone out to a Violectric, as that seems to be a common benchmark for a top-quality SS headphone amp. Looking forward to reading more of your impressions!!
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As I've written earlier in an other thread about suitable amplifiers for Denon AH-Dx000 and Fostex TH-x00, I've got a Violectric HPA V200 as well. See full and (normally) updated equipment list in my profile. So far it has seen little use. For quiet some time I've mostly used the Grace Design m903. I will revisit it, but I don't know when. At the moment I'm more curious about other items.
It isn't obvious to me and at least fellow Norwegian achri-d that Violectric HPA V200 is (any) better than the very good and versatile Grace Design m903, maybe the contrary, maybe a question of taste.
In addition to appearing on Head-Fi.org, achri-d contributes in the Norwegian forum Hifisentralen and writes for the Norwegian hi-fi magazine "Fidelity". He wrote about HiFiMAN HE-500 and HE-6 in issue 57, and Audeze LCD3 in issue 59 using several of his amplifiers and headphones for comparison. The magazines can be freely downloaded as PDFs 12-18 months after publishing. He owns some well regarded headphones and amplifiers (see listing in his profile). He has owned or had on loan the Violectric HPA V200 as well.
As I've written earlier in an other thread about suitable amplifiers for Denon AH-Dx000 and Fostex TH-x00, I've got a Violectric HPA V200 as well. See full and (normally) updated equipment list in my profile. So far it has seen little use. For quiet some time I've mostly used the Grace Design m903. I will revisit it, but I don't know when. At the moment I'm more curious about other items.
It isn't obvious to me and at least fellow Norwegian achri-d that Violectric HPA V200 is (any) better than the very good and versatile Grace Design m903, maybe the contrary, maybe a question of taste.
In addition to appearing on Head-Fi.org, achri-d contributes in the Norwegian forum Hifisentralen and writes for the Norwegian hi-fi magazine "Fidelity". He wrote about HiFiMAN HE-500 and HE-6 in issue 57, and Audeze LCD3 in issue 59 using several of his amplifiers and headphones for comparison. The magazines can be freely downloaded as PDFs 12-18 months after publishing. He owns some well regarded headphones and amplifiers (see listing in his profile). He has owned or had on loan the Violectric HPA V200 as well.
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