[kkib]

Thanks, joel. I ordered a fit-pc2.

Now I need to find a Havana. Do they show up on the used market often?

 

[s1rrah]

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Originally Posted by kkib /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks, joel. I ordered a fit-pc2. Now I need to find a Havana. Do they show up on the used market often?

Stalk Audiogon (AudiogoN high end audio auctions, classifieds, hifi chat) and search regularly ... they come up their more than anywhere else, really. Very seldom here at Head-fi.

Good luck.

.joel

 

[DarKu]

Recieved my Havana yesterday.
It looks very nice, i really like the black anodised aluminium and the light of the tube in the night, it is just stunnig to look at.
Yesterday i listened to the music till 02.00 in the morning. Even before burn-in this DAC sounds more, more and again a lot more musical and involving compared to what a have or ever heard. Without burn-in and without a proper tube i really enjoyed the sound, so much weight to the music without a gram of sibilance or brightness, a very relaxing, smooth, musical sound. I liked how it sounds so much that today i got a day off from my job

and started to listen to the music from morning again

till now..
So far, without a doubt this is my best purchase in my audio history i ever did, i think i will keep it for a loooong time ...
More impressions after i will get an NOS Cryo JW WE396A.
Now i can happily retire from head-fi, it seems that i found what i was looking for, everytime i upgraded to something better i found my system lacking of something, but never really knew what i wanted more, it was just..not so involving, not so musical, not so smooth and relaxing, now it is just a different story!
Regards,
Darku

 

[GLdgShDjKsHT]

congrats, i hope you'll enjoy it for a long time

 

[donunus]

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Originally Posted by kkib /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks, joel. I ordered a fit-pc2. Now I need to find a Havana. Do they show up on the used market often?

I might be selling my havana soon with all 4 tubes... I might downgrade to a pico dac since I'm on the move more. My havana is 220 volts though but Ive heard its easy to convert to 110.

 

[alexboo12]

hehe, let me know if you do want to sell it. I am in Bangkok at the moment so 220v is fine by me.
Cheers,
AP

 

[donunus]

Its already posted on the FS forum. I've already got a PM but no definites yet so first come first serve

 

[donunus]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f43/fs...s-sold-430285/

heres the link for the Havana for sale. Sorry for the bad pic. I don't have a nice camera

 

[kkib]

I missed the one on Audiogon. The price was very good too.

 

[donunus]

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[scootermafia]

Well, I just relented and moved my gaming computer into my listening room, replacing my Macbook Pro + optical with my PC + USB into my Havana with WE396A. I'm using Foobar with Kernel Streaming. It sounds way, way better. Bigger, more intense, more transparent...better everything. Fail source was fail.

 

[DoYouRight]

these have always intrigued me but the tube sound makes me think I should listen before I invest in it as an alternative to a Buffalo. Anyone have both to compare?

 

[XXII]

I've had both. I don't think the buffalo supersedes the Havana. It depends on what you are looking for: for example, the Buffalo (with Ivy) is very neutral and detailed while the Havana is slightly less detailed but more musical.

 

[DoYouRight]

musical meaning warmer? or what?

 

[XXII]

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Originally Posted by DoYouRight /img/forum/go_quote.gif musical meaning warmer? or what?

From the Glossary:

"Musical (or musicality) - A sense of cohesion and subjective "rightness" in the sound."

Don't forget of course, that you can roll tubes in the Havana for different flavours.