Monolith THX AAA 788

[Caguioa]

thoughts on this dac/amp???

and how is it vs mass drop 789?

 

[Garak]

Would love to know as well, given the 789 is sold out and selling on ebay used for $700 where as the 788 is $479 with a DAC!

EDIT: There's a full thread for this, should be plenty of comparisons there. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mon...-thx-amp-dac-24459-impressions-thread.860046/

 

[escalibur]

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ements-of-monoprice-thx-desktop-dac-amp.7483/

Meh.

 

[lgcubana]

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ements-of-monoprice-thx-desktop-dac-amp.7483/

Meh.

Not so "meh"

2 gripes:
1. The volume knob has no acceleration, when you need to go from impulse power to warp 7, in 3 seconds. I still can't fathom where this scenario comes up in day to day listening. As I don't switch headgear, mid listening session.
2. On the measurements, if you take the volume to max there is a ceiling (which the Drop.com 789 doesn't suffer from). But the moderator follows up to that concern with it being a non-issue (https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...noprice-thx-desktop-dac-amp.7483/#post-173873). Antdroid (thanks for going the extra mile, to get ASR a good unit, to test) has noted that sensitive IEMs will be negatively effected by the "noise issue"

 

[sonance]

Unlike the drop 789 analog on this amp goes through a a/d -> d/a conversion and the performance is not as good. DAC is not great either IMHO. The 789 is a standalone analog amp and better for that purpose, IMHO.