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Hey - no one is born cool... not even me... gotta work on that!!Ouch! That hurts!
For reference - my photos before and after I got cool...
Before I got cool:
...now I am super cool:
Hey - no one is born cool... not even me... gotta work on that!!Ouch! That hurts!
I had that DAC (Ares) before my Pontus.
Part of my odyssey searching for a way to 'soften' Utopia. Ares helped with the 'sharpness' of Utopia, but (to my ears) cost too much detail. This was all pre-LP out of SS amps, BHA-1 & V280.
Pontus is better, though still not as detailed as my Oppo Sonica, which w/ Laz Ref cable and LP, works very well w/ Utopia. A little softer with Pontus, a little more detailed with Sonica, but surprisingly small difference.
Somewhere along the line I'll try a Gumby, but I'm waiting for a killer deal
I have no complaints about the pairing. It’s what I’m pretty much listening to with all my cans at this point. At first I didn’t like the pairing with my Meze Empyrean, and preferred them out of my Bryston BHA-1. But I just rolled in some CV-2492 tubes that seem to make the Empy sound better. Bit of a pain to swap tubes just to change headphones though.i too had a Pontus and looking to upgrade my CTH to LP. Was wondering how this Pontus + LP combo will sound.....as compared to my current setup.
I’ve never heard Onyx — twice the price of Gumby though.I got my Gumby from schiit but thinking should i return it and wait for killer deal as well since it often comes in sale forums.
How does Pontus compare with Onyx? do you feel there is bass roll off as well with R2R DACs along with high frequency
I was planning to get Onyx but ended up getting Gumby.
HP will be 800s.
I got my Gumby from schiit but thinking should i return it and wait for killer deal as well since it often comes in sale forums.
How does Pontus compare with Onyx? do you feel there is bass roll off as well with R2R DACs along with high frequency
I was planning to get Onyx but ended up getting Gumby.
HP will be 800s.
WoW
LP+ Gumby is a great combo. I'm not even using balanced connection as I don't have balanced preamp but with SE connection it sounds great.
The holographic soundstage is just wow.
I'm very much intrigued by Onyx. Did you by any chance compared Gumby with Onyx?I am really enjoying it with the onyx as well. The lp is a great amp and a really great value.
I'm very much intrigued by Onyx. Did you by any chance compared Gumby with Onyx?
The power supply went bad on my LP and Monoprice was great and got a replacement amp out to me right away. Very impressive customer support. Kudos, viva la Monoprice.I am incredibly disapointed. That’s my second replacement Liquid Platinum that is deffective with the same problem. The LP is simply not starting and it’s not coming from any problematic setting fro my part. I had tones of of amps before withiut any problem.
Has anybody had experience with replacing the amp with Moniprice AFTER the 30 day period ?
I’m nervous avout this I have to say...
Damn! Really sorry to hear about that! I would cry, if I did not have my LP, and I am not kidding. I love this amp, and really hope you find a solution.Hi, regarding that 5 year warranty. I have some unfortunately bad info for anyone who might have bought their Liquid Platinum from amazon.com and had it shipped to the UK (potentially affects Europe and others too).
My less that 6 month old LP died last week, it give a small 'pop' when turning on from the front power button and since has had no red or white light come on. I sought support from Monoprice who informed me that they will not honour the warranty and pointed me to the Limitations section of the Terms and Conditions of Amazon Export Sales.
Needless to say I'm pretty gutted about this, especially as I was a very happy user of the LP, with a recent addition of a SMSL SU-8 along with some balanced cables for my Mr Speakers AOFs
I may have to see about a repair locally at this point.
Anyway, read the small print and be aware if you have bought from amazon.com and have shipped to the UK that you may not have any warranty, let alone 5 years worth.