[john777]

What speakers are you running?

Heavily modified Monitor Audio MA1 speakers.

 

[Mortalcoil]

430HA-D incoming .... hopefully Tuesday

 

[longbowbbs]

  430HA-D incoming .... hopefully Tuesday

Congrats! Remember it needs 300 hours of burn in before you will hear its full potential.
 

 

[Mortalcoil]

  Congrats! Remember it needs 300 hours of burn in before you will hear its full potential.
 

Thanks !
 
Understood ... beleive me I've done my reserarch.
I have been pining for this piece for quite some time now 

 

 

[aphex27]

  430HA-D incoming .... hopefully Tuesday

Same here (in 2-tone)
 

 

 

[Mortalcoil]

  Same here (in 2-tone)
 

 

 
 
Well congrats are in order for you also.
 
2 tone is sharp looking I was contempalting it as well, however since all other gear is black black it is.

 

[john777]

If you have a 2-tone Moon 600i or 700i it has to be matching!

 

[Mortalcoil]

Just got this baby in the door.
 
Need to let her warmup before powering up. The unit has quite a heft to it.
 
Sweet ..............

 

[longbowbbs]

  Just got this baby in the door.
 
Need to let her warmup before powering up. The unit has quite a heft to it.
 
Sweet ..............

 

[Mortalcoil]

Curious to know, those with the DAC feature what do you generally run it in?
 
On average do you find yourself utilizing the 32 bit or keeping it at 44.1 and 24 bit.
 
I would love to hear your impressions with your findings when comparing the various bit rates / formats ...etc.
 
Enquiring minds want to know

 

[Mortalcoil]

lol ....looks like I've asked the question of the year

 

[aphex27]

  lol ....looks like I've asked the question of the year

I haven't received mine yet, but my answer for all DACs is that upsampling does nothing at best (makes things worse sometimes). 
Better to match the source output.

 

[Mortalcoil]

  I haven't received mine yet, but my answer for all DACs is that upsampling does nothing at best (makes things worse sometimes). 
Better to match the source output.

 
 
Good point aphex27.
 
Hopefully soon.

 

[emrelights1973]

ı have  naim nd5xs streamer, will it be worth spending extra to buy the dac version? or just amp version and use ıt with naim... any comments?

 

[Mortalcoil]

 
ı have  naim nd5xs streamer, will it be worth spending extra to buy the dac version? or just amp version and use ıt with naim... any comments?

Heres the thing, the nd5xs is not a balanced unit.  If you want a fully balanced setup then you either need a new DAC that is balanced or stick with the built in DAC of the 430HA-D.
 
It saves you the cost of having to buy a new balanced DAC that is worthy of such an amp (4k +), not to mention possibly having to buy balanced inteconnects.
 
The way it stands is that the 430HA-D is fully balanced as is.
 
Keep in mind that this only really matters if you will be running your headphones balanced.