Renegadeblue
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Kind of a random question but curious if anyone knows if Headamp typically does any kind of Black Friday deals on the GSX Mini or their other amps?
New Amp from HeadAmp - GS-X Mini
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I’m not worried in the slightest. The GS-X MK2 sounds unbelievable in its current state.
Tubewin
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Anyone know how the mk2 compares to the luxman p750u?
I owned both and they are two different sounding amps. If you want a clean, dynamic, fast sound with great attack go for the GS-X MK2. It also the most transparent amp I've ever heard. The Luxman is more natural, warmer sounding. What's crazy about the Luxman sound is that even though it's warmer sounding, it doesn't lack clarity, dynamics or soundstage. The soundstage is deep and wide. The Luxman is one of the musical amps I've heard. It just lacks the ultimate transparency, resolve, and clarity compared to the GS-X MK2.
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Dissenting view here. I own the GSX MK2 and GSX Mini, owned the Moon 430HA - and had the HPA4, V281 and V550 here on demo - and the DNA Stratus now on demo with a DNA Stellaris ordered. The Luxman was a disappointment when I had it in on demo. Magnificent build quality - not overly impressed with the sound. I also did not care for the digital LEUCA volume control.
As always your mileage may vary
As always your mileage may vary
Tubewin
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I deleted this post to prevent misunderstandings.
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Have you heard it though? It's fun to speculate but nothing beats first hand experience.
Tubewin
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True, but I look for other people's subjective impressions to help me decide whether or not I should take the plunge. Their first hand experiences help. The MK2 being overly analytical seems to be a reoccurring theme. I want a more transparent amp to pair with the May KTE, but not something overly analytical or sterile. I had hoped that the MK2 would be in that "Goldilocks" zone. The May KTE will be arriving in a few weeks, so I won't know how it will pair with my gsx mini for awhile. There was someone who commented on that MK2 classified listing saying that the mini is "utter garbage" with the May (broke my heart). Well, still searching around. Curious on how the Holo Bliss is going to sound.
There is nothing sterile about the sound of the GS-X MK2. It’s the most true to the source amp I’ve heard, which is what I wanted. I have mine hooked up to a Chord Dave. If there ever was going to be signs of cold, sterile or analytical I would hear it with this amp. Instead, the GS-X is just amplifying the signal like a good amp should. The notes are weighted, the sound is spacious, dynamic, punchy with excellent P.R.A.T. If you want to hear what the Holo May KTE can do then I would think you want a amp as transparent as the GS-X MK2 or a Benchmark HPA4. That way you hear what your source is truly doing.
The Luxman has a sound and is not nearly as transparent as the GS-X MK2. When I hooked my Dave up to the Luxman, the drop off in sound quality and transparency could immediately be heard. This was not the case with GS-X MK2. If you want some flavor to your sound the Luxman is very hard to beat. If you want something more true to the source, the GS-X MK2 is hard to beat.
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DisguisedPikachu
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My GS-X Mini is arriving next week (very excited)!
I was wondering (still relative new to highend headphone world) can I hotswap headphones with this amplifier safely?
Like unplug/plug headphones while it's turned on
I was wondering (still relative new to highend headphone world) can I hotswap headphones with this amplifier safely?
Like unplug/plug headphones while it's turned on
Tubewin
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I normally put the volume down all the way and make sure nothing is playing before I swap headphones from the gs-x mini. I don't turn on the amp with my headphones plugged in and I don't leave my headphones plugged in when I'm turning off the amp.
4pin XLR is technically safer than a lot of the other connectors out there (since each connector has its own spot and isn’t going past multiple connectors when plugging in or out) but I’ve still gotten in the habit of turning everything down when doing so.
Enjoy your new amp!
Yes the GS-X mk2 was designed to be as neutral as possible, an analytical amp. This works great with headphones that have lots of flavor of their own that you might not want to mix with other flavors - such as a lot of Audeze, Meze Empyrean etc (also works great as a pre-amp with classic/vintage style speakers). With a very analyticalheadphone like the Senn HD800S, it may be too much of the same for some people who would prefer to tame this headphone with a tube amp, while some others like the analytical+analytical combo. The GS-X mini was designed to be warmer sounding compared to mk2, so I can recommend either amp depending on what someone is looking for. Also, generally when seeing online reviews/impressions, remember many people are playing to certain communities/cliques that you or I may not be aware of - this is true of both positive and negative impressions on pretty much everything
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True, inserting/removing a 1/4" plug can momentarily short the outputs of the amp. If audio is playing and at a loud enough level, this can be problematic. Some amps will instantaneously combust, the GS-X mini is not one with this problem, but to be truly safe, I agree w/ turning volume down.
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