StandUp713
New Head-Fier
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After having the Oppo HA-1 for over three weeks now, I have a good opinion of the product.
To give a perspective of where I am coming from with my opinion, I will explain how I am using it. The Oppo HA-1 is my primary output device from my PC. It's duties are D/A conversion, Pre-Amp for my JBL LSR305 Studio Monitors, and headphone amp for my LCD-X.
The content would come from Tidal(lossless), PC Games, and various you tube channels.
The appearance and build quality is fantastic. It has a solid build: this from pulling it out of the box and setting it up and playing with the inputs. Knobs and buttons give positive feedback. The remote has a good feel and works well for an IR remote. The UI & display is well thought out. I love the duel voltmeter display.
The sound of the DAC from both the LCD-X and the JBL's is astounding. I do not have a good audiophile vocabulary and knowledge to give you a proper impression, but I found no faults with it. Not counting some of the set ups I herd at the 2015 So Cal Can Jam( those sic high dollar systems), the HA-1 is the best sounding amp I have listened to.
I really appreciate the functionality of being both the headphone amp and pre-amp. This was the solution I had been looking for as an audio control unit. The droid app works very well and very well laid out. I had no problems installing and getting to work.
My only gripe is that you can not select the headphones or the pre-amp. When you hit mute, it only mutes the pre-amp. I really do not want to continuously unplug the headphones each time I go to the JBL monitors. Perhaps Oppo could control that function with a future software update?
None the less, I am extremely happy with Oppo HA-1 and have no problem recommending it to anybody else.
To give a perspective of where I am coming from with my opinion, I will explain how I am using it. The Oppo HA-1 is my primary output device from my PC. It's duties are D/A conversion, Pre-Amp for my JBL LSR305 Studio Monitors, and headphone amp for my LCD-X.
The content would come from Tidal(lossless), PC Games, and various you tube channels.
The appearance and build quality is fantastic. It has a solid build: this from pulling it out of the box and setting it up and playing with the inputs. Knobs and buttons give positive feedback. The remote has a good feel and works well for an IR remote. The UI & display is well thought out. I love the duel voltmeter display.
The sound of the DAC from both the LCD-X and the JBL's is astounding. I do not have a good audiophile vocabulary and knowledge to give you a proper impression, but I found no faults with it. Not counting some of the set ups I herd at the 2015 So Cal Can Jam( those sic high dollar systems), the HA-1 is the best sounding amp I have listened to.
I really appreciate the functionality of being both the headphone amp and pre-amp. This was the solution I had been looking for as an audio control unit. The droid app works very well and very well laid out. I had no problems installing and getting to work.
My only gripe is that you can not select the headphones or the pre-amp. When you hit mute, it only mutes the pre-amp. I really do not want to continuously unplug the headphones each time I go to the JBL monitors. Perhaps Oppo could control that function with a future software update?
None the less, I am extremely happy with Oppo HA-1 and have no problem recommending it to anybody else.