[sfoclt]

How does the 10Y sound?

Hi @Nada. It sounds terrific. I am mostly a speaker person but still want my headphone experience to be good when I do listen that way. I've had EC and DNA amps before but I really prefer not to have dedicated headphone equipment around. High impedance headphones work great directly off the preamp and sound at least as good as they did off the EC/DNA amps, maybe better. Low impredance headphones would still require a dedicated headphone amp (or speaker amp as I did with my HE-6).

Practical advice I'd give on the 10Y: I had mine built with a +12db input transformer for one input for lower-lever phono sources. I think this is necessary to give headphones enough juice. Also, I thought the HD800S still didn't have quite enough oomph and preferrred the ZMF headphones. VC is slightly more efficient than Atrium so I've come to love the VC in particular on it. But both Atrium and VC work well. Using the other inputs require a volume knob at 70% or more. Using the +12db requires the knob at 25% to 40%, depending on source level, and sounds punchier.

 

[Nada]

It sounds terrific ....

Well done. Thomas Mayer DHT builds look beautiful and seem like the very best quality.

 

[552609]

Current rig. Just traded my Sony MDR-Z1R or they'd be in the pic also. May not have the Monarch for long either - may need to send them back for reasons outside my control.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Current rig. Just traded my Sony MDR-Z1R or they'd be in the pic also. May not have the Monarch for long either - may need to send them back for reasons outside my control.

Hey why'd you put your LPs in that humidor cabinet?

 

[552609]

Hey why'd you put your LPs in that humidor cabinet?

I got bored

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Clock arrived today, just hooked it up. Far from ideal layout but pretty much out of space.

 

[samr33]

Here is my stack at the moment, not really a summit fi system but it sounds pretty nice

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Here is my stack at the moment, not really a summit fi system but it sounds pretty nice

Very nice layout. I wish I had wheels on my shelving. It would have been so helpful.

 

[samr33]

Very nice layout. I wish I had wheels on my shelving. It would have been so helpful.

Yes!! It is so much easier for changing cable and other stuff

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

Here is my stack at the moment, not really a summit fi system but it sounds pretty nice

Looks the part to me

 

[project86]

 

[bobmysterious]

 

[Sajid Amit]

Perfect chain for the Utopia.

 

[bobmysterious]

Perfect chain for the Utopia.

I really have trouble picking out deficits in the chain. The sound I'm getting out of it is just wonderful. Some other toys have caught my eye recently, but I'm going to stay with this setup for a bit. Not desperate to upgrade at all.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I really have trouble picking out deficits in the chain. The sound I'm getting out of it is just wonderful. Some other toys have caught my eye recently, but I'm going to stay with this setup for a bit. Not desperate to upgrade at all.

I wish we could get Eddie Current amps over here.