scootermafia
MOT: Double Helix Cables
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The fact is, it's an IC based amp of some sort, but not a traditional IC of the sort that we've heard of. As opposed to transistors, or tubes. Some sort of 8 pin chip is providing the audio. As we know with small chips in T-amps, a little can go a long way. A CMOY is a specific circuit, not necessarily the one here, depending on how you lay everything out it's going to change the sound. I can only assume that this IC simply sounds way better than other ICs and that Vinnie picked the right parts and layout. Yes, it does superficially look like a CMOY. And products like the RA-1 you can see every part in it and tell that it literally is a CMOY. I generally subscribe to Audio-GD's bigger/more complex is better philosophy, but I still doubt that Skylab and Headphoneaddict just simply don't know what they're talking about. Lots of people on here though, myself included, are still dubious on small circuit boards and we'd have to listen to one to be convinced, and until my pockets are full again...
It seems that all Vinnie does all day is look for efficient, little-known, small parts that sound good and do things in a nonconformist way, versus the Audio-GD way of paralleling mountains of parts into a motherboard-like circuit design. Both ways seem to work as I don't see a lot of either of their products on the FS forum.
It seems that all Vinnie does all day is look for efficient, little-known, small parts that sound good and do things in a nonconformist way, versus the Audio-GD way of paralleling mountains of parts into a motherboard-like circuit design. Both ways seem to work as I don't see a lot of either of their products on the FS forum.