[Focux]

What kind of a financial hit does something like that produce? When I sold my high-end Audeze I received around 50% of the new puchase price. I can't imagine repurchasing new.

10-15%?

i lost exactly 11.89%

 

[Gadget67]

Here’s my latest hot weather set up. It’s 90+ here today and only one room in my house is air conditioned so I’ve moved everything there until things cool off in September or October. Im using my Focal Arche as a DAC through my Phonitor 2. Currently listening to my Utopia!

 

[Stourmead]

Just curious, is the Hugo 2 amp that bad? That incapable?

no - it’s lovely for most music but some bands I listen to, the finer detail just gets crushed behind a wall of sound . The separate amp just helps lift up some details. Was speaking to a couple of people about this and they both concluded an analogue Amp stage probably is able to do a better job than the digital stage in the Hugo 2 in terms of power. Also for the sake of £99 on the cost of that rig , it’s like a throwaway upgrade

 

[basdek]

On my head is the HD800s, which is new!
Currently playing the 5th and 6th Brandenburg concerto! The detail resolution is amazing!

 

[ivanrocks321]

Newest setup. Just tried a Cherry STM its a class D speaker amp but im having great success with k1k. Gonna give it a go with a susvara later on.

 

[basdek]

Here’s my latest hot weather set up. It’s 90+ here today and only one room in my house is air conditioned so I’ve moved everything there until things cool off in September or October. Im using my Focal Arche as a DAC through my Phonitor 2. Currently listening to my Utopia!

Would the Arche not be the most ideal amp for the Utopia?

 

[340519]

bedroom setup.

 

[KPzypher]

Would the Arche not be the most ideal amp for the Utopia?

That is an unusual setup. I personally find Arche's DAC average and its amp excellent, and use a standalone DAC with the Arche for the Stellia. Focal presets are its strong suit and a unique feature I think.

But hey, to each his own and whatever floats your boat.

Whichever setup sounds best to your ears is the right setup for you.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Would the Arche not be the most ideal amp for the Utopia?

Hard to know. Just because a company is good at headphones and speakers doesn't mean they have guys who can design amps or DACs on staff. Maybe they can maybe they can't. I don't know.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

bedroom setup.

Seriously, I said to myself that looks exactly like one of @dmdm setups.

If I can recognize that it's your setups just from the pics does it mean I spend too much time on this site?

 

[340519]

Seriously, I said to myself that looks exactly like one of @dmdm setups.

If I can recognize that it's your setups just from the pics does it mean I spend too much time on this site?

Lol maybe.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Lol maybe.

How are you liking the DAC3? I debated between Benchmark and Mytek but I wanted MQA so I went with the Brooklyn DAC+
If I had the extra cash I'd buy a DAC3 for one of my other systems. I'd like to have both but can't do it right now.

 

[340519]

How are you liking the DAC3? I debated between Benchmark and Mytek but I wanted MQA so I went with the Brooklyn DAC+
If I had the extra cash I'd buy a DAC3 for one of my other systems. I'd like to have both but can't do it right now.

It's fine but I wish it had more gain. Even at 0 gain with the jumpers it is relatively low. The smsl m200 on top of it sends out more vrms for some reason. Mqa doesn't interest me as tidal just sends it out 9624 so I'm good.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

It's fine but I wish it had more gain. Even at 0 gain with the jumpers it is relatively low. The smsl m200 on top of it sends out more vrms for some reason. Mqa doesn't interest me as tidal just sends it out 9624 so I'm good.

That's interesting, did you contact Benchmark support? I would think a pro device could put out a lot more voltage.

I've seen Tidal MQA do up to 24/192 for a lot of albums and there is a playlist I found a few weeks ago that has some 24/352!

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/9eabdfe6-deea-45b6-9eb1-0026cfd32dec

 

[340519]

That's interesting, did you contact Benchmark support? I would think a pro device could put out a lot more voltage.

I've seen Tidal MQA do up to 24/192 for a lot of albums and there is a playlist I found a few weeks ago that has some 24/352!

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/9eabdfe6-deea-45b6-9eb1-0026cfd32dec

I just emailed Rory at benchmark to see if I can get some more gain output.