[Pharmaboy]

Please don't misinterpret my words, it is never a bad thing, just from my point of view I felt like I was wasting it because every single device I adquired sounded great haha

So I ended up with 5 amps and liked all of them but it made no sense to me having all of them and switching over and over!

I was joking. For most people, having many amps would be a waste of money. But I really have a thing for headphone amps (also amp/preamps). I have 6 at this time and had as many as 9 before.

But my complicated audio systems allow me to use 3 amps (or amp/preamps) at any given time:

• One amp goes in the side system.
• And two go in the main system. Both are live at all times thanks to having dual RCA outputs on my DACs (usually the MHDT Labs Orchid; at the moment it's the Audio GD DAC-19).
• With this kind of setup I can quite easily listen to the same song with a friend (each w/his own amp); or listen to the side system vs main system, and so on.
• Sometimes I rotate this HP amp in to replace that one, or this amp/preamp in to replace that one...I like changing it up
• The main system has the passive speakers, speaker amp, electronic crossover, and sub (using either the V281 or AGD SA-31SE as amp/preamp, alllowing me to listen to music all day long w/o even plugging in a headphone.

I spend a lot of time in this home office, so I made it very responsive to my audio needs.

BTW, that Pontus DAC is one that I would love to try--but it's simply too large for my limited desktop space (by contrast, the MHDT Labs Orchid is <1/2 the size of the Pontus).

I am thinking hard about getting a DDC as a step-up/evolution from my SPDIF converters--but it's a gamble, since the whole reclocker/jitter eliminator thing only really helps DACs that don't control jitter well. I don't know if MHDT Labs Orchid is a good or a bad DAC that way (though I do love the sound).

 

[joseG86]

I'd appreciate pics of your setup haha, I've read you for quite some time already over this forum and you seem know a lot about this hobby

I'm not really into DDC but I'll test Ares vs Pontus and give some feedback on its thread, I'll also try the SA-1 with Pontus and give impressions here

 

[gdwallasign]

Has anyone done a write-up of geshelli erish compared to the sa-1 or the other competitors in this class?

 

[Alien2085]

I'd appreciate pics of your setup haha, I've read you for quite some time already over this forum and you seem know a lot about this hobby

I'm not really into DDC but I'll test Ares vs Pontus and give some feedback on its thread, I'll also try the SA-1 with Pontus and give impressions here

I’m looking to purchase Pontus as well so your overall impression and test with Singxer SA-1 would be most welcome! Thanks a ton.

 

[nekky]

Has anyone done a write-up of geshelli erish compared to the sa-1 or the other competitors in this class?

Had one - great amp but no ability to drive anything lower than 16ohms. SA-1 is arguably better in every way.

 

[quawn0418]

I'd appreciate pics of your setup haha, I've read you for quite some time already over this forum and you seem know a lot about this hobby

I'm not really into DDC but I'll test Ares vs Pontus and give some feedback on its thread, I'll also try the SA-1 with Pontus and give impressions here

Looking forward to your impressions

 

[gdwallasign]

Had one - great amp but no ability to drive anything lower than 16ohms. SA-1 is arguably better in every way.

Thank you! By lower impedences do you mean iems? I've ran mine through the erish and have been having a good enough time with it.

 

[nekky]

Thank you! By lower impedences do you mean iems? I've ran mine through the erish and have been having a good enough time with it.

No I mean literally low impedance, ie. Dan Clark Audio which are 13 ohm and require lots of juice. The Erish didn’t play nice at all.

 

[gdwallasign]

No I mean literally low impedance, ie. Dan Clark Audio which are 13 ohm and require lots of juice. The Erish didn’t play nice at all.

No crap huh. Well well.

 

[nekky]

No crap huh. Well well.

Yeah I was shocked but it was *completely* my fault for missing that. Long story short, Geshelli Labs is an amazing company and took care of me as a customer. Their products are excellent and their support is likely second to none, for real.

 

[KanaMaloundi]

Now I've got a Pontus 2 and this is probably and finally my end game, end of journey until New Order

There is something I don't understand, "José": today and two days ago, as we were exchanging about your announce for a Ares 2, you told me that you WILL receive a Pontus soon so that you could compare them. (And told me too that you cancelled this buying and so wouldn't sell the Ares, when I said I would pay with Paypal). And on this thread, six months ago, you were telling that you had a Pontus. Could you explain this?

 

[joseG86]

There is something I don't understand, "José": today and two days ago, as we were exchanging about your announce for a Ares 2, you told me that you WILL receive a Pontus soon so that you could compare them. (And told me too that you cancelled this buying and so wouldn't sell the Ares, when I said I would pay with Paypal). And on this thread, six months ago, you were telling that you had a Pontus. Could you explain this?

I am receiving Pontus and selling Ares but I need 2 days to receive it and try it out!

I was about to cancel it as I am very nervous and undecided person but I just threw my money at it.....

 

[gdwallasign]

Yeah I was shocked but it was *completely* my fault for missing that. Long story short, Geshelli Labs is an amazing company and took care of me as a customer. Their products are excellent and their support is likely second to none, for real.

Yeah they have been great. They reached out to me to get a heatsink on the dac chip of my new j2 to help for longevity. Just proactively helping me out like that is kind of badass.

 

[shwnwllms]

Got my SA-1 a week ago and this baby is really starting to singx

 

[Lolito]

Any fatalities due to the dc mod???