makan
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That's a crazy looking amp!
I wonder how someone even decides of making something like this. It’s just so crazy hahaListened to the SR-X9000 driven by the Metaxas & Sins headphone amp in Florida last weekend.
Hans down the best I've ever heard the SR-X9000. I would even go as far as to say it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard in my life.
And yes, that's me adjusting left and right volume control on the female headphone amplifier.
Amplifier was $29,000.
Yep. It's like if Barbarella had a headphone amplifier.I wonder how someone even decides of making something like this. It’s just so crazy haha
Wild, looks like they debuted at CanJam in Dallas last year:Listened to the SR-X9000 driven by the Metaxas & Sins headphone amp in Florida last weekend.
Hans down the best I've ever heard the SR-X9000. I would even go as far as to say it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard in my life.
And yes, that's me adjusting left and right volume control on the female headphone amplifier.
Amplifier was $29,000.
Ok.Wild, looks like they debuted at CanJam in Dallas last year:
https://www.ecoustics.com/products/metaxas-sins-audio-sculpture-collection/
I agree 100%.I'm not opposed to interesting and artistic designs for audio gear, but I think that Metaxis amp is really cringe-worthy. It's like chi-fi IEM waifu (also cringe) turned retro-futurist sculpture. And the use and placement of dual volume controls is both inconvenient and very much not my taste. I know it's a statement piece, but I'm not sure if I'd want to be in the conversations it would start. Just my personal opinion.
What other energizers have you listened the X9000 on before this?Hans down the best I've ever heard the SR-X9000. I would even go as far as to say it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard in my life.
Ok I have my decision.I could use some advice
to make me an amplifier. The good thing is he made one before and I got the contact from that customer. The customer had the opportunity to compare this device with one that is considered one of the best here in head-fi forum. I don't want to go into more detail so as not to upset anyone on the forum, because in the end it's subjective. For me it was important that this amp was in the “league” and that was enough for me. For example, the T8000 Hybrid has a poti that costs >20€. And that's not fair to me. And I do not like Hybrids. I don't want to pay 20% import fees on amplifiers that are manufactured outside the EU and then I have no guarantee.I could use some advice
Listened to the SR-X9000 driven by the Metaxas & Sins headphone amp in Florida last weekend.
Hans down the best I've ever heard the SR-X9000. I would even go as far as to say it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard in my life.
And yes, that's me adjusting left and right volume control on the female headphone amplifier.
I don't care how good it sounds, I will not be twisting the volume nipples lolI'm not opposed to interesting and artistic designs for audio gear, but I think that Metaxis amp is really cringe-worthy. It's like chi-fi IEM waifu (also cringe) turned retro-futurist sculpture. And the use and placement of dual volume controls is both inconvenient and very much not my taste. I know it's a statement piece, but I'm not sure if I'd want to be in the conversations it would start. Just my personal opinion.
Better than the BHSE with Philips Miniwatt tubes?I'm not surprised. A Sirius V10 from www.high-amp.de is playing inside. For me, it's also one of the best amplifiers I've ever heard.