[Slim1970]

To the group,
I read in the manual that you should not stack the psu and amp? Is this a best practice recommendation, or a necessity? What are the complications if one did stack?

Sorry to spam I should have condensed my questions.

I’m finding the amp unit gets much warmer than the power supply unit. There is a risk of RF/EMI inteference when stacking and if I had the space I probably would have my GS-X MK2 stacked with the power supply on bottom. With that said, I have my units separated on a small rack with my OPTO-DX sitting on top of the power supply unit.

 

[Delta9K]

currently pairing the it with the Sonic Frontiers SFD-2.

I've not heard of that DAC and had to look it up - Looks to be a really nice piece of kit.

 

[whirlwind]

I stack mine with no issues.

 

[Slim1970]

I stack mine with no issues.

Nice!

 

[Lucky87]

I stack them, no issues except if you want high gain. I use medium gain. in high gain you need separation to prevent a slight humm. here my set up with TT

I had a problem with my Dave with this issue just like yours is setup.

 

[MacedonianHero]

Well you are talking about the utopia

which is already bright

Have you heard the Utopia or GS-X Mk2?

 

[eee1111]

Have you heard the Utopia or GS-X Mk2?

Yeah

 

[MacedonianHero]

Yeah

Just curious how closely you've listened to them (Utopia)...in a meet or at home? I would describe them as neutral-ish with maybe a tad on the brighter side, but not by much.

 

[Whazzzup]

Ok I never thought about separating tt from gsx, I’ll try reconfiguring, just to see what’s what

 

[eee1111]

Just curious how closely you've listened to them (Utopia)...in a meet or at home? I would describe them as neutral-ish with maybe a tad on the brighter side, but not by much.

I have very very little time with utopia.

I own the gsx.

When I did listen to the utopia I felt treble was harsh. I dunno. Maybe I just didn’t give it enough of a chance.

 

[MacedonianHero]

I have very very little time with utopia.

I own the gsx.

When I did listen to the utopia I felt treble was harsh. I dunno. Maybe I just didn’t give it enough of a chance.

The treble is pretty far from harsh. Could be your upstr setup? I’d suggest some more auditions…they are quite special!

 

[Ojisan]

3 years and counting with Yggdrasil A2 + GSX Mk2 + Utopia here. Perhaps the treble head minority here

 

[Whazzzup]

If you like a little less snap in your snare or toot of the trumpet, hd800S works great, still wide n snappy

 

[eee1111]

The treble is pretty far from harsh. Could be your upstr setup? I’d suggest some more auditions…they are quite special!

I’ve like never listened to a dynamic headphone I really liked all that much. I think the 800s are great but I just got rid of them because I always reach for planar. I definitely have a strong bias towards planar. I’ve never listened to ZMF. Everyone speaks highly of them.

 

[Whazzzup]

Everyone has there own preferences, no one can convince me otherwise. Not that they try, it’s just preference