[Arion128]

I purchased from a dealer and my headphones were shipped directly from Abyss. If you use a dealer rather than Abyss all you need to do is go to the Abyss site and “apply” for the three year warranty. Here’s a link From Abyss which explains it.

https://abyss-headphones.com/pages/abyss-warranty-information

ok, thanks for your help, much appreciated everyone

 

[mammal]

There's a few owners I'm aware of, all extremely eccentric. Google around and you'll see. You have to be nuts to own this amp.

Congrats on the amp! How are you going to place it on your table? I was imagining left channel on left side, right on the right side and if your 1266 cable is stock/supercondactor (meaning separate L and R), you can route them to left and right like a mad man

 

[Solan]

A little paint job to make it easier to put on the headphones the right way, even in poorly lit conditions. I commissioned the work to my daughter. But first, make sure the essentials were all safe from the paint:

Bronze and silver for each their sides. Model paint.

Then her skillful hands applied the paint to the letters.

Close-up of the finished letters:

And finally when the paint had dried, the headphones are ready to use.

 

[Tarttett]

Congrats on the amp! How are you going to place it on your table? I was imagining left channel on left side, right on the right side and if your 1266 cable is stock/supercondactor (meaning separate L and R), you can route them to left and right like a mad man

@Stereolab42

I would possess an interest to be able to see that configuration.

 

[Stereolab42]

@Stereolab42

I would possess an interest to be able to see that configuration.

Unfortunately all my cables are sleeved together so I'm planning to have the two monoblocks right next to each other. I have a Y-adapter I got from Double Helix that will combine the two 3-pin XLRs into a 4-pin XLR; all my cables will then hook to that.

 

[Tarttett]

Unfortunately all my cables are sleeved together so I'm planning to have the two monoblocks right next to each other. I have a Y-adapter I got from Double Helix that will combine the two 3-pin XLRs into a 4-pin XLR; all my cables will then hook to that.

Hopefully somebody within this thread would consider to volunteer to send their cables for you, for you to be able to take that picture, for us.

 

[Stereolab42]

Hopefully somebody within this thread would consider to volunteer to send their cables for you, for you to be able to take that picture, for us.

I will not refuse any offer of a free pair of Superconductors.

 

[mammal]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

 

[cangle]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

Hope you enjoy it, looks like an impressive amp. I've seen it in pictures but I didn't realize how big it was until I saw your picture with headphones for scale.

 

[mammal]

Hope you enjoy it, looks like an impressive amp. I've seen it in pictures but I didn't realize how big it was until I saw your picture with headphones for scale.

It is an impressive unit, so much so that I am considering keeping it even if it does not sound good, just to look at it, how pretty it is, haha. Just kidding, I don't have that type of cash to spend on a paper weight. It must sound better than Bartok direct, or else I am returning it. Good that I have Susvara on loan here as well, so that I can see if 2.8W into 66 Ohm Bartok is sufficient, or one really needs more power, which Viva does provide.

 

[Articnoise]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

I think you will love it and really appreciate Susvara, but also Abyss, much more with it than direct out of Bartók. All in one has its limits, even if they are made by DCS

 

[Palyodgree]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

I had Viva integrated driving high efficiency horn speakers about twenty years ago and have listened to other Viva amplifiers occasionally during visits to a dealer . I think you will love the midrange produced with the Viva particularly well recorded vocals are a real stand out , some female vocals are so very seductive, the timbre and tone is so much more realistic sounding then many amplifier speaker combinations I’ve heard and I think will be interesting with the 1266s.

 

[carboncopy]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

What kind of headphone connections does it have? Do I see XLR there?

 

[Jon L]

Viva Egoista 845 has finally landed, let's see if it sounds better than Bartók directly.

I wonder what voltage Viva is driving the 845 tube with. It can be as high as 1200V, and since I'm a scary cat, I'd be a little nervous about having my face that close to that tube, hardwired

 

[mammal]

I wonder what voltage Viva is driving the 845 tube with. It can be as high as 1200V, and since I'm a scary cat, I'd be a little nervous about having my face that close to that tube, hardwired

Well, if you do not hear from me ever again, you know what happened

What kind of headphone connections does it have? Do I see XLR there?

It is a single ended amplifier internally, but offers XLRs ins and outs for convienence.