[Fririce0003]

"Joe and I have talked on a couple of occasions and he has an internal imperative to make sure I'm evaluating the headphone with appropriate gear. I've been open to hearing him out and using gear we both agree is optimal for the headphones."

Sounds like it'll be some WA234's then, some Takatsuki 300b and 274b's, Elrog 300b's, Mullard metal base GZ34's and some TSRP's. Makes for a pretty good pairing wugh the abyss

 

[up late]

you might be waiting a while yet tyll - it's not easy harvesting unicorn tears

 

[Fririce0003]

Plenty of unicorn tears here in Aus, though the Takatsuki variety is a little harder to get.
I'm sure Tyll wouldn't mind a chance to review the WA234 either, it does need a few more in depth reviews.

 

[mulder01]

you might be waiting a while yet tyll - it's not easy harvesting unicorn tears

 
Still easier to drive than the 009s...

 

[up late]

in that the sr-009 requires an elestrostatic amp?

 

[wink]

I have NO trouble driving my SR-009's.   Where's the problem?

 

[mulder01]

in that the sr-009 requires an elestrostatic amp?

Exactly - a specialised amp that is good for about 5% of headphones.
Not impossible by any means, but just not as easy as the Abyss.  
Unicorn tears is perhaps an exaggeration.

 

[cladane]

Exactly - a specialised amp that is good for about 5% of headphones.
Not impossible by any means, but just not as easy as the Abyss.  
Unicorn tears is perhaps an exaggeration.

Perhaps easy as the Abyss. Put a glance to Audiovalve Luminare showed at CanJam on the Audeze booth.

 

[mulder01]

Perhaps easy as the Abyss. Put a glance to Audiovalve Luminare showed at CanJam on the Audeze booth.

 
Seems like a great idea.  Makes we wonder why there's not more all-in-one amps like this - maybe it's not very good?  I just looked at the first half dozen or so pages of it's thread and it raises an eyebrow or two on first glance... How did it sound to you?

 

[up late]

Exactly - a specialised amp that is good for about 5% of headphones.
Not impossible by any means, but just not as easy as the Abyss.  
Unicorn tears is perhaps an exaggeration.

point is that options for driving the abyss to its potential are limited according to the designer/manufacturer although the specs would indicate otherwise. hence unicorn tears.

no such problems for the sr-009 according to wink, despite there being far fewer options on the market that are compatible with it.

 

[wink]

Quote:mulder01

 

Perhaps easy as the Abyss. Put a glance to Audiovalve Luminare showed at CanJam on the Audeze booth.

 
Seems like a great idea.  Makes we wonder why there's not more all-in-one amps like this - maybe it's not very good?  I just looked at the first half dozen or so pages of it's thread and it raises an eyebrow or two on first glance... How did it sound to you?

 
It's interesting that at CanJam, it was used on the Audeze stand, and yet, besides a couple of photos in the impressions thread, there is no mention of it.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/758649/canjam-socal-2015-impressions-thread
 
 
This thread by eric65 may interest you. Eric is an all-out fan of the amp.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/727630/luminare-amp-verto-box-by-audiovalve/285#post_11474149

 

[eric65]

 
This thread by eric65 may interest you. Eric is an all-out fan of the amp.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/727630/luminare-amp-verto-box-by-audiovalve/285#post_11474149

 
About Luminare amp, Stax SR-009, JPS Abyss, LCD3-F etc ...
 
This thread is even more interesting (it is also longer) http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/post178500063.html#p178500063

 

[preproman]

point is that options for driving the abyss to its potential are limited according to the designer/manufacturer although the specs would indicate otherwise. hence unicorn tears.

 
Maybe in the headphone amp world, but in the speaker amp world the choices are un-limited..   Just saying...

 

[up late]

going by tyll's post i think the designer favours a source and amp combo that he believes brings out the best from the abyss but i could be wrong

 

[preproman]

And that would be what - the LAu?  lol.. yeah I guess so, Cavalli use JPS wires in their amps now.  Seems like kind of a partnership of some sort.  I'm just speculating thou..