The New Enleum AMP-23R Amplifier (Successor to Bakoon AMP-13R) Thread
Jun 13, 2022 at 4:42 PM Post #737 of 1,896
If you follow enleum on Facebook they gave an update that the 2nd batch was about to ship in the next few weeks with a 3rd batch planned for end of September

Wow, they're going out fast, folks at Enleum have to be really happy :)
 
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Jun 14, 2022 at 4:33 PM Post #738 of 1,896
Anyone who has owned both the enleum and the oor+hypnosis. Which one stays?
 
Jun 14, 2022 at 6:03 PM Post #741 of 1,896
Was deliberating on this for a while. I now have the Oor/Hypsos listed for sale.
How's the wa33 v the 23r?
 
Jun 14, 2022 at 8:48 PM Post #743 of 1,896
Read this on YouTube. What’s your take?
 

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Jun 15, 2022 at 5:20 PM Post #745 of 1,896
Jun 15, 2022 at 5:56 PM Post #746 of 1,896
If I may ask, do you have any plans for using your Enleum with speakers in the future?
Potentially. I really want to get the Devore Fidelity o/Baby and drive them with the Enleum but don't see that happening soon. It did play part though in my decision to keep the Enleum around, it's not the main reason but I like the flexibility it offers.

How's the wa33 v the 23r?
WA33 is better imo.

I don't know if better is the word I would use, especially not in these price points. They are different and I don't think the two amps are aiming at the same sonic characteristics. I haven't owned the WA33 long enough to wrap my mind around it completely so consider this more of initial impressions. The Enleum is much more mid focused and colorful, it's not as quick but its tone is rich and heavy. Bass gets nice texture and weight and treble can be a bit rolled off. You sacrifice details and some stage compared to the WA33 (which on its own isn't the widest amp I've heard) but you gain organic warmth that's perfect to emphasize what the Susvara, for example, is great at. With the Susvara it adds what it's missing in the mid and sub bass and I think is a great compliment to them. More so than compared to my other headphones. With the LCD-5 for instance, which I'm used to EQing, it didn't work well until I dropped the EQ. It did synergize well with the ZMFs, probably because of its tubey presentation.
From a practical standpoint as well, it's harder to work around high sensitivity cans and the WA33 since you don't have much range for volume attenuation.

Read this on YouTube. What’s your take?
I think the first paragraph has a lot of things I can agree with. I have some problems with the statements in the second paragraph. I don't think the Ferrum is necessarily the better amp, it really depends on what you want to focus your chain on, the headphones you're driving and the DAC you have. I prefer the Enleum to the Ferrum with the Susvara as I felt the Ferrum required a tube pre amp to get to the lower frequencies presentation I wanted to get out of it but the Enleum did not require any additional gear. The Enleum really gets the best out of the Sus to my ears. I never heard the Diana so can't comment on that but from my short experience so far with the 1266 TC I prefer it on my WA33 compared to the Enleum because when I pick that up I don't want to sacrifice any detail or speed for richness and tone.
There is no perfect amp for all headphones and all music genres imo, but the Enleum (and Oor/Hypsos for the matter) are high on the list of best I've heard.
My considerations to keep the Enleum have also other factors involved that aren't only sound related - I prefer the smaller form factor, I love the fact it has a remote, I hope to use it as a speakers amp as well in the future. The Oor/Hypsos stack is awesome and I haven't heard anything better up to its price range. But once I got the WA33 and Enleum here, I don't find reasons to use it enough to justify keeping it here and not using the money in other ways.
 
Jun 16, 2022 at 5:27 PM Post #747 of 1,896
Potentially. I really want to get the Devore Fidelity o/Baby and drive them with the Enleum but don't see that happening soon.

Considering how sensitive these speakers are, that might be a great combo.
 
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Jun 16, 2022 at 9:01 PM Post #748 of 1,896
Potentially. I really want to get the Devore Fidelity o/Baby and drive them with the Enleum but don't see that happening soon. It did play part though in my decision to keep the Enleum around, it's not the main reason but I like the flexibility it offers.
There's also some reviews of excellent pairing with the Heresys. Also has me thinking of double duties for this amp.
 

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