[NickT23]

Believing a reputable reviewer is the best I can do without having listened to the device myself.

Yes especially since you dont gave the luxury to try on any demo shop

Fair enough, but if you read through Sandu’s review he provides a detailed explanation of the reasoning behind why the A90 is on the same level as the HP4A, so it is more than someone just saying, “because I said so.” And very few people will have the means to compare the A90 to the HP4A given the latter’s price, so most of us will have to rely on someone’s else opinion if we are wondering how it stacks up against other amps. With that said, I do wonder if the community will eventually put the A90 in the same performance category as the HP4A

Well the community will only know if they buy two amplifier to know it. But majoeoty is not willing to waste money on getting two peoducts just to try

 

[NickT23]

Guys lets just value our differences here, at the end of the day, we are all hobbyist in this field right? Sandu is a very good reviewer, I like him a lot and sometime I find myself disagree with him at some points, it is just the matter of my taste and my preferences toward what is best for me. One thing I would say though if you are a fan of huge soundstage and holographic, A90 is very very good but it is not quite up there with the big boy yet, other than that, what can I say, a very impressive amp for its price and you cannot go wrong or regret your decision at the price point.

Have you even heard the HPA-4 ?

 

[theBlackKey]

Have you even heard the HPA-4 ?

Yes I do. It is a great amp. What about it?

 

[reiserFS]

Fits perfectly with the Modius.

 

[NickT23]

Yes I do. It is a great amp. What about it?

Did you do A/B comparison with the A90 ?

 

[theBlackKey]

Did you do A/B comparison with the A90 ?

I dont have that luxury but I would love to. I have the A90 here and maybe if the lockdown in my city is cooling I may travel to an audio shop to compare them. But you already have Sandu doing that comparison, he is a very good reviewer, I may have different opinion when I have a chance to listen to both of them. Do you also listen to A90 already?

 

[theBlackKey]

Fits perfectly with the Modius.

Congrats mate

 

[NickT23]

I dont have that luxury but I would love to. I have the A90 here and maybe if the lockdown in my city is cooling I may travel to an audio shop to compare them. But you already have Sandu doing that comparison, he is a very good reviewer, I may have different opinion when I have a chance to listen to both of them. Do you also listen to A90 already?

Sadly no. Nobody in this world can demo them without buying them. I kinda want to hear more impression !

 

[NickT23]

Fits perfectly with the Modius.

My goodness not only it fits but match nicely as well. Why you dont want the D90 ? Just curious.

 

[reiserFS]

My goodness not only it fits but match nicely as well. Why you dont want the D90 ? Just curious.

Yep, match made in heaven for sure! No D90 since it was over my budget and the Modius was just announced at the right time. $199 for a balanced well measuring DAC? Yes please!

 

[NickT23]

Yep, match made in heaven for sure! No D90 since it was over my budget and the Modius was just announced at the right time. $199 for a balanced well measuring DAC? Yes please!

So its price per performance and its value. Anyway. never heard about the Modius Dac. Care to share some impression for the Modius Dac ?

 

[reiserFS]

So its price per performance and its value. Anyway. never heard about the Modius Dac. Care to share some impression for the Modius Dac ?

I will post my impressions in the Modius thread soon.

 

[NickT23]

I will post my impressions in the Modius thread soon.

Thanks. A simple straightforward impression is quite appreciate, no need to stress too much and give a perfect review. Also, wondering the impression with A90 + Modius performs.

 

[KPzypher]

Once again, man this thing is powerful. I'm barely over 9 o'clock on the volume knob with balanced (XLR) on low gain on HD650. Incredible. And it runs lot cooler than the D90 on low gain.

 

[wishbon3]

Has anyone tried this with Utopia or Empyrean? How does it sound? I have a Woo WA8 and thought this would be a nice compliment.