[immtbiker]

Lookie here:
 
http://headphone.guru/vinnie-rossi-lio-modular-audio-system/

 

[sandmanct]

Picked up my LIO the other day, and I have to say the headphone amp has just blown me away!  I will try to do a review after I have some more quality time with it.

 

[olegausany]

Picked up my LIO the other day, and I have to say the headphone amp has just blown me away!  I will try to do a review after I have some more quality time with it.

What configuration you got and which headphones are you using

 

[sandmanct]

LIO with AVC tubestage, Mosfet, Headphone amp with balanced input, DAC.  Using a modded Beyerdyanmic T1, with a removable balanced cable by BTG Audio.  Using Roon fed to a squeezebox touch as an endpoint.

 

[frankrondaniel]

Looks like I have the same configuration - except for the Mosfet. I haven't been able to use my T1 as it's not balanced but my HD800 sounds great, maybe missing a little bit of low end. I'm very curious to see how the new HD800S will sound with the LIO.

 

[olegausany]

Looks like I have the same configuration - except for the Mosfet. I haven't been able to use my T1 as it's not balanced but my HD800 sounds great, maybe missing a little bit of low end. I'm very curious to see how the new HD800S will sound with the LIO.

If your HD800 are stock then bass is their weakest spot but properly modded they are great

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 

[frankrondaniel]

If your HD800 are stock then bass is their weakest spot but properly modded they are great

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 
They are stock but I do find I get more satisfying bass from my Lapizator Level 4/Cavalli Liquid Crimson pairing.

 

[tme110]

I'm surprised there hasn't been more conversation on this.  I've never seen so much positive press on a system to then not have much conversation here.  The forum reviews have been pretty limited.
 
Any news on the clear top?
 
Any hints at what options are coming next?

 

[Vinnie R.]

Hi tme110,
 
I am no longer a headfi sponsor, so I believe it would violate the rules for me to continue to post about LIO
here on HeadFi.
 

 Any hints at what options are coming next?

 
Our website has a link to our active user forum, where we cover this and more.
 
All the best,
 
Vinnie

 

[Maxx134]

I heard the LIO in the past, but only just recently I heard it with the tube stage...
Excellent choice of tubes as DHT is the best type of tube, but wow using it so cool!
Impressive finesse in usage of low operating point(!)

I heard Oleg unit and my face was in state of disbelief because of the impressive synergy with the HD800..
Nuanced delicate full range clarity without a trace of solid state sound or any type of fault .

With that tubestage it was one of the best pairings (with hd800) I have heard.
Seems like a different animal now,
being a very musical TOTL gear.
Both HD800 we tried were modded for top end spectrum, but the impressive feature was also the low end control and sound coming from the LIO.
Very nice and noticeable extension and nuance.
The HD800 low end was not anemic but satisfying.

The power source to feed all this seems superior to any batteries as well.
Extremely clean nuanced sound to showcase what the HD800 can do..

 

[groovyd]

I heard the LIO in the past, but only just recently I heard it with the tube stage...
Excellent choice of tubes as DHT is the best type of tube, but wow using it so cool!
Impressive finesse in usage of low operating point(!)

I heard Oleg unit and my face was in state of disbelief because of the impressive synergy with the HD800..
Nuanced delicate full range clarity without a trace of solid state sound or any type of fault .

With that tubestage it was one of the best pairings (with hd800) I have heard.
Seems like a different animal now,
being a very musical TOTL gear.
Both HD800 we tried were modded for top end spectrum, but the impressive feature was also the low end control and sound coming from the LIO.
Very nice and noticeable extension and nuance.
The HD800 low end was not anemic but satisfying.

The power source to feed all this seems superior to any batteries as well.
Extremely clean nuanced sound to showcase what the HD800 can do..

ac no matter how regulated is dirty as hell... as an electrical engineer i'm very impressed by what's going on with this LIO and looking forward to where it goes.

 

[bmichels]

Very interesting.  I used to have DAC from Vinnie 5 years ago, running on internal battery in those days (before his ultra capacitors new tech), and it sounded very good ! 

 

[Strayngs]

It is crazy how the Lio page here just stopped in 2016. Very few impressions on Head-fi. I really am interested in this item as there are a couple of them used, but it is troubling that there is nothing for the last 7 years here on head-fi. There are quite a few impressions on other sites….but almost nothing comparing this item to other stand alone preamps or headphone amps. Anybody still use one?