[davidespinosa]

Does anyone know of a V181 or a V280 that I could buy?

Also consider the Lake People HPA RS 08.
I believe Fried considers it better than the V181.
Lake People is Violectric's "music studio" brand, so the cosmetics are less fancy.

 

[Fegefeuer]

It is indeed better.

 

[Anouk]

ARGH I thought I was done with headphones but reading this thread made me long for the hd80 that I owned years ago. At first I was planning to use a balanced amp with meze 99 balanced and aeon 2 closed but I now think I will just use the meze on the go and get the hd800s at home with the v280. As for a balanced dac I am considering the gugnir with unison when it arrives. Hopefully that will be a good combo.
I cant buy everything at once though. The dac will come first so we will see if there are any new products available in a few months although the market for balanced amps is really niche and does not seem to change often in this price bracket.
Greetings, Anouk,

 

[AudioPowerHead]

I bought the V280 since I do not need the bells and whistles of V281. Now looking at upgrading from Herus to either the V850 or LP RS06. In terms of sound, am I correct to say that they are essentially the same dac (i.e. RS06 is a stripped down version of V850)? Like to hear from other experienced audiophiles here. How is the pairing synergy ?

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

Hi All,
New to this Forum with looking at buying a V280 (hopefully very soon).

On the headphone front what is the best Sennheiser HD800 i.e. original HD800 or HD800S connected balanced to the V280 ?.

Also anybody had any experience with the Beyerdynamic T1 Gen 2 in both unbalanced and balanced mode connected to the V280 and compared the V280 with a Beyerdynamic A2 Amp using these headphones ?

I will be connecting (separately of course) the V280 to both my Chord Mojo (single ended) and my Chord QBD76 DAC (balanced) both connected to my Chord Blu Mk1 CD Transporter.

I am currently burning-in and listening to a new set of Beyer T1 Gen 2's I received a few days ago and a immaculate second hand A2 I received yesterday linked to my Chord Mojo (currently linked to my Macbook Retina Pro running Audirvana Plus playing CD ripped Apple Lossless files).

 

[Ichos]

I have used V280 extensively with HD800S and the combo was easily amongst the best I have heard.
No reasons not to sound good with HD800 OG.
But the V280 should and must be used with the balanced out to sound the best.
(single ended in or balanced doesn't matter).
Otherwise buy yourself a V200.

 

[Arniesb]

Be careful Violectric units sound great with Beyers and HD800S or any bright headphones, but it will sound very colored with neutral or warm headphones.
This is really not Transparent amp.

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

I have used V280 extensively with HD800S and the combo was easily amongst the best I have heard.
No reasons not to sound good with HD800 OG.
But the V280 should and must be used with the balanced out to sound the best.
(single ended in or balanced doesn't matter).
Otherwise buy yourself a V200.

Thank you Ichos. Much appreciated.

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

Be careful Violectric units sound great with Beyers and HD800S or any bright headphones, but it will sound very colored with neutral or warm headphones.
This is really not Transparent amp.

Thank you Arniesb. Much appreciated.

 

[Arniesb]

Thank you Arniesb. Much appreciated.

No problem.

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

Just bought a secondhand V280 from Head-Fi member F700.

Just need to buy a nice secondhand set of HD800S's and I am ready to rock and roll.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

If you are in Spain maybe you can find a NOS 800 or 800S. I found a new 800 here recently at over 540 euros less than the 800S price

Now all I need is the V280!

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

If you are in Spain maybe you can find a NOS 800 or 800S. I found a new 800 here recently at over 540 euros less than the 800S price

Now all I need is the V280!

Wow . Thats a great price gimmeheadroom. I will keep a look out. I am currently in rainy and windy UK working. Not back to lovely sunny Spain until maybe Easter time.

 

[Ichos]

Be careful Violectric units sound great with Beyers and HD800S or any bright headphones, but it will sound very colored with neutral or warm headphones.
This is really not Transparent amp.

Let me say that is not colored.
It's treble is done right as it should be without ringing and harshness.
Compared to 90% of the SS amps out there that there are treble happy this sounds colored.
(IMHO)

 

[Arniesb]

Let me say that is not colored.
It's treble is done right as it should be without ringing and harshness.
Compared to 90% of the SS amps out there that there are treble happy this sounds colored.
(IMHO)

Most of the headphones have little bass and V280 can compensate for that, but it is not neutral in any way.
Its like Saying Qled samsung tvs have accurate colors, but it is simply not true.