[Law87]

me and Robertsm traded amp earlier in the weeks, I gotta say, its extremely hard for me to let go of the Woo Audio WA6-se I had, but my susvara needed more power. I hope it doesnt disappoint me.

 

[RobertSM]

me and Robertsm traded amp earlier in the weeks, I gotta say, its extremely hard for me to let go of the Woo Audio WA6-se I had, but my susvara needed more power. I hope it doesnt disappoint me.

Welcome to the V281 owners club. Tons and tons of information here. Also, I noticed the owners are usually very willing to help and answer questions and give advice.

Also, I think you'll learn that with V281 flexibility with DIP switches for headphone gain and output flexibility to act as a preamp, this bad boy is in the hall of fame for amps!

 

[Fegefeuer]

goodbye RobertSM

 

[Kozwoz]

I reached out to Violectrics and would like to post this here to clear this up once and for all. The internal amp circuitry of V200, V220, V280, V281 are identical. According to them all these amps sound identical with unbalanced headphones, when driven with the same source. Also the preamp quality of V220 and V281 is identical.

 

[Fegefeuer]

Only the V281 can blast this album with the LCD-4 as it's meant to be though

https://tidal.com/browse/album/125917739

 

[AudioPowerHead]

Welcome to the V281 owners club. Tons and tons of information here. Also, I noticed the owners are usually very willing to help and answer questions and give advice.

Also, I think you'll learn that with V281 flexibility with DIP switches for headphone gain and output flexibility to act as a preamp, this bad boy is in the hall of fame for amps!

I see you have traded this for the Woo Audio WA6-se. If I remember correctly, you also own the SPL Phonitor 2.
Sad to see you leaving the Violectric/LP bandwagon though.

 

[Fegefeuer]

He's going for the new gen.

 

[Ichos]

I reached out to Violectrics and would like to post this here to clear this up once and for all. The internal amp circuitry of V200, V220, V280, V281 are identical. According to them all these amps sound identical with unbalanced headphones, when driven with the same source. Also the preamp quality of V220 and V281 is identical.

Well I have stated that thousand times in this thread....

 

[AudioPowerHead]

He's going for the new gen.

Or Niimbus perhaps...

 

[RobertSM]

goodbye RobertSM

Thank you.

But you're all not getting rid of me so easily. I still own the Violectric V850. And @Fegefeuer and @AudioPowerHead are both correct. I will be without a Violectric amp only for a short time. My plan this Summer will be to either have a new gen Violectric or maybe the Niimbus. To be 100% honest the Niimbus is probably too much of a stretch with my budget. So most likely the next gen.

I'll still be around in the forums. My praise and appreciation for Violectric hasn't changed. But as we all know in life...nothing stays the same.

 

[Simple Man]

Well Robert, if you also want to say goodbye to your v850, please let me know.

 

[actionfinger]

Hello,

I run my V280 with the internal DAC. I can think of an upgrade to the new V380 to get a better dac, but in Germany you will only get around 800€ for a used V280. So I don’t want to loose 1000€ in one year. So.. to upgrade my Amp, I am thinking about update my dac section. Are there any recommendations?
And what will the new lineup mean for the price of the old series?

 

[Fegefeuer]

The new generation will mark the end of the current, only a selected few will reappear in new form factors.

V281 and 280 will go into EOL

If you are happy with the v280, wait it out until you are much more comfortable to upgrade. The listening experience will not get worse in the meanwhile.

Upgrading your DAC is a good idea. What are you using right now? Which headphones do you use? Are they all balanced?

 

[actionfinger]

Now I am using the xmos chip in my V280.
Currently, i am using the Focal Clear, Denon 9200. I sold my Sundaras for upgrading to a bigger planar. But this is an other story. I always get custom balanced cables for my headphones.

 

[Fegefeuer]

My DAC recommendations are

Bifrost 2 - best value, very good tone/timbre, extension

Gungnir Multibit - lively, jumpy, emphasizes transients, more punch and slam as BF2 but tonally colder.

Matrix X-Sabre Pro - most neutral, very clear, images rather flat


V850 - no nonsense DAC, politer than the rest, more rounded than most, no digititus at all

Convert-2 - for the crazy and bold, very hardhitting and jumpy, very exciting and good tone, kinda polished like Ubisoft's Antialiasing, not the very best in microdetails but still very good, 19" format and not the best build/design.

Yggdrasil Analog 2 - amazing tone and timbre, hard hitting bass, warmer than Gungnir but still great attack

Never heard Hugo 2 or Qutest.