[ecwl]

This is correct. I'm not ignoring you guys, I just can't make it to the meet.

Bummer. Next time. We miss your presence.

 

[Viper2005]

Thanks @Armaegis for hosting the meet up! Nice to see new and familiar faces. Happy Christmas everyone!

 

[Armaegis]

It was great to see everyone! We had @Progisus @Viper2005 @ecwl @rifi @Rubin and myself.

 

[Rubin]

Thanks, again @Armaegis! It was great getting to see some familiar faces and to meet @Progisus.

 

[Progisus]

@Armaegis Thanks very much. It was long overdue for me and I truly enjoyed meeting you and the gang. Happy Holidays!

 

[Armaegis]

Anyone here got an entry level headamp they want to offload? A coworker of mine is looking to dip his toes into the fray and has a budget of roughly $300.

 

[Rubin]

I have the Liquid Gold X, but it's kind of overpowered for most headphones. It's also got a DAC .

 

[Armaegis]

He's running some hifimans, so he may be interested. I'll drop you a text.

 

[JiomBbon]

Anyone here got an entry level headamp they want to offload? A coworker of mine is looking to dip his toes into the fray and has a budget of roughly $300.

Hey, that’s awesome that your coworker is looking to get into the headphone world! For a $300 budget, you’ve got a few solid options.

 

[Armaegis]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Did anyone get new audio toys?

 

[Progisus]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Did anyone get new audio toys?

Merry Christmas… my daughter is bringing back my kann alpha cause phone/spotify is all a millennial needs.

 

[Velomane]

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[ecwl]

Merry Christmas… my daughter is bringing back my kann alpha cause phone/spotify is all a millennial needs.

Haha. You might as well sell the Kann Alpha and just buy her AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max. I’m still surprised that’s what I use nowadays when I travel. I stream Qobuz lossless and let the iPhone/ipad convert to AAC lossy and it sounds surprisingly good. Definitely better than my similarly priced gear from 10-15 years ago.

I think partly it’s because of DSP to the Harman curve so you don’t have the weird frequency responses from the no DSP all analog era. And you don’t have to worry about impedance mismatch between the amp and headphones or overdriving the headphones. Maybe partly, it’s just better material and design? Not sure.

That said, I haven’t totally given up on getting wired IEMs for Hugo 2/mojo for travel while I put the AirPods Max on top so I can block out the airplane noise.

Anyway. Merry Christmas everyone.

 

[Beefy]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Did anyone get new audio toys?

We've spoken elsewhere, but I bought myself an Arcam A25 for the lounge room, ostensibly under the guise of Xmas. Replaces my old NAD C356BEE and AMB gamma2, feeding the Dayton RS722 (aka Dr K's MTM) for TV/Xbox/Streamer duties. I was surprised just how much more OOMPH the new amp has into the 4R load.

And just last night, I also ordered myself a new rPi setup to play around with as a dedicated music server.

 

[ecwl]

We've spoken elsewhere, but I bought myself an Arcam A25 for the lounge room, ostensibly under the guise of Xmas. Replaces my old NAD C356BEE and AMB gamma2, feeding the Dayton RS722 (aka Dr K's MTM) for TV/Xbox/Streamer duties. I was surprised just how much more OOMPH the new amp has into the 4R load.

And just last night, I also ordered myself a new rPi setup to play around with as a dedicated music server.

My very first integrated amplifier and first foray into audio was the Arcam Alpha 5 integrated amplifier in 1994. i liked it so much that eventually I upgraded to a used Arcam FMJ A22 integrated amplifier in 2004. Arcam makes great stuff. And I like their sound. Even though I have now moved on, I still have extremely fond memories of their products. I think you’ll enjoy your A25 for many years to come.