Andrea
Banned - aka HeavySoul - aka inconnu - aka Albert - aka layman - aka joe_average - aka altglos - aka Mr boobi - aka mikesand - aka blindbuy - aka The Well - aka yummy-fi
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Not much,
apart from having had a few audiophile speaker integrated amps (enough, I think, to know what a good sounding amp is) like Primare, Micromega and Atoll. My latest "integrated headphone amp" was the European equivalent of the Pioneer A-35R and apparently sounded very good.
The 3HA is definitely a worthy step ahead of the Pioneer for naturalness (smoothness), transparency, "soundstage".
Lately I've had the Zero headphone amp, too -- surprisingly clean and full sounding for what I paid it, very detailed, perhaps with even a tad more inner detail than the 3HA, but loses out for impact, power, 'aplomb' at high volume. I prefer the Xenos without doubt.
I've only used the Xenos with a (supposedly) better power supply than the supplied one. I wonder if this improves the sound somewhat?
The 3HA is definitely a worthy step ahead of the Pioneer for naturalness (smoothness), transparency, "soundstage".
Lately I've had the Zero headphone amp, too -- surprisingly clean and full sounding for what I paid it, very detailed, perhaps with even a tad more inner detail than the 3HA, but loses out for impact, power, 'aplomb' at high volume. I prefer the Xenos without doubt.
I've only used the Xenos with a (supposedly) better power supply than the supplied one. I wonder if this improves the sound somewhat?
