There are things this amp isn't the best at, and you've focused in on some of them. The imaging isn't pinpoint, the transients are not super crisp...
I don't have it with me right now and haven't heard it for a few months, but Lyr 3 was my preferred amp for a long while and never totally fell...
These days even a lot of the cheap headamps have very low Zout, and high output power even into something like an 8 ohm load, and amps like that...
If the hum is a problem for you on your system then it's a problem. There's definitely some hum on the headphone out, but I only hear it on the...
The three things I've tried on this are HD800, HD6XX, and Elex. HD800 was the best by a lot. I didn't like HD6XX much, felt it was warm on warm on...
I was wondering whether there was a good actual budget tube amp to try with HD800, but I'm sort of in disbelief at what this is supposedly...
Interestingly, the Callia has a setting for this, which they blame on the SACD specification at some point changing its maximum peak level from 0...
"Everything is in Korean for no reason" usually means I can't find the track anywhere else, too. The CDs won't go away without a fight.
Chinese brands do speakers, but maybe with more of a "sell it cheap on Amazon" focus.
Is whatever it does helpful for DACs, etc where the USB input is not good, or is this mostly just a matter of cleaning noisy outputs? Would guess...
Schiit is just good at getting the word out about their stuff. Which I suppose means they don't really need the awards anyway. With respect to...
I wouldn't have either, but my main amp for them is haunted. The low gain sounds a lot more relaxed than I thought it would, but somehow most of...
HD800 from Piety is a great success in turning a headphone into something it isn't. Or maybe just something I didn't think it would be.
I get the chart exaggeration for effect, but the difference of opinion from headphones to speakers here is pretty big. Is that an important...
If you want something in the same sonic universe, Lyr 3 was around at the same time and is similar. I don't think they sound identical, but I...
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