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Benchmark HPA4

Discussion in 'Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units' started by skem, Aug 8, 2018.

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    Tried this at AXPONA today with Focal Stellia, was immediately impressed. I have been dumping SS amps but I may have to pick this up to see what it can do.
     
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    I had some time with the HPA4 at Canjam and I was also pretty impressed. There's a sweet spot of drivability where the HPA4 excels, as a lighter, smaller system with more flexibility on the DAC end compared to the AHB2. In particular I really liked how the HPA4 complemented the Mysphere 3.2 and the Utopia, both cans that are slightly too sensitive to be driven straight off the AHB2's taps.
     
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