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Francois

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I was very apprehensive ordering this little beast. I knew there are some review that are out there that praises it. Some go as crazy as to compare it with DAC's like the Chord DAVE and EMMLabs DAC's  :nutter:


The Headphome amp is already being touted as brilliant. A small step down from the iCAN professional headphone amplifier


Ill put it like this. I HAVE the EMMLAbs XDS1 V2 here. It has been my benchmark for ANY comparison. Beaten ONLY by the dCS Vivaldi...


and now THIS DAC.  :facepalm: :sweat:


My reference speakers for the past year was Sonus Amati's (all sold), the Franko Serblin masterpiece..... THIS dac brings up the B&W800D to the same level. Gosh I can only imagine if I had the Homage at hand to compare.


The three output mode are masterpieces. The SS is crystal clear and super detail, the middle valve setting the best to me. The Valve + lush and incredibly huge.


Another two in the way....I didnt expect such a high end bargain
 
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