Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals

Just wanted to mention that I upgraded to a Eversolo A8... it helped a lot. I'm learning every component matters when doing separates. 

Yes, they do have those tweeters. I also have the Macintosh C12000 preamp so I'm hoping it will soften the highs with its tubes 

@fastfreight yeah, you’re right. I’ve heard Focal on Macintosh which is supposed to be warm and even on that some recordings sounded bright. It really depends on the recording in my opinion. I find that with my Luxman 595, guitar music will sound a bit hard to listen to after a while because it’s recorded with a lot of treble in my opinion. But other music like classical, jazz, and reggae, the brightness of the focals turn to pure magic 

Just to note I haven’t got my new amp yet talking about the Luxman that I currently use which is a great amp to. I’ll be keeping it as a extra

@audphile1 Have you heard the North collection? I haven't heard the previous models but I was told that the previous models were clear and transparent while the North more colored and warm (when compared to the previous models).

I have the amp but it is not hooked up yet... I need someone to help me lift it out of the case. 

I just got it hooked up to my McIntosh C12000 preamp and the Eversolo z8 streamer/dac. I have to say, compare to my Luxman 595 class A amp it sounds thin. My luxman 595, although on the bright side, sounded way fuller and even more holographic.

Compared to the what I heard in the audio store (McIntosh C12000 preamp,  DynAudio Contour Legacy towers and the DAC from Moon streamer(not sure if it was the 891 or 791) there is hardly any bass at all.

The Moon instructions say that ’The performance of this device will continue to improve during the first 100 hours of listening.’... is that why? Will it be that significant? 

So far I have about 10 hours on it. I am starting to hear the beauty come out of it which is really nice. 

One thing that bothers me, though, is.... currently I have just the Eversolo Z8 DAC on it. I have the McIntosh disconnected while I burn 100 hours (in about 2 weeks). 

I have the Eversolo at 70% volume and I feel like it's not as loud as I would like it to be. I can go to 80% but it gets a bit to boomy and tiny bit muddy. For instance, my Luxman 595 is super loud at 60% volume, I can't go louder without blowing the speakers. Will the Moon amp also get louder as the hours burn in? 

I am using balanced inputs from the Eversolo to the Moon Audio amp. Would that mean I am using the Eversolo as a preamp? I use the Eversolo app to stream music from my phone bluetooth.  Is that ok that I have this particular setup or would could there be a mismatch in voltage with the amp that would cause the amp stress? 

Ya, I have the volume up 90% on my phone. This setup is only for breaking in the amp. I don't want to put 100 hours on the Macintosh amp if I'm not really listening. I'm going to try playing the amp on low volume while I sleep at night to try to get 8 hours a night on it.

The ever solo z8 has a Bluetooth connection to my phone. So I play music on my phone and it goes through the eversolo DAC. Normally I would have the ever solo connected to the Macintosh C12000 preamp. Is that what you mean by use as a source to feed the dac?

Question, please:

I have the McIntosh c12000 preamp hooked back up to it along with the eversolo going to the preamp. 

On old recordings where volume is lower (like Ministry Everydays Halloween) I have my McIntosh preamp at 75%.

The eversolo is at 85% and my cell phone volume is at 90%. I am scared to increase the eversolo and cell phone volume to 100% because I am scared it would introduce to much gain and mess up the speakers. 

If I had a wifi streamer .... would I lose that extra volume the cell phone gives and have even less volume? 

It is a little disappointing to me to have to go that high to 75% on the moon on older recordings. Makes me wonder if I should of gotten to McIntosh 611 monoblocks instead so I never run out of power.