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| Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?) @regismc Have you compared the Athena to the Serene or Kinki EX-P27 by any chance? | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @jackd I've used the EX-M7 with both the Supratek Chardonnay via XLR and the Don Sachs Model 2 via RCA and had no problems with either. The problems that Srajen had when he tried both his Nagra and later his Vinnie Rossi preamps had to due with... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @jackd The Verity's are driven by either the BHK 250 or the Kinki EX-M7 with the Supratek Chardonnay. I noticed that, due to their amps being direct DC coupled, Kinki advise against using their power amps with tube preamps as DC offset could ca... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @jackd As to the issue of the M7 and tube preamps. I didn't really think the match with the BHK was bad just didn't have the warmth and magic that the pairing with the two 6SN7 preamps have. Though the BHK has some degree of the tube feel and ... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @jackd Just wondering how much better your BHK/EX-M7 and Chardonnay/EX-M7 combos sounded than your EX-M1 and in what ways?A while back I tried to downsize my tube pre/tube amp combo to the EX-M1 (original) but although the EX-M1 was very impressiv... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @arafiq I've been experimenting with some different gear lately in my second system. I picked up a Kinki EX-M1+ last week, and I must say my experience is almost the same as yours. It is a good competent amp and does all the 'modern' tricks of n... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @sns Wow, thanks so much for the detailed response. It provides great context and much for me to think about. I've never heard a First Watt amp class A amp but can't go for a class A amp given that one of the justifications for a new amp is that ... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @sns The extreme darkness, closed in voicing of Hyperion leads me to believe company doesn't voice their products towards the neutral. After everything I've read on the Hestia/Hyperion/Athena, I don't think that there is any doubt that these un... | |
| Kinki studio EX-M1, EX-M1+ differences... vs Denafrips Hestia/ Hyperion combo? @regismc & @jackd Very interesting reading your comments/experiences on the Kinki and Denafrips gear as I'm considering heading that way.I'm currently running Auralic G1 > Holo Spring L2 > Herron VTSP-3 > Rogue Stereo 100 > Silve... | |
| Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?) I wouldn't put a lot of stock into either of those two reviews. As someone who owns the Serene, I'm just saying. @jnds As someone interested in either the Serene or Athena I'm very interested to hear what you didn't like about the Serene, where y... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 Success!This morning I moved the active subwoofer off the pre-amp’s second SE output and onto the Stereo 100’s speaker outputs. At the same time I flicked the Stereo 100 back to Triode mode. From my audio spares box I’d retrieved a pair of Harmoni... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 @avanti1960 ... important to note is that the rogue RH 5 sounds much more dynamic than the RP 5 (no balanced connections either). it even sounds better than the twice as expensinve RP 7 which i owned. I was very disappointed in the lack of dynam... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 @avanti1960 and @jjss49 Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, good information for me to digest as I consider the next step.I noticed that like me, Herb Reichert (Stereophile reviewer) was using both the Holo Spring DAC and Rogue ST100 power ... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 the hegel h20 is outstanding (and superior to the parasound) ...@jjss49 In what ways did you feel that the H20 sounded better than the A21+? ... but even if you like extra power it may be overkill for your silverlines "Overkill" for the Silv... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 @avanti1960 - Wow, awesome feedback from somebody lucky enough to have owned/heard a number of the options I’m looking at. Thanks for taking the time to detail your experience, very helpful indeed.I have run the ST100 in both triode and ultralinea... |