nyev
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| Townshend Isolation Products. I’ve used Herbie’s (Tender Feet, Big Fat Dots, Spike Decoupling Gliders for speakers), all to great effect. I tried IsoAcoustics Oreas under my amp and other components and returned them. I’ve now tried Townshend Pods under my Tambaqui DAC and now... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @kennyc yes the Mola Mola gear all looks to be top notch. I was only willing to take a gamble on the preamp based on my experiences having owned the standalone Tambaqui which has been fantastic, feeding my Diablo 300 as a standalone DAC and witho... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 , not sure if you’ve read the same, but I’ve read quite a few articles stating why DAC’s with digital volume controls going direct to amplifiers will lack dynamics, depth, and body, while being “edgy”. Christiaan from HiFi Advice has an ... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @62truck , I received the reterminated Dragon back and installed it last night, and my system performance went down - there was a loss in clarity and dynamics vs the stock cable. I replaced the stock cable to be sure, and noticed that the bass wa... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 , my Makua arrived, and yes the holographic presentation is truly great. All issues addressed and there are major improvements on every performance dimension I can think of over the Tambaqui feeding the Essence directly. I really wasn’t e... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @roccl007 thank you for relaying your account of the Diablo 333 and I suspect the reviews won’t come until Gryphon sends units to reviewers and they have had at least a few weeks or preferably longer to evaluate. I’ve heard a few reviewers say the... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? Oh, one thing, I definitely notice quite a significant improvement after warming it up in high bias mode for quite a while. Not quite sure of the actual time yet but it’s over an hour for sure, at least by my ears. In the first hour and for some... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @62truck, @ricky64, I received the Essence in Tuesday and have been running it in continuously (despite Gryphon’s manual indicating it is fully run in in the factory). As absolutely fantastic as the Diablo 300 is, I do think the Essence is a step... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @62truck , there are two buttons under the front of the Essence amp, one that controls the bias level and one that controls the lights. On some photos of the Essence you can see two blue lights shining below the amp. These lights signal where the ... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? One advantage that the Diablo 333 (and my current Diablo 300 for that matter) has over the Essence is that I’ve read that the warmup time for the Essence in Class A mode is rather long. Many hours. However Gryphon has said that it takes only 30m... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 , this may be a flawed approach but currently I’m doing all I can to keep the DAC inside the analog preamp. This is because I have all Audioquest Dragon power cords and one very pricey Dragon interconnect. At this point, I am all Dragoned... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 , in your preamp journey, did you ever try the T+A SDV 3100 HV? It’s the same price as your Accuphase I think, and seems interesting as the embedded DAC in theory should be at the Tambaqui level or even better. And the preamp is analog. ... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 , thank you, and congrats on finding the right components to make your system click! I’ve heard others also say how the Essence amp can be that chameleon that takes on the character of other components. You saying that just now makes me... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 another thing, in case you’ve heard the Makua/Tambaqui combo with the Essence and found it to be too lean for your speakers or worse, no need to hold back and be polite - I’m not the sort to think just because I bought something that it’s... | |
| Anyone bought a Gryphon Diablo 333? @ricky64 I’ve ALMOST followed your path, just recently. I too have a Tambaqui. And with my new Audiovector R6 Arrete speakers, I actually now feel that the Diablo 300 has a touch too much bass and that touch of darkness - the same qualities that I... |