yyzsantabarbara
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| Sold my Linn Klimax Solo, now I wanted an Integrated The new Mola Mola Kula integrated amp. Has one of the best DACs inside it. It is a shame that they did not use a Purifi amp model (pretty sure they did not). Which is shocking since Bruno was associated with Mola Mola (in the past) and now Purifi.... | |
| No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why? I did something very acoustically low tech this week. It could be a smart or a stupid idea. It was done for my back health and to also get away from my desktop computer while I listen to headphone music. So less A’gon posts by me.I got a big bean ... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Thanks for the feedback on the "after BHA-1 amps". I will take a look at the first 2 you mentioned. I am also going to look at this amp, Broadway by Eleven Audio XIAUDIO Fully Balanced Headphone Amplifierhttps://abyss-headphones.com/collec...io-f... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Yesterday I was discussing the LA4 with someone who uses is the Davinci DAC from DCS. He uses the LA4 (same as the HPA4 minus headphone amp) and thinks it is great. Maybe your sound issue is the headphone amp of the Bartok. https://forum.audiog... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Why not give the HPA4 a free home trial. You put the Bartok XLR outputs into input #1 of the HPA4 which is supposed to be optimized for DACs. Last night I went to bed listening to the BHA-1 + Meze and Springsteen's River album. That edginess you ... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Going from the warm sound to no sound maybe something to see if you would like with a home trial first. What amps and source do you have? | |
| No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why? They acoustic engineer who will be helping me next with my room + speakers told me to consider the following.PS. Heavy velour drapes like https://www.acoustic-curtains.com/curtains/acoustic-curtains/ work wonders.I initially worked with GIK Acous... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC I have the Meze Empy but not a lot of headphone experience. I get fatigue real quick with a bad setup so I was reluctant to go to headphones but I took a chance. I now have the Benchmark HPA4 and the Bryston BHA-1 headphone amps. I upgraded my Mez... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? @fast I hated headphones since I thought they sounded awful and gave me fatigue. The HPA4 was reputed to be one of the best headphone amps in the world. So for $500 more than the LA4 I thought it would be a good idea to get the HPA4, just in case ... | |
| Partly passive preamp? @fast As with yourself, I was also looking for a preamp that was very benign to the signal coming in. The 2 that I narrowed my focus on were the Mola Mola Makua $12K - $20K and the Benchmark LA4 $2.5K. I ended up getting the HPA4 at $3K. The HPA4 ... | |
| Partly passive preamp? There is a few posts in the LA4 preamp thread today that gives some examples of the quality of the LA4. You got nothing to lose other than $2500 if you do the 30 day free trial from Benchmark. I use a HPA4 with a few analog sources including a DAC... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? @nedkuehn - Benchmark is selling the LA4 | HPA4 | AHB2 very well. I have made 3 orders in the last 4 months and they are always running out. I hope to get my amp this month after ordering it 3 weeks ago. I inquired with Rory Rail, sales guy at Ben... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? @nedkuehn You did what I am hoping to do with the HPA4. I was going to get the Mola Mola Makua at close to $20K but I kept reading that the LA4 is like a $20K preamp and also silent like the Makua. So I tried the HPA4 and I came to the same conclu... | |
| Where do you buy your CDs these days? I have a few CD's I am throwing away. I got my old CD's and SACD's out of storage and set them up on my CD rack. However, the extras that did not fit on the rack are going to be removed. I see that Goodwill may take these CD from the posts on this... | |
| Focal Headphone Repairs? Audiogon is a pretty big deal. If Focal had any marketing savvy they would fix the OP headphones immediately. A thread like this one is not going to help sales and perceptions. |