Recent content by krude
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The JPS Labs: Abyss AB-1266 Impressions Thread
For me, Utopia and Stellia come really close and are a nice alternative. Stellia especially surprised me, it's more of a "commercial" product, but it can rock hard from a simple dongle ... it's actually mind bending what you can get with Stellia from Dragonfly Red when you have a 15k+ system...- krude
- Post #22,490
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Headphone Tube Amps - The hunt for all 300B TUBE AMPS
Why do you like Elrogs? How do they compare to other 300Bs you tried?- krude
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
Same for HA300MK2 🍻- krude
- Post #1,166
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)
To me it's like with dating ... at some point, you just can't be bothered to look for anything better 🤣 it will be too costly, too impractical, and you already have something that ticks most boxes :>- krude
- Post #6,466
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Comment by 'krude' on listing 'Cayin HA300MK2 - Silver U.S. Version - Mint Condition w/Extras'
Great amp, great seller. GLWS. Buyer will not be disappointed :)- krude
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Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)
PayPal doesn't protect sellers outside US and UK sadly 😭- krude
- Post #6,424
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
Btw even reading this brings back Susvara PTSD ... I'm so glad I'm out of that race 😂 TC is soooooo much easier to amp.- krude
- Post #1,147
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
FWIW Oor worked for me a lot better with Susvara than Bliss ... But to get the proper upgrade I think you need a big boy amp like Envy or HA300 ... or maybe a speaker amp. Or maybe Impact+ in GSE will solve this for you. With Susvara you never know. I was really surprised by how it reacted to...- krude
- Post #1,146
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
Choosing a cheaper solution is not the right mindset for a Susvara owner ... Susvara demands a blood sacrifice ! 😂 In all seriousness, Susvara demands every last bit of dynamics you can squeeze out of your chain, even 1db matters. It has this "wake up" point as far as I remember. The problem...- krude
- Post #1,141
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Comment by 'krude' on listing 'Elrog ER300B'
@idairyou helped me a lot with getting some tubes from the US. Very nice and helpful guy so buy with confidence. ER300B is a wonderful tube. I'm keeping mine :) GLWS!- krude
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
TC and Utopia was exactly my solution. Didn't manage to test it with my current stack and I think it might be similar to yours with fully decked out HA300MK2.- krude
- Post #1,138
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
100% my experience. Sold the Sus after 2 years of chasing dynamics 😅- krude
- Post #1,136
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
Are you running with Hypsos? Using analogue volume, pro mode, experimented with HQ filters? How many hours do you have on the Wandla (and presumably Hypsos)? Bliss is a very capable amp but its very ... tame ... by design, so you need a sledgehammer of a dac to get dynamics from Susvara from it...- krude
- Post #1,133
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Ferrum WANDLA - Impressions Thread
Ooof ... you sure its a dac not an amp problem? Are you using Susvara and Bliss by any chance to make this judgement?- krude
- Post #1,131
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Cayin HA-300MK2 (2022) TOTL Transformer coupled Direct Heated Triode Tube HeadAmp (Page 91)
I should warn you that if you keep them for another few months, you will most likely need a break from Taks, put them back in for a few months and be glad you didn't sell them. I already been through this ... 😅- krude
- Post #6,404
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)