[madbull]

Is the built in USB DAC module mediocre? I'm thinking of buying this amp but it'll completely blow my budget. Can't afford a good DAC on top of it.

 
I think it works very fine. Haven't exactly compared with my other dacs, but on the cd I mentioned above, I was able to hear things I haven't heard before on the track "Rambling on my mind", something that to my ears passes as an annoying background talk (maybe someone downstairs as it was recorded on a hotel?). That noise was already clear before on other systems I have listened, but now I can hear this talking (on a lower level) even in the midlle of the song, at some moments.
 
Not to mention the other acoustic tracks, where it seems like the the recording team can't just shup up their mouths at the beginning of some songs. That's is something I pretty clearly heard.
 
But maybe this is not just a dac thing, but the extreme analytic qualities of HE6. I can't really know by now.
 
I have the 24/192 usb input.
 
I bought this because I was tired of too much cable (an extra power cable for DAC, interconnection cables) and so I am pretty satisfied.
 
By the way: to the guy who asked how is it with TH900. Another great match. As good, or even better, than my Phonitor, but I should make a direct comparison still, as Phonitor does wonders also with that can.

 

[Nomax]

V281 or Phonitor 2? Pros and cons? About same price. Any experience with both?

PHONITOR 2 is GREAT but V281 is also GREAT FOR power hungry headphones

Keep your eyes open NEW PHONITOR from SPL with build in DAC will come in the near TIME FUTURE

REGARDS NOMAX

 

[CoLdAsSauLt]

Project86, you wouldn't happen to have any experience with the Phonitor 2? I'm also quite curious how it stacks up to the Taurus MK II and the V281...
Somebody else here who heard two, or preferably all three of 'em? Thanks!

 

[xaval]

   
By the way: to the guy who asked how is it with TH900. Another great match. As good, or even better, than my Phonitor, but I should make a direct comparison still, as Phonitor does wonders also with that can.

How about those T1? I'd appreciate your impressionsm, specially if they're unbalanced. 

 

[Red Jacket Mike]

So if this amp is going to be great with all of my headphones (LCD-X, HD-800 and TH-900) I guess I'm going to have to order one . . .

 

[rnsto]

john/projekt 86,
can you tell how the violectric Hpa V281 stacks on the yulong da8?

 

[Viper2005]

V281 in the house!! 
 

 
 
 
 
Quote:

john/projekt 86,
can you tell how the violectric Hpa V281 stacks on the yulong da8?

 
Initial impression is that the DA8 / V281 combo is great with both the LCD X and HD800!

 

[rnsto]

Wow Viper thats a nice set up you got there

 

[madbull]

  How about those T1? I'd appreciate your impressionsm, specially if they're unbalanced. 

 
I don't have T1s anymore neither HD800s.
 
My profile needs to be updated.

 

[madbull]

   
Initial impression is that the DA8 / V281 combo is great with both the LCD X and HD800!

That's really a nice setup your have there man. Can you specify all its components? I don't know all these dacs/amps/whatever. But they look wonderful together. Enjoy you V281.

 

[Viper2005]

 
That's really a nice setup your have there man. Can you specify all its components? I don't know all these dacs/amps/whatever. But they look wonderful together. Enjoy you V281.

Thank you  
 
The components are
Left side:  Yulong A28 amp, DA8 DAC, P18 Power Conditioner
Right side: Violectric V200, V281

 

[lunz]

My V281 is expected to arrive this afternoon !!! Just can't wait.
 
And I have to say, it took only one week between the order and the reception of the good in South East Asia, I wasn't expecting a delivery this fast !

 

[Zkadoush]

Thank you  
 
The components are
Left side:  Yulong A28 amp, DA8 DAC, P18 Power Conditioner
Right side: Violectric V200, V281

 


Hi Viper2005,

I have a pair of HD 800s and I'm getting a pair of LCD-Xs at the end of November. I'm also quite interested in the V281. I was initially going to upgrade my V100 to a V200, when I found out the V281 was in the works, and of course everything points towards the V281 being Violectric's top Amp.

Nevertheless, the LCD-Xs are far from needing a power beast like the V281, let alone a V200. The HD 800s should neither need more power than the V200 has on tap.

Aside from the amazing power the V281 can deliver (for cans that really need it, like the HE-6 or the K1000), the rest of the specs appear to be relatively similar, but giving the V200 the upper hand in THD+N, Noise, and especially when it comes to Crosstalk and Damping factor. (The V200 does of course not have a balanced output like the V281.) With that in mind, and seeing that you have both the V200 and the V281, which are the substantial advantages that you would have in mind when considering the V281 over the V200, specifically for the HD 800s and the LCD-Xs?

Cheers!

 

[Viper2005]

Hi Viper2005,

I have a pair of HD 800s and I'm getting a pair of LCD-Xs at the end of November. I'm also quite interested in the V281. I was initially going to upgrade my V100 to a V200, when I found out the V281 was in the works, and of course everything points towards the V281 being Violectric's top Amp.

Nevertheless, the LCD-Xs are far from needing a power beast like the V281, let alone a V200. The HD 800s should neither need more power than the V200 has on tap.

Aside from the amazing power the V281 can deliver (for cans that really need it, like the HE-6 or the K1000), the rest of the specs appear to be relatively similar, but giving the V200 the upper hand in THD+N, Noise, and especially when it comes to Crosstalk and Damping factor. (The V200 does of course not have a balanced output like the V281.) With that in mind, and seeing that you have both the V200 and the V281, which are the substantial advantages that you would have in mind when considering the V281 over the V200, specifically for the HD 800s and the LCD-Xs?

Cheers!

 
The 281 does have its own character that is a bit different from the v200.  I would not say that the 281 is merely a v200 with more power.
I find the v281 has a bit more treble energy up top, compared to the v200.  I always felt that the v200 had a tiny bit of treble rolloff at the top but it does not feel that way with the 281. 
I also find (perhaps as a result of the extra treble energy) that the soundstage is improved with the 281, at least in balanced mode.  Both my HD800 and LCDx are using balanced cables.
You can also never have enough power  ^^

 

[Zkadoush]

 
The 281 does have its own character that is a bit different from the v200.  I would not say that the 281 is merely a v200 with more power.
I find the v281 has a bit more treble energy up top, compared to the v200.  I always felt that the v200 had a tiny bit of treble rolloff at the top but it does not feel that way with the 281. 
I also find (perhaps as a result of the extra treble energy) that the soundstage is improved with the 281, at least in balanced mode.  Both my HD800 and LCDx are using balanced cables.
You can also never have enough power  ^^

 


Thanks for your honest and above all sober impressions, Viper 2005.

Kind of makes you wish the V281 had justy two balanced outputs. If the balanced will always be an upgrade to the unbalanced outputs, why bother with them. I also believe two balanced outputs would also justify the higher cost of the V281 much better.

Cheers!