Macroeynamics and musicality. HPA has plenty of microdinamics but as I said I find it a bit sterile sounding. My EMM Labs seems to have both the HPAs resolution and the musicality/analog sound.

These are the specs for the DAC. Unbalanced seems to output @ 2.3V and Balanced @ 4.6V

Hello guys. Been listening to HD800 for the past 10 years and recently added Susvara to the list. Came across this thread and after reading all, became interested in the Ferrum stack. My system at this time consists of : - Streamer > Aurender N10 with internal HDDs - Dac > Emm Labs DAC2X v2 -...

Are u sure these 2 make streamers ? From what I know they only do DACs and other power conponents !

DAC2X v2 on its way now. Streamer will be added later. For now I will probably use my Macbook and the CDSA as a transport. Linn doesn’t seem to be so popular among enthusiasts and don’t know why. Well regarded Streamers are Aurender, Auralic, Melco, CAD, Lumin, Innuos, Antipodes, Taiko.

Hello guys. Revival of an old thread. Since DA2 is not in my budget range, I am thinking to upgrade from my old EMM Labs CDSAse to DAC 2X v2 + Aurender N10 (second hand for both). Besides the convenience of being able to input sound to the DAC from many more sources (the CDSA can only output)...

Yes, I was surprised too as I know the specs and measurements. However, used as a headphone amp with the same Emm Labs as a source, the sound is much better and has none of the weaknesses noticed on the speaker setup.

Ok, so did the 1st comparison to the Pass XP-10 preamp using the Emm Labs CDSA se as source and Pass x250.5 as amp. Music was mainly rock, pop-country, some jazz like America, Harry Chapin, John Mayall, Eagles, Tom Petty, Kate Bush, Jazz from Opus 3 recording, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson ...

Hello guys. Just received my new Benchmark HPA-4 wich will be linked to a Emm Labs CDSA se player and HD800 headphones. Already tested a demo unit before buying and found it incredibly fast and neutral. My main curiosity now is if it can better or at least equal my Pass Labs XP-10 preamp. If it...

Claire HPC mk2 for my HD800 arrived few days ago to replace my deteriorated OEM cable (the rubber on the upper part of the cable, where L & R split, started to age and crack). I've made comparisons on :   1) PC + Benchmark DAC-1 USB 2) EMM Labs CDSA + Bada PH12   1) Difference is noticeable...

Yes, I was thinking to use an IDE to SATA adapter but don't know if this will work flawlessly. Don't think there are any new drives on sata to have the quality of the old Plextor !

Not enough room for both and besides it's useless to block it just for this task as it will fibd better use at my office.

Hello guys,   My old computer needs to be replaced as it's 10 years old. I'm now using the famous Plextor Premium 2 to write CDs for my Emm Labs Cd player. Unfortunately, the X99 motherboards only have Sata, while Plextor needs Ide. I'm now facing 2 options :   1) Finding a IDE to SATA...

I'm enjoying my HD800s everyday out of an EMM Labs CDSA. I've tried Bada PH-12 (my old amp), DNA Sonett (wich I bought several months ago) and WA6. I was very surprised to find out that I like most my cheap Bada in this system and with about all types of music. Bada had by far the better...

I'm enjoying the HD800s for several months now so they had time to fully break in. My DNA Sonett is also here for about 2 month and I had time to compare it side by side with my old Bada Ph-12. Knowing the glowing review the Sonett got around here I was expecting for the Sonett to blow away my...