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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..Can’t wait to hear what you think as well, it’s a good week for audio lol
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Qquawn0418 reacted to RobWilde's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.Mine's arrived and I am also doing a shootout between the Mentor and the MJ3.
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Qquawn0418 reacted to Smoothstereo's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.Hence I use a tube preamp/tube buffer between my DAC and MJ3. I can see folks can do the same with Mentor to have the best of both...
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Qquawn0418 reacted to betula's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.Haha! :) Exciting times indeed. Well, I might not keep any of them and dive deeper into tubes in the end, but I certainly can't justify...
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..Really curious to see which amp you end up keeping. Can’t wait for it.
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Qquawn0418 reacted to betula's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.Well, my Mentor has arrived. Can't wait to open the box later tonight.
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..i don’t know, on top of having chokes, i see the MJ3 having more capacitance than the mentor as well. I think power supply was Schiits...
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Qquawn0418 reacted to betula's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.This is a bit of an exaggeration. There were maybe a handful or a dozen cap failures on early production MJ3s, always the same caps...
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..Can’t argue with you there, the internals of the mentor look absolutely fantastic.
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Qquawn0418 reacted to psy472's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.I suspect the Flux Mentor isn’t getting as hot mainly because they use much more expensive components and more conductive materials...
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..i find this very odd, someone mentioned that flux implemented some kind of new heatsink design where the sinks are located under the...
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Qquawn0418 reacted to betula's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.I have received a notification in the evening, that the estimated UPS delivery time is today morning (12 hours in the past). I didn't...
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread Forza AudioWorks Impressions Thread.While i haven’t heard both, forza claims that the Claire isn’t as refined as the noir. So I’d expect it to be a bit brighter maybe, and...
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QHa! Obsession over heat. well sir heat is the enemy of all things electronic for sure. Class A runs hot, the duty cycle is 100%. That...
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Qquawn0418 replied to the thread Schiit Mjolnir 3 - Impressions Thread.Yea i completely agree, i don’t own a fan for my MJ3 although i do elevate it as it will heat up the surface of my desk if i don’t, but...