Simple joys of life. The legacy lives on. :L3000:

Simple joys of life.

Not disagreeing with you here, but I always found the stock lambskin pads on the AC sort of holds it back from it's full potential technical wise because of the high bass boost. I feel that those lambskin pads are more suitable when your source chain are on the analytical side. To my ears, the...

The expression on your cat is pure gold I think he is indeed pleased with your amp

Thanks for the detailed write up, really is appreciated. What pads did you use for each HP in the comparisons?

Chord DAVE has quite large soundstage, among largest in the DACs ive heard. Chord TT2 has decent body and but slighly less soundstage. The Burson amps are also a more budget friendly option but still also deliver a large soundstage. Bartok has slightly lower soundstage than DAVE but has more...

I find the dcs forums to be more useful to get more info on the bartok. Personally I feel the Bartok is one of the most well built products in audio. Alot of these high end dacs are often so clunky to use that they feel like a product still in beta. The Bartok on the other hand is a...

Tomas' amps are magical when you pair the high-z output and a high-z HP such as your HD800. I got similar results with my Beyer T1 and ZMF Atrium closed. Personally the amp improve the atriums' performance level close to that of uber TOTL HPs.

Thank you for these detailed write ups. People like me who don't get a chance really appreciate it

There is something magical about the atrium biocell driver combined with the ADS. In particular it's spatial qualities stand out I find that to get best results, you to go high gain or impedance settings on your amp. This will increase the tonal density and richness of notes. With this all the...

I nabbed a pair of NOS RCA 6550s for a good price but USPS just updated me today that the package is pretty much lost. Its been two weeks past the supposed arrival date. Am super annoyed about that. Was in the same boat as you when I returned one of my HPs for repair. USPS is really not to be...

Pikachu sticker increases power output and dynamic range btw ;)

TOTL Listening away from home. Travelling abroad this week and decided to bring diablo idsd (1st gen) with the AC. Even with the Caldera suede pads, the diablo provided decent soundstage and reasonable amount of bass heft and detail. Great clarity with mids and treble. Using the moon audio blue...

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Happy for you buddy Personally I'm keen to try the bokeh suedes sometime in the near future