Recent content by pluplog

Looks like another winning amp... my wallet grins at me.

I've had mine for about a month now, and I've said elsewhere on a another thread, I like them (with and without EQ). The weight doesn't bother me, but these are absolutely open as open can be (I heard everything in the room)

Thanks @solderdude @AnalogSteph, I might have a look and check the power supply as a last resort. @Geshelli, I've DM'ed you. I had sent out 2 emails to try and follow up but there was no reply from your end. Maybe it went to spam or something.

That's a rather bizzare comment, why is it uncomfortable? I've had class A amps that run way hotter than that (still have a Nuforce HA-200 on my desk) and adjusting the volume knob even then isn't much of a bother. The L30 runs way way lower.

Something I learnt from this forum - denial is strong, like no-that-cannot-be-true strong.

Added the HEDDphones recently - was a blind buy (didn't get to audition them) but so far I like them a lot. Weight is probably the biggest issue brought up by others but I have no issues with heavy tanks over my skull. These are some of the most "open" headphones I've had - I can hear everything...

Software engineer (with a love for many languages - I spent the last 12 years having written production code in Python, Ruby, Haskell, Clojure, Go and Javascript), though of late my role has moved towards more managerial/people duties vs being purely hands on. I cook and bake a lot in my free...

It's probably not worth the effort to ship it back. I'll wait a week or 2 more to see if they follow up with a reply.

I run Tidal/Spotify desktop applications on Windows (with Equalizer APO), on my Linux workstation I use cmus with PulseEffects for EQ.

I ordered an Archel2 Pro after reading the reviews here and I wanted a small-ish amp to put in the bedroom for ad-hoc listens. There was some initial back and forth that they don't directly ship to my location but in the end I figured I'll take a bet and order through a forwarding service. Fast...

Got mine in the mail a few days ago, really great amp! Using with the E30 and I have to say, Topping really does it well. :D

I guess with ergonomics it's really personal; sorry to hear the S4X was such a horrid experience. Hopefully the Clears will be a good tradeoff for your use case. Thanks for the update.

I understood the X came about from various feedback from the original S4s but I'm not quite sure what the improvements were: the headband and earpads? I get what you mean with the over-ears... though it doesn't bug me as much. I have a LCD-2 and a newly acquired HEDDphone for late night...

The Archel2 Pro looks really good (I just put in an order for one) on the measurements, I'm pretty sure won't have any issues driving the Sundara with them.