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This has been the primary amp in my desktop headphone system for the past year. Probably 200-300 hours on it, tops. In mint condition. Sounds great and packs a punch. Includes stock tubes plus a pair of matched GE JAN 5670W tubes (installed) from Riverstone Audio ($45 dollar value). Includes AC...

Hey everyone. I've finally received my THX 789 and was excited to set it up, but I'm not hearing any audio with my setup. I have a pair of HiFiMAN Arya with a balanced cable which I used to plug into my Topping DX7s and it works great. I've received my THX 789 which I was excited to plug in and...

Just wondering if anyone knows of any... for example, the THX 789/887 have SE passthrough but not balanced. So far haven't found any that offer this. Thanks for any tips :)

Thought I would start here first, maybe I should ask this in the crown 2502 thread ? Brand spanking new to this, I have no experience with any equipment, other than my su-8 and thx 789.....Looking to buy Buchardt s400 and crown 2502 amp. Will hook up to smsl su-8 balanced DAC from PC...

Hi Guys This is my first post on this forum. I am just starting my journey in to buying hifi equipment. I tried to search for similar topics already posted in this forum buy couldn't find any so started this one. I am looking for a DAC to feed in to Luxman 590 AXii. On the basis of my...

Hello! I'm a fellow newbie ""audiphile"". My question here is: I'm about to buy a new DACAMP I have 2 opitons (both used): Audio GD R2R 11 Audio GD HFB10.33 The R2R is a bit cheaper, but my problem here is that i can't decide which model would be better for me. The R2R Model uses a better...

Looking for a budget DAC to pair with my Lake People G109-A. I was wanting to get the non-balanced SDAC, but I don't think Massdrop's gonna put it up anytime soon again. So now I'm choosing either from the Balanced SDAC and the OL DAC, and was wondering if the balanced inputs are worth it's $50...

Hey all, I have a (noob) question about connecting my soon-to-arrive gear. I have a Topping D10 DAC with RCA outputs and will soon have a Cayin iHA-6 amp. If I connect the amp and DAC using an RCA cable with no balanced adapter, will I be able to use the balanced outputs of the amp or will I...

Hi, I've been upgrading my audio setup and as I moved along the journey, I've noticed that with the kind of costs balanced XLR cables have... They easily have the potential to cost just about most of the reasonable DAC+AMP Combos themselves... Sometimes more! This is especially true of you have...

I am new to High End audio and have the Dragonfly Red (single Ended) DAC and have the Massdrop THX 789 Amp that has both balanced and single ended inputs and outputs.. My question is since the DAC is single ended, would connecting the DAC to the Dual XLR inputs of the Amp using a 3.5mm to dual...

I saw someone on Reddit post this morning that they'd gotten this DAC/AMP, which was the first I'd heard of it. Searching Aliexpress lead me to these...

I see this 3.5mm to XLR balanced : https://www.amazon.com/balanced-Female-Balanced-Hi-end-adapter/dp/B07C992Q1L, does it make a real balanced? How much improvement for balanced dac's like SMSL SU-8? I was wondering because I only see a balanced cable for EL-8 At an astonishing 310$ price...

What are the pros and cons of using a single dac versus a balanced design. Considering it is feeding into balanced topology to a balanced headphone with my benchmark hpa4... It's the only thing in my chain that is not balanced. Is this fine? I considered implementation to be more important. But...

Benchmark application notes explains why balanced is superior to unbalanced and under what circumstances it really matters. https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/balanced-vs-unbalanced-analog-interfaces