I politely disagree with your assertion. It performs much better than the distinguished amplifiers that it replaced in my system and is a bargain at the price. It measures at the top end of amplifiers tested by Amir which backs up my subjective assessment.
When they are on they get warm, around 40deg centigrade, regardless of what they are doing. This is the temperature of the metal vent grills. I cannot comment on life expectancy but it does feel like leaving them "running hot" might be worth minimizing.
Ah, yes. Misleading, sorry. I have the DAC / Mini PC and Monos on one energy plug. I was interested in what the combined power consumption was with music playing 35W ....versus me leaving the system on but not playing music 18W.....which I want to do as I have a multiroom LMS setup where I leave the players awake.....nice to know what the background energy consumption is. When the chief goes to bed the smart plugs are powered off so zero energy used during dream time.
That may well be true, but it's not as good as other amps in the same neighbourhood of the SINAD list or amps with the same chip. If you look at 32 tone test, 19 & 20 kHz test and power vs distortion test at different frequencies (higher than 1 kHz) (where measurement available) of this and other amps, you'll see that this mono is behind.
The P122 costs US $750.
Point well made. If dyno testing equipment only is the criteria then of course no argument. There's no denying the science of measurement in that respect. However as noted there's a need for willingness to pay more and in some cases substantially more to get those slightly better numbers. And of course the results at the ear depends on upstream component and a whole other bunch of variables as to what is actually delivered. While measurements may be more impressive my ear is insufficiently golden to notice the numbers. They are to my way of thinking indicative only and a good guide to what is possible under ideal conditions - for one component of a system. Plus its been noted that the upper high frequencies are unlikely to be something most of us can perceive to any significant degree anyway. If your hearing has been tested and proves otherwise then obviously that's a consideration for you.
No, not at all.
The Fosi were already so very cheap via Kickstarter, selling the Muses02s would make the purchase an even better deal that the great deal it already is I would feel like I have cheated the system
Same experience..... I have to crank up the volume to -30dB to -20dB of my Eversolo DAC-Z6 to play my chr120 & maop11 speakers loud. I even tried up to -15dB, the good thing is it is very silent even when I pause the music. And when it is playing , no audible distortion on music.
Test the behavior of the amplifier after being cut off.
Just need a pre amp with some extra juice
Hmmm, my DAC got a 4V output on XLR, do you know which preamp could boost that ?
Sorry what's the problem? Are you really unable to reach your listening volumes or do you simply need to turn the volume up a little more?
20dB gain with XLR,25dB and 31dB with RCA.
