BurntheHeadPhoneKid
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I am by no means an expert, I'm just a music lover like you. I have about 20 years experience playing guitar and spent my early 20s working live concerts and Guitar Center during the day. I love the sound of a guitar amp, specifically a live guitar amp over driven pushing a cabinet of speakers. That sound and acoustic experience is my passion. I'm fascinated by the idea of tiny driver in a headphone attempting to replicate that phenomenon. I have never really heard it. Some can recreate the sound but the acoustics and the behavior are always wrong. I have heard some come close. So this is my journey to try and find the real thing.
This was a real treat. I had been wanting to upgrade my desk amp. I had been using a Darkvoice, but I bought a set of HE4XX. The planar driver definitely doesn't like a tube so I started researching. So I began reaching out to Zeos from Z reviews. I was focused on finding an ultra clean desk amp that can power everything and had balanced connections. Also I didn't want to include a dac. I wanted to cut cost. I figured an amp only unit would be more focused from an engineering perspective and yield a better product. The options discussed where the Audo GD 1-Amp, and NFB. The Schiit Jot, Mjolnir, and Asgard. Monoprice Amps and Massdrops various amps(2 weeks before Z heard the 789) etc. His patreon chat and his direct advice led me to the Aune S7. So I emailed Aune.
This was the best part. Candy Mei from Aune is amazing to work with. Unbelievable fast response, gave me a great deal. She even covered shipping for free! I have to say, this was my by far my favorite customer service experience all year! I cant say enuff, Thank you Candy!
Apparently the S7 had concluded production. It was being sold in the US via Massdrop. Massdrop was now only selling the S6 dac/amp. Candy let me know they had a new model called the S7 Pro. I conversed with Zeos, He and I both wanted to know how it compared to the old S7. So I pulled the trigger on an Unknown Model. Dont try that home kids!
1 Week later, it was on my desk. I have never heard the Original S7. If it was anything like this I would have been impressed! This thing is powerful! 4.5w with the balanced connections! It floored me. Also, this is by far the cleanest sounding audio device I have ever heard. This thing was impossible to detect. I had never heard music uncolored like that. I used my 660s for there detail, and couldn't detect anything. It was the first time I ever thought I could here a difference in dacs(Mimby vs SU8 single ended). I had fallen in love! I also had taken pride in doing my research and owning the best amp Zeos had heard. Then Z heard the 789...
So I followed through with my talks with Zeos and sent him the S7 Pro. He still has the Original S7 and did a side by side listen.
Old vid
Short Summary, it's an amazing amp but there's no difference.
I love the Aune S7 Pro so much! It's an amazing amp that I can not recommended more! The sound is unbelievably transparent and there is so much power! I have sold it in favor of trying out the 789. If the 789 is even 80% what this amp was, I'll be happy.
I'll will let you guys know how that goes. Thanks for reading, figured I could maybe help someone trying to make the same choices.
This was a real treat. I had been wanting to upgrade my desk amp. I had been using a Darkvoice, but I bought a set of HE4XX. The planar driver definitely doesn't like a tube so I started researching. So I began reaching out to Zeos from Z reviews. I was focused on finding an ultra clean desk amp that can power everything and had balanced connections. Also I didn't want to include a dac. I wanted to cut cost. I figured an amp only unit would be more focused from an engineering perspective and yield a better product. The options discussed where the Audo GD 1-Amp, and NFB. The Schiit Jot, Mjolnir, and Asgard. Monoprice Amps and Massdrops various amps(2 weeks before Z heard the 789) etc. His patreon chat and his direct advice led me to the Aune S7. So I emailed Aune.
This was the best part. Candy Mei from Aune is amazing to work with. Unbelievable fast response, gave me a great deal. She even covered shipping for free! I have to say, this was my by far my favorite customer service experience all year! I cant say enuff, Thank you Candy!
Apparently the S7 had concluded production. It was being sold in the US via Massdrop. Massdrop was now only selling the S6 dac/amp. Candy let me know they had a new model called the S7 Pro. I conversed with Zeos, He and I both wanted to know how it compared to the old S7. So I pulled the trigger on an Unknown Model. Dont try that home kids!
1 Week later, it was on my desk. I have never heard the Original S7. If it was anything like this I would have been impressed! This thing is powerful! 4.5w with the balanced connections! It floored me. Also, this is by far the cleanest sounding audio device I have ever heard. This thing was impossible to detect. I had never heard music uncolored like that. I used my 660s for there detail, and couldn't detect anything. It was the first time I ever thought I could here a difference in dacs(Mimby vs SU8 single ended). I had fallen in love! I also had taken pride in doing my research and owning the best amp Zeos had heard. Then Z heard the 789...
So I followed through with my talks with Zeos and sent him the S7 Pro. He still has the Original S7 and did a side by side listen.
Old vid
Short Summary, it's an amazing amp but there's no difference.
I love the Aune S7 Pro so much! It's an amazing amp that I can not recommended more! The sound is unbelievably transparent and there is so much power! I have sold it in favor of trying out the 789. If the 789 is even 80% what this amp was, I'll be happy.
I'll will let you guys know how that goes. Thanks for reading, figured I could maybe help someone trying to make the same choices.
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