Bragging rights, level steampunkIt's for when you're out running with it!![]()
I suspect they want the electronics to be "unique" too, and degrade the performance this way.Devices like these make me mad. Why? If you're designing an expensive piece of gear, getting a particular aesthetic and carry a famous name; why do they have to provide a bad performance?
Sure, make it luxurious, heavy and make it feel unique. But give the customer great performance and features too,. It's not that electronics are that hard to do in this time and age.
The Verdict
I was super impressed with the HPA-1. It might sound cliche, but there are certain products you listen to that make you want to start digging through your music so you can hear just how good everything will sound. The HPA-1 is one of those products. I enjoyed it with every headphone and every piece of music I threw at it, though I will say that classical, jazz, blues, and live music were particular highlights, thanks to a wide soundstage and touch of warmth.
You do have to wonder, had someone stuck the guts of a JDS Atom into that case, what they would have said. My guess is, exactly the same!Sara Schweiger of Moon Audio says:
![]()
Who says it wasn’t in thereYou do have to wonder, had someone stuck the guts of a JDS Atom into that case, what they would have said. My guess is, exactly the same!
Make them unique with features such as EQ, balanced connections, Dirac...I suspect they want the electronics to be "unique" too, and degrade the performance this way.
Standard solutions have become standard for a reason.
Do you need to taste every pile of shit to gain experience about what it tasks like?You should take the polls away, im sure 90% of people voting dont have any experience with this amplifier or most of the polled items.
You’re quite closeminded for even speaking that first sentence. As for the second, the 90% is a very wide estimate. This amp is almost $4000, I highly doubt most voters have heard it, so what point is the vote besides to regurgitate the opinion in the original review?Do you need to taste every pile of shit to gain experience about what it tasks like?
You also mean to say that 10% of voters have experience with the amp? That would be an interesting surprise!
At least my brain doesn’t fall out…You’re quite closeminded for even speaking that first sentence.
There is no need to hear it. For about 1/20 the price we can get something with orders of magnitude better objective performance.As for the second, the 90% is a very wide estimate. This amp is almost $4000, I highly doubt most voters have heard it, so what point is the vote besides to regurgitate the opinion in the original review?
If we all listened to it, veils may fall and Prodigy might turn into Diana Krall.You’re quite closeminded for even speaking that first sentence. As for the second, the 90% is a very wide estimate. This amp is almost $4000, I highly doubt most voters have heard it, so what point is the vote besides to regurgitate the opinion in the original review?
Better objectively in these specific tests yes, but a poll isn’t needed to verify anything “objective.” Its like being shown a slideshow showing all the poor numbers of a product and then asking the audience whether the product is good or not. The poll has nothing to do with whether people have heard it so why does ASR need that reassurance? If its really a measurements focus then post them and leave it at thatAt least my brain doesn’t fall out…
There is no need to hear it. For about 1/20 the price we can get something with orders of magnitude better objective performance.
Better objectively in these specific tests yes, but a poll isn’t needed to verify anything “objective.” Its like being shown a slideshow showing all the poor numbers of a product and then asking the audience whether the product is good or not. The poll has nothing to do with whether people have heard it so why does ASR need that reassurance? If its really a measurements focus then post them and leave it at that
@amirm tested it. Then he listened to it. Garbage in both cases. It might be built really well, but no reason not to have included outstanding engineering.Better objectively in these specific tests yes, but a poll isn’t needed to verify anything “objective.” Its like being shown a slideshow showing all the poor numbers of a product and then asking the audience whether the product is good or not. The poll has nothing to do with whether people have heard it so why does ASR need that reassurance? If its really a measurements focus then post them and leave it at that
What would be the fun in that?If its really a measurements focus then post them and leave it at that