Finally, after sitting in customs for well over a week, I got my amp.
Unfortunately, the box was in bad condition, and from the chip on the face plate, it looked as though it had been dropped. This unfortunately is a reality with shipping. This misaligned to face-plate hole with the power button, so it wouldn't depress; but after lots of troubleshooting help with Apollon, I got it to work by just pressing the button really hard. Apollon is going to send me a replacement face plate right away. I can say the customer service is absolutely top notch!
I got the Sonic Imagery 990 input buffers, and Apollon even adjusted the gain for me since my Element X outputs over 4V. No need for 28-30 dB of gain! They even included measurements for me, of both the final gain and the THD+N!
Problems aside, it sounds great! I took the panel off to troubleshoot, and the inside is very well laid out and clean.
Unfortunately, the box was in bad condition, and from the chip on the face plate, it looked as though it had been dropped. This unfortunately is a reality with shipping. This misaligned to face-plate hole with the power button, so it wouldn't depress; but after lots of troubleshooting help with Apollon, I got it to work by just pressing the button really hard. Apollon is going to send me a replacement face plate right away. I can say the customer service is absolutely top notch!
I got the Sonic Imagery 990 input buffers, and Apollon even adjusted the gain for me since my Element X outputs over 4V. No need for 28-30 dB of gain! They even included measurements for me, of both the final gain and the THD+N!
Problems aside, it sounds great! I took the panel off to troubleshoot, and the inside is very well laid out and clean.