fellowchen
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Plan to expand my current headphone setup (lavaudio ds600 + magni Heresy + 58X) with speakers. Interested in Sabaj A10a listed in hifi-express. This will drive my minx XL. Any thoughts?
Sure. These are all about to sound the same anyway.The Loxjie A30 has been reviewed here on ASR, and it, the SMSL SA300, and the Sabaj A10a all share the same amp design.
SA300 indeed shares the same amp design as A10a and are priced the same as well. Just like the shape of A10a better, and feel it matches magni Heresy when stacking.Yeah I just wanted OP to know where to look for information about the amp portion. Especially if they can get the SA300 for nearly the same price as the A10a with more features (tho the A10a does have the integrated power supply). That said, while the A30 definitely has the better DAC on spec, the SA300's is serviceable as well. Most of Archimago's testing of the SA300 was done on it. Since OP seems to have most of the other gear they need and was looking at analog input only, any of the 3 would do fine for them.
The issue seems just related to A10h. I am considering A10a only to match my magni Heresy.I would hold off on the Sabaj until we get more info - one of ASR's more technical members thinks it could suffer from the same problems as the early L30s
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...j-a10h-a-worthy-topping-l30-competitor.22171/
Correct~The issue seems just related to A10h.
I had the DA-8S and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the A10a sounds better. It feels about 1 dB louder on the bass, but maybe that's in my head. Still, I simply tuned it down -1 dB less than what I had on the DA-8S and now it sounds perfect.I had the SA300 and the A10a at the same time as I returned the SA300 for its display. In direct comparison they do not sound the same despite their design. I attribute it to the power supply design - and who knows what else. The most significant difference was in the soundstage and imaging. The SA300 was quite poor and the A10a was rock solid. At bit dry at first, but ultimately quite neutral and rhythmic as it broke in over the next month. Its actually a fairly exciting and dynamic amp.