Tom,
I walked in the door to a surprise, the HPA-1 amp arrived.
I have only had a little bit of listening time but, the TCA Amp definitely shows it's has a very low noise floor at low gain. It is a very nice pairing with the Chord Qutest and the RAD-0 headphones. The combo has solid clarity and punches, good speed. Also, pair well Hifiman Ananda.
Most importantly, I need to bring out the headphone that kicked off this journey Dan Clark Audio Aeon Flow Open, which underpowered are muddy, lacks detail, and dynamics. This amp brings them back to life, dynamics, detail, and intimacy are all back
- Keb Mo "The Itch"
- Fleetwood Mac "Dreams Take 2"
- John Lee Hooker It Serves You Right to Suffer, Serves You Right to be Alone ( the Avener Rework)
- Dusty Springfield " Son of Preacher Man"
- Kaleo "Way Down We Go"
- Bob Dylan "Knockin On Heavens Door"
- Foy Vance "Make it Rain
- Massive Attack "Angel"
- Trentemoller "Chameleon"
- Parov Stelar "Jimmy's Gang"
- The Piano Guys "Story of My Life"
- Dave Mathews "Two Step"
- Louis Armstrong "Summertime"
- Gary Clark Jr "Bright Lights"
- Elmore James "Dust My Blues"
- Jimmy Hendrix "Hey Joe"
- John Lee Hooker "Jesse James"
- New Order "Dreams Never End"
- Biffy Clyro "Many of Horror"
I try it with Topping D90 next week when it comes in.
g