Hello,
I am Lartyk and am new to the forum but also to audio
I recently purchased a Focal Clear OG and now I would like to find a DAC and AMP set or an all-in-one DAC/AMP that would allow me to take full advantage of it without breaking the bank
I'm currently running my headphones on the Cyrus One HD which already gives me a result that I really appreciate by giving a fairly warm sound (it's a neophyte's opinion)
I first tried to call various hifi store for advice I almost always had the same answer for the brand "Heed"
the problem is they couldn't agree on an amp/dac
The first store told me to go on the Heed Canamp II for 490euro, the second told me that the canamp was no good and that I needed the Heed Canalot III 1100euro and the last one didn't even considered the Canalot and gave me the Heed Elixir 1400euro..
I have nothing against investing in a good amp and a good dac but 1400 euro is still a bit high in my eyes...
Then I came across this video "
" at 6min02 the author of this video explains that he was surprised at the quality of the DarkVoice 336SE with the focal clear.
So I started to learn about this amp and I could note several points
- It is extremely poorly rated here on the forum...
- It is supposed to work better with very greedy headphones which is not at all the case with the focal clear
- The very attractive price
- And finally, if it's a good choice there remains a problem... the dac I really don't know what to do to have the same impression as him
Here I am really lost and I searched on many forums what to take for the focal clear but in all the forums that I have visited each time the conversation changed the subject and starting from which amps for the focal clear to choose we quickly got to "Take Utopia, I think it's better"... so I take them at their word but that doesn't help me...
I hope I have been able to be precise in my request and I thank you very much in advance for the help you can give me.
Ps: the author of the video says to turn the gain of the dac to -10db but I did not find a dac with gain management when he says that, is it to say to lower the volume of the pc to be able to manage better on the amp?
PPS: I would like to use this amp without necessarily using a pc, I thought I could connect my smartphone (google pixel) to the dac and then switch to (smartphone -> Dac-> amp -> headphones)
I am Lartyk and am new to the forum but also to audio
I recently purchased a Focal Clear OG and now I would like to find a DAC and AMP set or an all-in-one DAC/AMP that would allow me to take full advantage of it without breaking the bank
I'm currently running my headphones on the Cyrus One HD which already gives me a result that I really appreciate by giving a fairly warm sound (it's a neophyte's opinion)
I first tried to call various hifi store for advice I almost always had the same answer for the brand "Heed"
the problem is they couldn't agree on an amp/dac
The first store told me to go on the Heed Canamp II for 490euro, the second told me that the canamp was no good and that I needed the Heed Canalot III 1100euro and the last one didn't even considered the Canalot and gave me the Heed Elixir 1400euro..
I have nothing against investing in a good amp and a good dac but 1400 euro is still a bit high in my eyes...
Then I came across this video "
So I started to learn about this amp and I could note several points
- It is extremely poorly rated here on the forum...
- It is supposed to work better with very greedy headphones which is not at all the case with the focal clear
- The very attractive price
- And finally, if it's a good choice there remains a problem... the dac I really don't know what to do to have the same impression as him
Here I am really lost and I searched on many forums what to take for the focal clear but in all the forums that I have visited each time the conversation changed the subject and starting from which amps for the focal clear to choose we quickly got to "Take Utopia, I think it's better"... so I take them at their word but that doesn't help me...
I hope I have been able to be precise in my request and I thank you very much in advance for the help you can give me.
Ps: the author of the video says to turn the gain of the dac to -10db but I did not find a dac with gain management when he says that, is it to say to lower the volume of the pc to be able to manage better on the amp?
PPS: I would like to use this amp without necessarily using a pc, I thought I could connect my smartphone (google pixel) to the dac and then switch to (smartphone -> Dac-> amp -> headphones)
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