Post by Deleted on May 9, 2013 19:16:26 GMT -5
I thought i'd start a new thread. The other one was for the "build" and it is very long and takes for ever to look through.
If anyone is interested in buying these cases they can click this link.
www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=116625.0
Made a video today showing off the cases.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmgKM9_HGQ
Finished
So i promised i'd give my impressions on these amps. I used the D~400's with my XSP-1/XDA-1 combo and now with my DAC 2.5. There was a noticeable difference between those but the difference in the D~400's was still there.
I owned the XPA-1's from last October till just a month or so ago, so i had many enjoyable listening sessions and can re call the sound it produced.
To sum up what the XPA-1's sounded like would go something like this, very powerful, never sweats, very natural sound, not up or down but in the middle and finesse. All around good amp but i still believe all Emotiva amps sound exactly the same. I heard no difference between my Mini-X and the XPA-1's. Maybe there was differences but they must have been hard to notice.
The D~400's have changed my perspective on audio, in which amps have their own sound signature. As soon as i plugged in the amps (of course jumping for joy to hear the damn things), i thought to myself, maybe amps do sound different. I heard a clear difference in sound right away. Hey.. Hey.. maybe it's just a placebo effect and i need to adjust. Nope, the difference stayed there.
So what did i hear, hurry Kraemer tell us!!!
I heard highs that were so sharp and clear, mids that melted right into the highs and lows, while commanding their own space, a soundstage that is so wide, it defines stereo separation, imaging that is freaky to say the least and to do all of these things at the same time at very fast speeds while not sweating.
The coolest thing about these amps is that a sound coming from either the L or R speaker can be so well defined and not be smeared with other sounds, very crisp and clean.
So yes, i am glad i made these amps. They have exceeded my expectations and them some.
I will say the difference i heard between the XDA-1 and DAC 2.5 was rolled off highs on the XDA-1. I now have more shimmer and crisp highs with the DAC 2.5.
If anyone is interested in buying these cases they can click this link.
www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=116625.0
Made a video today showing off the cases.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmgKM9_HGQ
Finished
So i promised i'd give my impressions on these amps. I used the D~400's with my XSP-1/XDA-1 combo and now with my DAC 2.5. There was a noticeable difference between those but the difference in the D~400's was still there.
I owned the XPA-1's from last October till just a month or so ago, so i had many enjoyable listening sessions and can re call the sound it produced.
To sum up what the XPA-1's sounded like would go something like this, very powerful, never sweats, very natural sound, not up or down but in the middle and finesse. All around good amp but i still believe all Emotiva amps sound exactly the same. I heard no difference between my Mini-X and the XPA-1's. Maybe there was differences but they must have been hard to notice.
The D~400's have changed my perspective on audio, in which amps have their own sound signature. As soon as i plugged in the amps (of course jumping for joy to hear the damn things), i thought to myself, maybe amps do sound different. I heard a clear difference in sound right away. Hey.. Hey.. maybe it's just a placebo effect and i need to adjust. Nope, the difference stayed there.
So what did i hear, hurry Kraemer tell us!!!
I heard highs that were so sharp and clear, mids that melted right into the highs and lows, while commanding their own space, a soundstage that is so wide, it defines stereo separation, imaging that is freaky to say the least and to do all of these things at the same time at very fast speeds while not sweating.
The coolest thing about these amps is that a sound coming from either the L or R speaker can be so well defined and not be smeared with other sounds, very crisp and clean.
So yes, i am glad i made these amps. They have exceeded my expectations and them some.
I will say the difference i heard between the XDA-1 and DAC 2.5 was rolled off highs on the XDA-1. I now have more shimmer and crisp highs with the DAC 2.5.
. One of a kind Speakers, Turntable and NCores. Love these threads and can't wait to hear your impressions 
