Emotiva Big Ego vs. OPPO HA-2

[dmitry]

Did they have someone experience comparison or someone might refer to a specific article. Now I choose a portable DAC / headphone amp. These seem most suitable model.

Thank your.

[geebo]

Sept 23, 2015 8:49:03 GMT -5 dmitry said:

Did they have someone experience comparison or someone might refer to a specific article. Now I choose a portable DAC / headphone amp. These seem most suitable model.

Thank your.

What do you plan to use it with? The Oppo has a battery that allows it to be used with phones and tablets whereas the Ego units require a powered USB port. I can tell you that the Little Ego sounds fantastic with my laptop and Oppo PM-2 headphones and I sure the Oppo HA-2 sounds great as well. But if you'll be using it with a powered USB port I'd say save some money and go with the Ego.

[dmitry]

Yes, I read your reviews of Little Ego.
The primary purpose DAC for me - my Replacement Tascam 4x4:
- Output for computer speakers (listen to them during the day);
- Headphone (listen to them during the night so as not to disturb those who are already sleeping).
Preferably without rewiring (that's why Big Ego - 2 outputs).

Indeed, in the present time, $ 100 for me, not a small sum, but I'm willing to spend it because, as you notice, OPPO also can charge the battery / connect in a digital mode with the iPhone / iPad / iPod (all that I have). And the question is only, how much OPPO better / worse plays than Big Ego.

[Gary Cook]

I haven't heard the OPPO HA-2, but I do have an Emotiva Big Ego and I can tell you why I chose it. Firstly the Big Ego has a resister ladder volume, which means it doesn't loose clarity at lower volumes. That's the technical spec, which does actually translate to the listening experience. It is quit noticeable how much better the Ego is at lower volumes than any of the digital volume control DAC's that I have used. Not quite so black and white is the difference in the DAC's, I have listened to a lot of Oppo products, albeit not a HA-2, and I most definitely have a preference for the sound from the TI/Burr Brown DAC's as used in the Ego's. Oppo DAC's, particularly the Sabres, have a high frequency reproduction that just isn't too my taste. Plenty of other people like them, so maybe it's just me. Or perhaps it's just that the Emotiva "house sound" has infiltrated, which would explain Keith and Lonnie and Dan making similar comments.

Cheers
Gary

[dmitry]

Thank you for your opinion. Very convincingly. Prompt next, if I at one time connect to the Line Out jack and headphone output jack, it will play the two. For example, in OPPO HA-2 if the headphone is connected, the Line Out does not output sound.

Thanks.

[dmitry]

I apologize for my persistence, but I believe that I have not received an answer to my question against because of my bad English. I will try to formulate the question again:
According to the instructions OPPO HA-2: "When both the Headphone Jack and the Line-out Jack are plugged in, only the Headphone Jack will output sound. Please do not plug in headphones if you need to use the Line-out Jack."
It seems Big Ego? Or Headphone Jack and the Line-out Jack on Big Ego can work simultaneously?

Thanks.