Hi guys,
I have just bought a couple of Hifiman Arya Stealth.
Now I need a descent amp/dac for my new pearls 
Needed specs:
- Optical
- USB
- Bluetooth
Price range:
335 - 469 EUR
Any good recommendations?
Thank you.
Yes………. 
The xDuoo TA-22 meets all of the criteria you mentioned, sounds very harmonious with the Arya Stealth and is easy to tune by simply changing the standard 12AU7 tubes.
or in Europe via Amazon.
Its price is „almost“ within your budget.
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Thank you very much.
It sounds nice 
Do you know Topping?
Maybe DX3 pro + or DX5 could also be possible options for me, I guess.
PS.
Of you know places, where I can buy good cables without breaking the bank, please let me know.
Yes
Yes, but it‘s not my cup of tea with any Hifiman, because it‘s to much of the „cleanliness“.
Means, the Arya sounds shrill and peaky with the most of the S.M.S.L or Topping Stuff.
At least to my ears.
But ifi Audio products harmonize quite well with Hifiman
Tripowin Grand Vitara, for around 45$ - 65$ on Amazon, linsoul……. for example
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I’ve gotten the Youkamoo cables and the new black ones are really nice and really affordable. Also I just got the Openheart balanced cables from Aliexpress and they’re fantastic. Solid fit and finish, non microphonic and won’t tangle because of their heft. My daily set it a Hart Cables Hifiman complete multikit, but most people don’t need it. I get amplifiers in constantly so need every connector to test for function. If I’m in a hurry I’ll get Youkamoo, but much prefer the Openheart after getting one. Only problem is 10 days normally, but add an extra 2 weeks if it gets randomly chosen for a U.S. Customs inspection.
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Happy new year to all,
I am currently driving my Arya Stealth with IFI Zen DAC V2. Not sure if adding Topping A30 Pro as AMP and keeping IFI as DAC only makes sense in my case. Not sure if it will boost the performance of the headphone. The Zen DAC V2 can drive Arya pretty well with POWER MATCH on. Please share your thoughts. Thank you!
So I recently bought Arya Stealth and decided to buy some cheap pads to compare. I bought all of them from here (Aliexpress), except Velvet Fabric wasn’t in the package (I was refunded, so no harm was done). You can find measurments in my squig.link. Quality is decent, although tolerances are not super tight and I have one pad shifting slightly (it doesn’t affect comfort or performance), so for the price ($9-$15 on sale) they are pretty good. One notable thing is that all of them bring down treble by a few dB compared to stock, which is a good thing in my book (stock has this weird “air” filter effect that can be annoying in some tracks, ali pads don’t have this issue). I spent some time with all of them except Perf Sheep and I prefer Sheepskin overall, but all of them are pretty decent, so you can’t go wrong (maybe except Leather, it’s not that comfortable). There were filters with (Perf) Sheepskin Pads, and they gave me slightly more treble energy (not by much though, but it was consistently more in my measurments). Can’t say I hear any difference though. So my current setup is Sheepskin with light EQ (6dB bass boost and 4824/-3dB/4.47Q). I will probably redo some of the measurements for better consistency, you can always check squiglink for fresh results.
