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August 4, 2021, 11:42pm
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Consider Bifrost 2 with the hybrids mentioned here (I’ve heard the Lyr 3 and MJ2, not the LP):
Speaking of hybrids, I also owned the cavalli MCTH from Drop and the Liquid Platinum. Lyr 3 was better than both for my preferences, but the LP did a better job in staging. The MCTH was just mushy. Very soft sounding. Mj2 is just completely different from all of the above. It’s like… The Phonitor X fell in love with with a Bottlehead Crack and had a baby. A loud, angry baby.
Hey all,
As a very happy owner of the Liquid Platinum, I feel there needs to a be thread for it, so here we go. The LP is quite a unique amp, and pairs really well with hard to drive headphones. I use mine with a Schiit Gungnir Multibit DAC, with balanced inputs and outputs, and this pairing is quite a fun, yet still resolving listen. The headphones I use with this DAC/Amp pairing are, ZMF Aeolus and Ori, MrSpeakers Alpha Prime, and Sennheiser HD650. All headphones listed sound incredible w…
As for versatile non-hybrid tube amps, the starting point is probably a used Pendant OG (try to get the most recent version immediately preceding the Pendant SE).
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