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blizzard_c

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原帖由 davidxtb 于 2010-3-15 13:21 发表

到货了吗？

还木有。

hiface这周肯定收到。但dna这周肯定收不到，因为clear支票需要几天。下周也许可以。

blizzard_c

刚刚收到hiface了，但有个小插曲。我定的是BNC版的，但收到的确是RCA版的。也懒得换了，晚上回家试试看。

davidxtb

赶紧试一试，发听感

blizzard_c

我也不知道这东西需不需要煲，先初步说说听这东西的感觉吧。

先罗列一下设备：

RME9632/hiface-->38度5 紫荆花 银影-->theta progeny-->AM650S-->HD600 (cardas)

和RME9632数字输出比最明显的区别有三点：

1）hiface低频凝聚力和下潜明显好一些。在9632上听到的是散开的低频，而在hiface上听到的是有形的低频，就好像低频的能量都被凝聚在一个球内。hiface的下潜也是好一些的。

2）相对9632，感觉hiface的高频有些暗。

3）相对9632，感觉hiface不如9632来得透明、轻松。

后来把hiface接到笔记本（不接电源）上试了下，没觉得比台机上好多少。时间紧，任务急，只能讲到这里了。等煲一煲再上进一步听感，到时候可以跟耳放的一起来。

目前感觉hiface的性价比还是不错的，水平基本跟9632数字输出相当，而价格只有9632一半还不到。确实是入门pchifi的好选择。估计上qb-9或weiss是避免不了的。

刚接到donald邮件，机器已经做好并测试完毕，等支票clear后（大概2-3天）就发过来。相当激动啊！由于我自己的音源档次不够，如果上海哪位兄弟有意的话，我可以把机器搬过去试。

[ 本帖最后由 blizzard_c 于 2010-3-16 14:53 编辑 ]

davidxtb

刚才看到论坛之前的帖子，原来坛中早有介绍这款二房的http://www.headphoneclub.com/bbs ... p;extra=&page=1
可惜并无后续听感介绍

davidxtb

Eddie Current Equilibrato

Craig Uthus of Eddie Current has just created a new heaphone amp, the Equilibrato.

Standard configuration - $1760
- two unbalanced inputs
- 4 pin balanced and 1/4" unbalanced headphone jack
- Regulated power supply, regulated heaters
- Tubes - (1) Tung Sol 12SN7, (2) Sophia Electric PX4

SE - $2800
- The SE uses the BA dual vacuum tube power supply, and dual high frequency isolated heater amplifier.
- Two balanced inputs, two unbalanced inputs
- Two three pin balanced outputs, and 1/4" unbalanced outputs

Here is my Equilibrato in standard configuration.
Here are some of my impressions of the amp so far.

I met David (909) at Craig's house on Saturday to pick up my Equilibrato and all I can say is that I am extremely pleased with this amp. David was kind enough to bring over his L3000s, a really great sounding cartridge and phono preamp. We did quite a bit of listening to both CD and vinyl on Craigs Sony PSX70 turntable.

The Equilibrato with the PX4 sounds great, it is very musical. Listening to some vintage vinyl really made me want to setup my turntable and get my analog system setup again. I've been listening to music digitally through my Lavry DA11 quite a bit lately and although it is convenient and does sound great with the Equilibrato, I do miss the analog sound.

In regards to balanced versus unbalanced, I did listen to the AD2000 and RS1 balanced vs unbalanced, and there is a noticeable difference in soundstage and definition. The balanced setup definitely sounded better to my ears. Now to I need to get my headphones balanced.

The input switch on the front lights up when you turn on the amp, it glows a nice amber / orange color that almost matches the glow of the tubes. Very cool. It does not change color, just goes in and out to switch between the two single ended inputs. Nice, now I don't need a seperate preamp. I can use one input for digital and one for analog.

The Sophia Electric PX4 sounds great, it is a little bit microphonic, but nothing that I can hear in normal listening. I didn't compare it to any 300Bs, but am quite happy with my decision. Although I do want to listen to the much more expensive KR tubes, Craig says that they sound better overall and have better bass.

This amp is a huge leap forward in performance over my DM-2 prototype, it is better in everyway from detail, soundstage, etc.

[ 本帖最后由 davidxtb 于 2010-5-13 21:01 编辑 ]

davidxtb

Craig Uthus of Eddie Current has just created a new heaphone amp, the Equilibrato.
说是新出了一台二房，分为两个版本
标准版Standard configuration - $1760
- two unbalanced inputs两组非平衡输入
- 4 pin balanced and 1/4" unbalanced headphone jack四芯平衡和6.35输出
- Regulated power supply, regulated heaters稳压电源
- Tubes - (1) Tung Sol 12SN7, (2) Sophia Electric PX4

增强版SE - $2800
- The SE uses the BA dual vacuum tube power supply, and dual high frequency isolated heater amplifier.用了BALANCING ACT的电源
- Two balanced inputs, two unbalanced inputs
- Two three pin balanced outputs, and 1/4" unbalanced outputs

sparem

参观

t1174

原帖由 davidxtb 于 2010-5-13 21:07 发表
Craig Uthus of Eddie Current has just created a new heaphone amp, the Equilibrato.
说是新出了一台二房，分为两个版本
标准版Standard configuration - $1760
- two unbalanced inputs两组非平衡输入
- 4 p ...

還是比 BA 低一級?

mifeng

这个外观相当喜欢，不知啥走向？

davidxtb

原帖由 t1174 于 2010-5-13 23:04 发表

還是比 BA 低一級?

是的，
它的SE的价位是在ZD和BA之间的，一分钱一分货，素质自然是低于BA的。

davidxtb

Here is Craig's explanation of the differences between the Equilibrato SE and the Balancing Act.

"The Equilibrato SE has only front panel headphone outputs, the BA has balanced line outputs, and headphone line switching. The BA also adds a 4 pin XLR for both dual, and single balanced connections. The BA has a silver output transformer option, and output tube options. The BA uses Teflon coupling capacitors the Equilibrato SE Solen polypropylene. There are differences in components, and features. The bottom line if both amps were setup to run the same output tube, copper transformers, and used only for headphones they would be very close to sounding the same."
按照这种解释，应该是更接近于BA的声音了
Sophia Electric™ PX4管子的声音不错，但价格就上去了。怎么说ZD和ZDT上的6C33-B都只能说是廉价的东西了，虽然素质和味道是不错，配对的全新，在国内拿也就是几百人民币的样子。
Equilibrato并非ZD的OTL结构，而是用了输出变压器，包括标准版的。但是标准版用的那种变压器无货，估计以后只会做SE版本了，定价是2800刀。
另外根据后面烧友的回复，CRAIG那边确认标准版的估计不会再做了，

liuyindong2007

新年顶好贴

海盗王

赞一个，杨版好贴

chengtm

原帖由 davidxtb 于 2011-1-2 20:54 发表
好帖，这个是今年看的最酣畅淋漓的帖子

今年才开始啦，熊大