This is unashamedly show off your headphone Amp and headphones thread.

[jjbomber]

For those who admire chinese hi-fi:

Welcome to SendyAudio !

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

The remote control is a plastic thingy, not in keeping with the quality of the unit but does the job. The online manual gives no clue to the operational function and for a whole hour it took me to figure out how to make it work.

Similar to the SMSL remote, multi-function device which allows you to use with any of the Gustard Amp, DAC and streamers. To use the headamp, hold down the amp button for 3 seconds and then press the power button.

You only need to do this once, not unless you have other Gustard devices you wish to use. It would have been nice to have had the instruction manual included.

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If you want a quality remote, buy Pathos. Mine has a one-piece aluminium body, with a precisely fitting, brushed stainless steel back plate, fixed with 4 stainless steel screws. it's surprisingly heavy and well finished. I've never seen another one like it.

 

[Jasonovich]

For those who admire chinese hi-fi:

Welcome to SendyAudio !

They make excellent headphones.

I would say if you're considering Chinese, look for a UK distributor or an EU one, if not, Shenzhen Audio is probably the best place because they provide a lot of support.

I was going to get my Gustard there because they were discounting heavily but I noticed I had tokens on AliExpress, I built up over several years and PayPal was doing special deal with pay by instalments, reduced from £998 to £672, no brainer!

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shenzhenaudio.com: professional headphone, earphone, amplifier, dac, decoder, hifi player, cable supermarket. you will find good price here.

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[Jasonovich]

If you want a quality remote, buy Pathos. Mine has a one-piece aluminium body, with a precisely fitting, brushed stainless steel back plate, fixed with 4 stainless steel screws. it's surprisingly heavy and well finished. I've never seen another one like it.

Oh that is quality, beautiful minimalistic design.

My Matrix (Chinese) is mostly aluminium and Atoll (French) is quality plastic. My Marantz remote isn't bad, funny all my other Chinese gear have rubbish remotes.

 

[Jasonovich]

For those who admire chinese hi-fi:

Welcome to SendyAudio !

Oh BTW, Japanese Furukawa single crystal cables are really good.

 

[jjbomber]

They make excellent headphones.

They look gorgeous, but I have no idea how they sound. The planar market is getting rather full these days.

 

[Jasonovich]

They look gorgeous, but I have no idea how they sound. The planar market is getting rather full these days.

I've seen a few reviews, they compare well with the Hifiman's, Meze's etc. If you listened to a good set of planars there's no going back to dynamics!

 

[jjbomber]

I've seen a few reviews, they compare well with the Hifiman's, Meze's etc. If you listened to a good set of planars there's no going back to dynamics!

Big call. I find it's a horses for courses approach. I have the Quad ERAs and so Pink Floyd just has to be played on them! The best one is probably Led Zeppelin's Prescence, the guitar album as Jimmy Page calls it. The Quad ERAs just separate the 7 guitar overdubs brilliantly. However, for the heavier stuff, it's the Focal Elegia that wins the day.