Looking forward to further impressions! How does it handle high sensitivity stuff?... got a TH900 lying around?
On the edge of my seat here. Do tell more about Rag doing tube things. Hope this amp can do dynamic contrast and shading, layering etc. but still have taught bass, clean transients and yet lack "etch" or brightness.
Quote from: drez on September 10, 2014, 03:18:01 AMOn the edge of my seat here. Do tell more about Rag doing tube things. Hope this amp can do dynamic contrast and shading, layering etc. but still have taught bass, clean transients and yet lack "etch" or brightness.Dynamic contrast and shading - check, possibly the best I've heard from SS and easily surpassing mid-tier of the road tube stuff. This is what keeps me coming back to listening.Layering - checkTaunt bass - check, double checkClean transients - check, triple checkLack etch - check (although it's not forgiving like tube amps can be - I need mods to HD800)On the last note, I would say that after about eight hours, the tonal balance if anything tends toward mid-centric. This is not a bright amp. It is not aggressive either. Is is not bassy. There is no thickness. The bass is subdued, but is absolutely thunderous when called for, especially with the Abyss. I would except the Audeze headphones to perform similarly. The treble is so very and silky smooth, but not rolled off.The stage is a little bit upfront and not as deep at the EC DHT amps. I wouldn't expect that for SS. However, the sense of space is very expansive and open. Reminds me of the T2DIY in that way.A lot of you guys know that I think highly of the Dynahi. If you guys have heard Ti Kan's Dynahi, the Rag sounds similar to it. Except throw even more silky smoothness, bass dynamics, and a good portion of end-game tube amp plankton and microdynamics (DNA, EC, Millet, etc.). Obviously no tube bloom or wet sound sound. But very seductive listen. I'll come back here and type a few things here and there to head back to the living room. The only other SS amps which I feel may equal the resolution of this amp are the Krell Klone and ohgourami's huge honking 70lb Krell. The Ragnarok is truly an end-game amp. Schiit's had a game changer at the low end with Vali. Now they have game changer at the high-end with Ragnarok. The Abyss is by far my favorite headphone with this amp.Finally, keep in mind that I'm running a fairly liquid and smooth sounding DAC setup.BTW, everyone should RTFM. It does explain a lot of things. I like manuals.
@Purr1n : You're selling dreams . Thks for those early impressions. Where did come from above chats ? Is there any Changstar IRC channel or other Chatroom somewhere ?
