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Gustard H10
« on: April 24, 2015, 02:56:21 PM »
Any thoughts on this one?  Getting a lot of praise over on Head-Fi.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2015, 05:53:47 PM »
I thought it was pretty good for the price with orthos. OJ said he wasn't too impressed, and I believe suggested the Asgard 2 instead,  which I have not heard myself. May also be worth looking into the Garage1217 amps.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2015, 12:22:27 AM »
Second the suggestion to look at Garage 1217 amps. Project Sunrise III and Project Ember in particular. I know it may sound crazy but I have a PSIII connected to an Auralic Vega to feed some Denon D5000 cans. Tickling my ears in a very nice way.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2015, 04:04:28 AM »
I like it. Capable of pushing a lot of juice without distorting and very nicely built for what it is.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2015, 06:42:10 AM »
I had one before. I liked it with my PM-2. Not so much with my Q701 and HD800. There is this sweet tone compared with my Lyr 2 and Rok. It's sort of reminiscent of the tone I've heard from the HE-6 powered by speaker amp... Sort of.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2015, 11:56:07 AM »
It's a good, versatile headphone amp that does very well for the money. This kind of highlights the crappy value that the Violectric V200 offers, though.

I own one, but I'm selling it because I want to maximize synergy in my signal chain with each component. My main headphones are LCD-X's, HD800's, HD650's and DT250's.

I've used it with:
HD800's
HD650's
LCD-X's
LCD-2's
DT880's
DT250's
Q701's
HE-400's
Pro 900's

I think it has the best synergy with Hifimans and Beyers. With the rest it has been good and very listenable, but left me wanting more.
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Re: Gustard H10
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2015, 10:17:31 AM »
Solid amp. Plenty of power to drive planars, but (apparently) can also handle high impedance cans. Also, many have commented about good synergy with AKG 'phones.

SQ: plenty of grip and control, punchy bass, but slightly uneven treble; exaggerates metallics, then rolls-off the highest frequencies.
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