And as well as a new DAC, currently sitting in its box in front of me as it has just now been delivered, I also have 3 other amps which are in rotation with the recently received Apart amp ... A Marantz HD-AMP1 took me by surprise and bowled me over with its very lucid, hi-rez and fast sound. https:...

Current electronics .... Audiobyte Black Dragon DAC https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bd-audio.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F06%2Frockna.1.mai_.7523.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bd-audio.co.uk%2Fwp-content%...

Yep, they do everything I want.

2 metal cone drivers on each side, 8.5 inch and 5 inch, covering something like 30hz to 630hz. No front driver behind the grille. Single largeish bass port at the rear. 2 omni directional 'radialstrahler' drivers on top covering 630hz to 33khz, made of carbon fibre 'petals'. ... https://external-con...

Sigh.
Anyway - here's a recent pic of the ol' system.



The MBL speakers still in place - coming up to 10 years now - but everything else has changed gear-wise since my last visit here, I think.

Ah, sad to see that post from RD a couple up. RIP - we didn't always get on in forum-land, but I remember with fondness the afternoon at his place, just the two of us, playing tunes, discovering new music and chatting hifi. We got on just fine.

Hello.

Four and a half years.
My, my - how time flies when you're having fun.

I think my signature system info needs a little updating.

Hifiman stats? Ah well, it shows how much I know [not a lot]. I thought Hifiman only made planar magnetics, a breed I have always found to be not to my taste. I've had a few lower end Stax 'stats and enjoyed their rather undynamic transparency. I currently have a pair of vintage Stax SR3 / SRD5 but ...

Fine.

I'm happy to leave Macca to make his own mind up.

Everyone's advice and comment seems allowable except from someone who has actually heard the amps under discussion.

nothing to do with ego, just experience.

you heard an XTZ amp? - no, I didn't think so.

And I like swapping stuff - it's the way that I learn.