I originally got a basx for 600ohm 880s and 990s and it was alright, but with planars the grain is just unbearable. Dynamics didn’t pick up on it nearly as much, but it’s just awful on planars. If a little bit of noise floor doesn’t bother you (and when things are playing its almost a non issue) What did you make today? DIY thread! - #26 by Pokrog that thing got hilariously close but just didn’t have the bass presence without the opamp swap so its back into that territory of turd polishing. It was honestly better tonality wise specifically with the he6 than any amp I’ve heard under $300 and even amps up to around $500 didn’t have as much bass presence. If you ever want to give it a try, it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, just gonna collect dust for a while and as long as you cover shipping (it’s tiny so i can’t imagine shipping would be very much) I’d let you try it out. A single used v6 vivid dual goes for around $50 on the used market so that plus the $35 amp itself and a ~$10 power supply for it (it comes with a janky usb to barrel plug power supply) it can still be under $100 on it. It reminds me of an asgard 3 in a lot of ways but with significantly more bass and a little bit higher noise floor.
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