UK plugs aren’t sealed like US ones, commonly appliances ship without plugs and a user is expected to provide one and install it. I remember learning the color of the various plug wires when I was a kid.
Brown live, Blue Neutral, Green and Yellow stripes Ground.
Of course that had changed from an earlier standard when I think it was Black Red and Brown.
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Thanks, it just happens that when I return home I can probably grab one at the local price instead of the 1k price tag, and I wouldn’t have to worry about carrying it for flights. Also I got the impression that the Cyan is at least at the level of Ares II/BF2 so I don’t need to worry about worse SQ.
I notice that the Cyan has a combo version - is the amp portion worse or better than the studio trio like the Monotor?
I’d say in some aspects it’s a bit higher tier as well
I’d say the cyan amp isn’t as good as the other amps you have, but it’s decent like I wouldn’t call it bad, but I just don’t know if stacks up to most of the midrange amps. Also make sure to get the pcm version, the dsd holo is just not great
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Alright thanks as always. Good to have sth planned. The reason I dropped the Allo DAC is it only takes USB and I kinda need other digital inputs at home.
Makes sense, the holo is a big step up from that anyways lol (although the cyan ain’t that small)
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Wanted to post some thoughts here since I think this amp deserves more attention.
From the few weeks I have been borrowing this amp I can definitely say that it is my favourite amp out of the ones that I have tried for my preferences and IEMs/headphones.
I actually prefer this for the Clears that I was also borrowing over the BF2 and RNHP combo, it was just that slight bit more engaging with a bit more forwardness and impact.
The amp is a little wider than the RNHP with more bass presence and impact from what I can tell. It is also definitely more forward than the RNHP which I personally like a lot with most of my gear, the only thing I prefer on the RNHP is my Earsonics Graces as the Monotor makes them a bit too forward for me.
I will also add that I don’t listen to many genres that involve using natural instruments so the timbre being a bit less natural than the RNHP doesn’t bother me, but thats definitely one aspect that the RNHP does pull ahead in when listening to that sort of music.
I really like that it has both 6.35mm and 3.5mm outputs since I tend to use iems at my desk a lot and it means one less adapter.
Sorry if this ended up being much more of a ramble than a more structured format, but I felt like I wanted to give another view on the Monotor as it definitely deserves more praise.
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How’s the dynamic range of the Monotor?
Unfortunately I can’t find anything about that on their site
I can tell you with my eyes that it’s pretty shit: Review and Measurements of Little Labs Monotor Headphone Amp | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum
Ah, I never bother checking ASR 
Also just as a side note, why do reviewers actually review stuff that clearly has a channel imbalance? That unit is faulty and shouldn’t be reviewed seriously.