Looks like they cancelled all the 165 orders, shame, but expected.
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RIP, maybe not screw it up for the second time lol
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Not a good look Monoprice. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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Leaves a bad taste but it was literally an unreal price drop.
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lowest price iāve seen it drop to and actually sell at is $254. odd price but insane deal still.
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Looking into picking up one of these as I can get them for a decent deal used. What would people recommend as a DAC to pair with these? Would something like a Modius suffice? Thanks.
Hello @BigBoyBrown, welcome to HFGF!
Liquid Platinum is a nice amplifier indeed. A Modius could suffice and would not be something Iād say to avoid especially if you already have one, but I really enjoyed my MLP paired with the Bifrost 2. At the time I was working an assortment headphones including Elegia, LCD-2pf, HEXv2, AH-D5000, TH900mk2 and HEKv2 with that setup and was pleased all around.
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Appreciate the response! I donāt own any dac/amp yet so I donāt own a modius. But am looking to expand my setup and thought this would be a good place to start for something warmer. I only saw the Modius as it looked to be decent without being too expensive. Forgive my ignorance, but what would the features that the Bifrost 2 bring over the Modius? Are there any sonic characteristics that I should look for between the two?
Iām running the LP with a Geshelli JNOG2. Highly recommend, but my only comparison was a Modi 3.
JNOG2 is $300 too.
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I did not mean to sell the Modius short. It is not a bad DAC at all, as a matter of fact, I think for under $300 its hard to beat considering all the features it has, and it would be my go to. IMO youād have to step up into the $700 plus range (Bifrost 2 / Ares II) to do better for a balanced DAC. But, if I could afford it or was looking for an upgrade path - compared to the Modius the BF2 is more resolving, with better detail retrieval, and has a smoother presentation. Soundstage is bigger (height & width & depth) with better imaging and separation. Also, for the money I have yet to hear a DAC that has the punch/slam of the BF2. But again I prefer that Schiit house sound warm signature, and I like a bit of slam - YMMV
EDIT: I have not heard any of the new offerings from Geshelli or any of the recent releases from Topping or SMSL so my experience with more modern < $400 DAC/AMPs is limited. But I did own Modius & Bifrost 2 and for a while at the same time so that is where I am pulling from.
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For the first several months that I owned this amp I ran it out of an SMSL SU-8 V2 and was quite happy. I then moved on to the BF2. While it was a difference, it was Not a night and day difference. Especially for triple the price, landed in Canada.
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Yeah looking at canuck audio mart it seems to be about 3x the price. I think I will roll with a modius then!
@BigBoyBrown I am using a jnog v1 with my Platinum and very much enjoy it coming from the topping E30 before it.
Hey folks. I had my MLP modded with upgraded capacitors including:
3 large capacitors replaced with: Elna SILMILC II 63V 470uf Capacitors
2 small capacitors togethor replaced with: Elna SilMILC II 35V 10uf Capacitors
1 small capacitor by the balanced headphone port replaced with: Nichicon MUSE 50V 100uf Capacitor
I hear a HUGE increase in clarity, resolution, dynamics, detail-retrieval and BASS SLAM!
Highly, highly recommended!
BTW, I canāt solder so had someone do the surgery for meā¦
This was not my idea and both the picture and supply list came from a post on head-fi that pointed me in the right direction. Apparently there are a few different options for capacitors that all slightly change the sound in different ways. This combination is supposed to have nice balance of increased clarity without being sibilant.
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Wish I knew someone who could doctor mine like this if it truly helps improve the unit alotā¦
On a side note, anybody by chance manage to try the liquid plats dac? Not even a thread for itā¦ shows out of stock so I assume it finally came out but I havenāt heard a word about them
My guess is it never came out because of the AKM factory fire. This and other COVID supply problems either caused a delay or straight up killed it.
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@WaveTheory I saw back in this thread you were discussing the channel imbalance during tube burn-in period. Well, I just got my LP today. The first hour of listening was pure bliss but then suddenly I noticed the left channel not as loud as the right. I turned everything off, unplugged, powered back on and it was better but only briefly. I donāt notice it as bad at lower volume. I did turn my pre-amp down on my ADI2DAC to -10db so the volume jump from 10-11 was much more smooth.
You had said you had some imbalance during burn in but it went away. What is typically a burn-in period that you know of for this amp? Iād hate to think I gotta send it back after just getting it! I was enjoying the sound so much with the Radiance too.
*I should specify this is all listening on the balanced XLR. I should try SE to make sure its the same.
**actually when I push in the right button to the SE, the imbalance goes away though Im still listening through XLR. So, Iām hoping it is just a burn-in thing.
It could be the tubes, they are not match or just settling in.
Itās likely the tubes, yes. I donāt remember the stock EH tubes taking all that long, but they needed nonzero burn-in time. Most NOS tubes burn-in in 12-24 hours I find. New production tubes can take 100 hours or more. I had a pair of Genalex Gold Lions for MLP and I have to leave them in and the amp on for a solid week before they stopped stabbing my ears with treble daggers.
For tube burn-in you donāt need to play music. Just leave them in with the amp powered on overnight until everything sounds balanced and harshness goes away (or gets as good as it appears it will get). Leaving them on is no more dangerous than leaving an incandescent light bulb on. Once burned in, though, power them down if youāll be away for awhile. Most tubes last 10000-12000 hours, but you chew through that a lot faster if you never turn them off.
Itās a good amp. Bifrost 2 + MLP + HiFiMan Edition X V2 was the chain that made me go āoh, thatās what all the fuss is aboutā
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Great info, thank you. Iāll leave them on for the night and see if things even out, literally.