Wow, currawong you impressed me, I have watched some of your earlier video and I would say you improved a lot. Information flow is much more smoother, and as always insightful, truthful and without much bias. Even though still not too interesting but great insight with lots of details. Majority of the people will still prefer reviews like zeos (zreview) and "What Hi-Fi?" just for ease and entertainment but sooner or later solely relaying of the mentioned they will hit a brick wall, as they are over general (for zeos, everything is good) or/and over bias (most things that is not UK is not good enough). Like your review and perspective, keep up the good work.
Thanks. If I can, I like to do videos in one take, saying what I feel, when I'm ready to say it, like you'd get from having a conversation with someone.
waited for a long time for this review! I messaged Kingwa to ask about their NFB 28-77 and R2R 7, strangely he indeed said NFB 28-77 and R2R-7 are very close, if I have no preference, he actually suggests me to get NFB 28-77 because it has a preamp and headphone amp, also a bit cheaper. I am going to follow his suggestion and going to get NFB 28-77. For this R2R 7, as the review said, it needs time to warm up in order to get the best out of it. Myself has only half to 1 hour listening time each day, so I cannot afford to give it enough warm up time. Something people might need to consider.
I'm in the market for one of his dac's.I don't see a NFB 28-77 on his website,but I see the NFB 27-77 model.Where can I find the NFB 28-77 on his site? Thanks!
How does it stack up to the Holo Audio May KTE .. ordered one 3 weeks ago .. 3 weeks to go till delivery .. I also have a Hugo 2 .. and a Lumin D2 which is my source right now ..soon to be a an Aurilac Aries G 2.1
Hello Currawong, as an old owner of Master 7, lately R2R1, I was thinking about buying R2R7. What anyway did catch my interest is your assumption that Hugo2 is more detailed and also more precise in the position of instruments. How do you compare them? What about bass speed/tightness (that is really important to me) which is best? Of course not having any need of headphone amps or preamp I would try qutest which should be the same of Hugo2.
I compare them connected and level-matched into various amps, such as the Master 9 or Studio Six. Of course there is a tiny loss of detail from the Hugo 2 as a result. I then use Focal Utopias to listen to well-known high-quality 2-channel recordings such as Friday Night in San Francisco for details such as the decay of guitar notes and the sense of depth to the soundstage. I'm not afraid to admit that the level of differences is extremely small and isn't apparent with most music, and I may be chasing the reason for my feeling slightly different when a different DAC is being used. We're at the stage now that *any* of the DACs available in this kind of price range are all excellent.
How do Audio Gd operate phase inversion ? Generally the user has either a knob on the device or on a remote to trigger the inversion. I don't see anything about this. How do they deal with that ?
Am I correct to conclude that under its accurate mode, R7 sounds better than Spring 2? Your comparisons between Hugo 2 and R7 are also quite insightful.
Audio-gd has upgraded the firmware since then, but yes, their FPGA-based over-sampling set-up is better than that of the Spring, which just uses an off-the-shelf chip.
@@Currawong I have thee Ref 1 feeding a Freya tube Pre that feeds a 3 way active setup with no passive crossover and I hear every beat, instrument and mainly clear vocals but was wondering if there is more to be had with the Ref 7.
Currawong I'm interested to know how they compare to the susvara, Edition x and he 1000. Many are saying these are great headphones. Thank you in advance. I'll be waiting for your review.
I actually have original Soekris boards I was going to build into a DAC. I should probably do that. There's also a new DAC I tried briefly in Tokyo which uses Soekris boards, so it may happen eventually.
Yes finally, in about couple of days i'm getting r2r 1 to test. Will pair it with nfb 1 amp. Can't wait...
Some feedback would be MASSIVELY appreciated. How holographic and timbre accurate might it sound? Has it punch?
Wow, currawong you impressed me, I have watched some of your earlier video and I would say you improved a lot. Information flow is much more smoother, and as always insightful, truthful and without much bias. Even though still not too interesting but great insight with lots of details. Majority of the people will still prefer reviews like zeos (zreview) and "What Hi-Fi?" just for ease and entertainment but sooner or later solely relaying of the mentioned they will hit a brick wall, as they are over general (for zeos, everything is good) or/and over bias (most things that is not UK is not good enough). Like your review and perspective, keep up the good work.
Thanks. If I can, I like to do videos in one take, saying what I feel, when I'm ready to say it, like you'd get from having a conversation with someone.
Finally it comes out.
Thank you for sharing Amos-san..
waited for a long time for this review! I messaged Kingwa to ask about their NFB 28-77 and R2R 7, strangely he indeed said NFB 28-77 and R2R-7 are very close, if I have no preference, he actually suggests me to get NFB 28-77 because it has a preamp and headphone amp, also a bit cheaper. I am going to follow his suggestion and going to get NFB 28-77. For this R2R 7, as the review said, it needs time to warm up in order to get the best out of it. Myself has only half to 1 hour listening time each day, so I cannot afford to give it enough warm up time. Something people might need to consider.
I'm in the market for one of his dac's.I don't see a NFB 28-77 on his website,but I see the NFB 27-77 model.Where can I find the NFB 28-77 on his site? Thanks!
you are correct, it is 27.77. my typo.
Thanks for the reply Paul!
Hello. You can talk about the superiority of Audio
GD R-7 MK2 over Audio GD Master 7 ? Thank You.
How does it stack up to the Holo Audio May KTE .. ordered one 3 weeks ago .. 3 weeks to go till delivery .. I also have a Hugo 2 .. and a Lumin D2 which is my source right now ..soon to be a an Aurilac Aries G 2.1
Is the newer Audio GD R-27HE a level up from the R2R 7 mk2 and Master 9?
Very slightly below (ignoring the power regenerator) because it's a combo unit that shares power supplies.
Hello Currawong, as an old owner of Master 7, lately R2R1, I was thinking about buying R2R7. What anyway did catch my interest is your assumption that Hugo2 is more detailed and also more precise in the position of instruments. How do you compare them? What about bass speed/tightness (that is really important to me) which is best? Of course not having any need of headphone amps or preamp I would try qutest which should be the same of Hugo2.
I compare them connected and level-matched into various amps, such as the Master 9 or Studio Six. Of course there is a tiny loss of detail from the Hugo 2 as a result. I then use Focal Utopias to listen to well-known high-quality 2-channel recordings such as Friday Night in San Francisco for details such as the decay of guitar notes and the sense of depth to the soundstage. I'm not afraid to admit that the level of differences is extremely small and isn't apparent with most music, and I may be chasing the reason for my feeling slightly different when a different DAC is being used. We're at the stage now that *any* of the DACs available in this kind of price range are all excellent.
What about bass speed tightness of chord vs r2r7?
How do Audio Gd operate phase inversion ? Generally the user has either a knob on the device or on a remote to trigger the inversion. I don't see anything about this. How do they deal with that ?
They don't have phase inversion. That's something to suggest that Kingwa add though.
Am I correct to conclude that under its accurate mode, R7 sounds better than Spring 2? Your comparisons between Hugo 2 and R7 are also quite insightful.
Audio-gd has upgraded the firmware since then, but yes, their FPGA-based over-sampling set-up is better than that of the Spring, which just uses an off-the-shelf chip.
@@Currawong Thanks a lot.
Sounds like the last dac I'll need. Great.
I saw a pair of blue beats, is that your end game?
Do you have an opinion about the HE edition of this model? Does regenerative power supply make a difference? Thanks
I don't. Kingwa reckons it makes a huge difference. There are a couple of guys in the R7 thread on HF who have tried both.
Waiting for the R28 review!
Hi Currawong. Wich DAC did you like the most, Schiit Yggdrasil or Audio-GD R2R-7?
I reckon I'd need to have the new Yggy Analog here to decide. For me, right now, since DSD isn't important, and I'd rather simplify things, the Yggy.
Is that master 9 under R2R 7? Will there be a review for it?
Yes, eventually.
Hey! Your videos are great! Just wondering if you could review the campfire audio comets? Thx.
Someone else was bugging me about Etymotic, so I should probably do those vs. the Comets at some point.
I was contemplating Nfb 1 preamp ..it would be great hear your thoughts on this unit
ruclips.net/video/W0VRkcPMqg4/видео.html
hey currawong, whats that big amp thats above the r2r 7? the one with the huge shiny knobs lol
The Audiovalve Solaris. It has a Stax output as well, so it will get reviewed when the SR-009S and T8000 are here.
cool! Thanks Currawong!!!
How does this compare to the Reference One?
These designs have come a long way since the Reference One.
@@Currawong I have thee Ref 1 feeding a Freya tube Pre that feeds a 3 way active setup with no passive crossover and I hear every beat, instrument and mainly clear vocals but was wondering if there is more to be had with the Ref 7.
Can't wait for that Sundara's video review.
I can tell you now. In 500$ price range they are killers ! I've vompared them to HE 560 and they were really close.
I have what I'm going to say in my head, so I'll try and shoot it soon.
Currawong
I'm interested to know how they compare to the susvara, Edition x and he 1000.
Many are saying these are great headphones.
Thank you in advance.
I'll be waiting for your review.
Any chance of R2R-1 review? Thanks
Also keen to hear Amos' thoughts on the R2R-1. If it means anything, I have one and absolutely love it!
Since I still have the NFB-1AMP here, that might be a plan.
Currawong I'll wait! Thank you!
Great review Sir!
Would like to see the R1 review as well.
You should review some Soekris products.
I actually have original Soekris boards I was going to build into a DAC. I should probably do that. There's also a new DAC I tried briefly in Tokyo which uses Soekris boards, so it may happen eventually.
Dude, are you really burning-in resistors for a year?...
No. Did I say I was? I recall saying "250 hours".
Currawong I've got that impression 2:00
Boy, you said a bunch then daddy!
genio!