Comments on: dCS Lina Headphone Amplifier Review

By: Bob Barker

Bob Barker — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:34:52 +0000

man, I have the Diana TC’s and they are pretty good.. but when we star talking about buying a new truckl and having slightly better bass extention and a blacker background, haven’t we crossed into a place hi-fi audio should have never reached as per prive for performace you get.

By: Stefaan

Stefaan — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:49:10 +0000

Thanks for the review!
I wanted to point out that you can indeed get a balanced headphone output from the Chord Hugo TT2, by using the dual XLRs on the rear of the unit. You will need a special cord adapter to convert from dual 3-pin XLR to a 4-pin XLR – and if you manage to make or get a hold of one, the output should deliver around 18 watts(!) of balanced headphone power. Enough to even power small bookshelf or efficient speakers. I made one myself so if you want to know more about how, let me know. This way it would be more of a fair comparison using a balanced connection to your headphones.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 07:37:09 +0000

In reply to Ian Melville. Thanks Ian. I had thought about it but felt keeping it all solid-state was preferable. Mind you the TT2 was our award winner from last year and Formula S from a few years back so all in good company I guess.

By: Ian Melville

Ian Melville — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 07:32:52 +0000

Great review and it would have been interesting to have had a comparison with either the Feliks Envy or Cayin HA300 mk2 to give another perspective. Also these are 2 amps with recent scores very close to the dCS.