R.C., in Australia, wrote:
I now have my Headline and I must say my initial impressions are very
positive... It is a very robust looking and feeling unit - I can't
believe how well it drives my 600 Ohm DT770's from a couple of 9V
batteries! The only comparative test I have done so far is to spend
about an hour with it connected to both the digital AND analogue outputs
of a Cambridge Audio Azur 640C cd player. There is a toggle on the
Headline which allows you to switch between digital and analogue
source. This effectively enabled me to A/B the DAC of the Headline vs
the DAC of the cd player, holding the Headphone amp constant. I used my
DT770's and mainly listened to 'Duke Elegant' - a disc of Duke Ellington
songs performed by Dr John. With both bits of gear you can hear the
money that has been spent in this recording. I like the Headline's dac
better on the strength of my short test. The cymbals sound more natural
and the bottom end tighter and faster. His voice sounds great with
either. In my home system I have a very old cd player feeding an old
Cambridge Audio DacMagic 2 converter. As you would expect the dac in the
Headline absolutely smashes this 10 year old box.
[A few weeks later he wrote:]
I have had my Headline for over a month now and I must say I really
am enjoying it. It is great paired with my AKG k701's (also
relatively new) for high quality recordings and my alessandro ms1's
for stuff that has not been so well recorded (it can be a bit
unforgiving with the higher end cans).
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