I posted comments 8 months ago asking questions and telling of my own audio journey. I have since purchased my own Master 19 and also R1 DAC. I am enjoying both very much! I ended up selling my Denafrips Venus and keeping the R1. Venus is a very good combination with Master 19 and maybe sounds a hair better than R1 at times.. As it should for 3x the price. But it's really splitting hairs and they trade blows. As for the Master 19, I think I would tend to agree with everything said in this video. It is very detailed, very energetic and still very natural. It has a better sense of depth than any other solid state amp I've used. In fact, I think there maybe a greater distance front to back. If the sound stage than even my Audiovalve Solaris tube amp. The Solaris still has a slightly more natural presentation and the sound permiates the stage more fully. However, the Master 19 is still right behind it in this aspect and has greater resolution and separation. The tubes sound slightly more 'right' with some guitar riffs and certain bass rumble effects. But without it side by side, I would never know that. Truth be told, I have hardly been using my Solaris at all, recently. I upgraded my stack with Invictus ACSS cables from ebay. They claim to use silver plated Ono continuous cast copper. Tall order for the price, but I'm not prepared to say they're lying about it. Either way, they sound great. A slight upgrade to the stock ACSS cable in every way. This takes the Audio-gd stack to a level where I don't think anything else can really touch it for the price. I upgraded my LCD-4 with a Cardas cable too and have officially declared my headphone system finished. No more upgrades. How often does someone actually reach the end in this hobby? I'm going to focus on speakers though, so it's not all rosy, cost-effective bliss from here on out, or anything like that. And yes, I plan to buy more Audio-gd gear to drive speakers at some point. Oh yeah, I should mention that I tried using my Audio-gd stack to drive my Schiit Vidar and JBL Studio 580's and the stack kicks butt driving speakers!!

@AudiophileHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Woah, I'm so happy to hear that you've been having such an awesome experience and that you're on a roll out there!!

When you flaunt your headphone amp like a 90's boombox

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you got the reference ! xD

Hey man, I really like your straight forward reviewing technique. No BS and to the point. The accent is pretty cool as well. For heaven's sake, take care not to drop your equipment. That would be heartbreaking!

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and inpromise to be extra careful!

Thanks for the great review. Finally got my own Master 19. Was searching for an upgrade for some while. And thanks to Your review I made the decission and pulled the trigger. Very happy with my choice. Many thanks :)

@AudiophileHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Always happy to help!! Hope you enjoy it a lot, and hope it brings endless years of fun to you~

@sp6450

Жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven Have you ever listened to or seen the Flux Acoustics VOLOT?

Just received this. I'm very happy with it. Thanks for the recommendation! It is fantastic with my Sennheiser HD800S and Kennerton Wodan

@AudiophileHeaven

8 ай бұрын

Thank you and I am really happy to hear you're having an excellent experience!

The doctor: you need to start working out. George: Don't worry, Master 19 review comes up next.

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely!!

In-depth written Review now available on Audiophile-Heaven: www.audiophile-heaven.com/2020/05/unexpected-winner-audio-gd-master-19.html

Hi, I like your reviews very much, good job👍 I have one question, which power amp should be better for this Master 19, I have two variants: some audio gd class AB power amp or class D based on icepower nc500, I like rock, metal, elektronic music.. any experiences? many thanks in advance and cheers from Czech Republic

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, and thank you!! I don't know either, I would probably go with the audio gd one 🙂

@petrpulpytel

3 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven many thanks and have a nice evening😀

Excellent didactics !....just interested if somebody has gained some expirience soundwise using master 19 pre with class D amp, such as Hypex Nilai or NCx 500 ( to warm, to full body) ? I´m using Audio GD R1 DAC Model 2019 . Since if have done the rerouting of USB input from Amanero board over Accusilicon clocks this year,specially the XLR output gained more details.... And I can agree that Audio GD has fast response due to questions or issues on there products.

@AudiophileHeaven

2 ай бұрын

I think it would work excellent as a Preamplifier, excelent design and sound I think

The other night I dusted off my old Audio gd NFB-10SE for a listen. I bought it used 8-10 years ago. These days I have LCD-4 headphones, a Denafrips Venus DAC, a Topping A90 and Audiovalve Solaris. Both of my amps are very clean and neutral with great resolution and sound stage. The high end tube amp obviously has that more satisfying sense of space and presence. Individual sounds seem to be three dimensional and "real." The A90 was a big step in this direction from the 789, but compare to the other amps, the sound is more like a mural than a real life stage. The NFB-10SE set all new benchmarks for resolution and sound stage size, when I got it, but those are the areas it looses out now. Mostly resolution. Its sound stage is more intimate and perhaps more vocal forward, which is good. It's not cramped, but I prefer the wider stage. I would love to know how the amp section sounds, plugged into my Uber DAC, but there is no analog input. How do you suppose the Master 19 would fit into my stack? It would be nice to find a Class A solid state that sits close enough to that tube quality, to just take over as my only amp. As it is, I use the A90 most of the time for games and KZread and save the power hungry Solaris and its unknown tube life for sit down listening sessions. (Or at least a lazy Saturday when I know I can just turn it on once and use it most of the day.) I had a Violectric V281 after the NFB-10SE and it was warmer and had more resolution than the NFB-10SE, but it lost out to the THX-789 and later, the A90, in terms of frequency response and raw resolution. It got left out in the middle of everything and I sold it after acquiring the Solaris.

@AudiophileHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Woah. You have quite the collection there, hope you enjoy it to the max!

@zackw4941

2 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven Thank you! I enjoy my system very much!

Did you experience any type of click/pop/distortion noise out of the speaker cones or headphones when turning the volume control. I am not talking about the relay making a noise from the unit itself, I am talking about the speaker cones. Did you experience any issues in that department.

@AudiophileHeaven

Жыл бұрын

Hiii, I did not experience it, but some friends reported it happening with some units, I think that there's a feedback in certain combos, usually the amplifier won't like a specific preamp, but the one friend who reported it, did so with a burson funk, which did not happen for me, so it is an odd situation (?)

How do you select the gain on the matter 19? The NFB-28 had to cycle through 4 gain settings which was not ideal

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Good question. It has a gain button which you can press to select gain. I don't think it has 4 settings, but 2 instead. It has high and low gain, and that is it as far as I know.

I think I am going to pick this up for the Meze Empyrean!

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

They should make a really awesome pair!

hi george between Audio-gd master 19 and Burson Soloist 3xp which one is better for my Arya stealth ?

@AudiophileHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Hiii, I think that both are equally good. Similar stage and similar impact, only difference is the features, go for the one you'd find more convenient as an overall product

I own this Unite and i could not be happier..." Use it for my Hifiman He1000v2 and have even 50% Power left..., its amazing how much Power this Amp has. I also use it aa a Preamp for my HiFi SetUp...and it adds additional Depth and 3D Sound. This Amp is a Masterpiece (: Its worth at least 2K€ or even more...So its a real Bargain.

@AudiophileHeaven

Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed!

@wyup

5 ай бұрын

I'm also interested in it as a preamp for power amp & speakers. Do you know what is its line-out output impedance ? Which power amp do you use?

Please make Audio Gd R28 review and comparison with others amplifier you’ve tried🙏

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

I will try my best to make that too!!!

What is the difference between Feliks Euforia and Audio-GD Master 19 when used with hifiman he6se

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

HE6SE needs more juice, it sounds more controlled and dynamic with Master-19. SHOCKINGLY, if you want to drive it cheap, TR-AMP from Earmen does a stellar job.

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

There's also the price difference, Master-19 is much less expensive :)

Fine review but could you play some music at the end with the preamp M19.

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will be adding music to my reviews in the near future, but I'm not sure if I can play anything through the products and make it audible, since it would be played through a headphone and my microphone would not be great at recording that. Even is someone tried to EQ music to emulate the product they are reviewing, it won't really match what you'd hear on your own setup, I think it is a bit of a gimmick, even though I did admire the approach at some point, and tried to pursue the idea.

@LEFUSOUND

4 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven Yes I know it is tricky to play music especially through a preamp to judge its performance by viewers but you could hook it up to your system (amp + speakers) at the same time to your PC or with a good mic record a couple of secs due to copyrights issues. I always listen via soundcard on my PC with JBL earphones which BTW are great sounding I can hear a difference when someone is doing a comparison like two different speakers or cartridges. Anyway, hearing is a subjective but would enrich your review of a product.

у меня 11 модель этой фирмы и весит она 13 кг вроде как и весь выпуск держать его в руках ... только за это лайк можно ставить ! ))))) а так вообще убрали 2 ЛиР выхода XLR для наушников и почему то не увидел я на вашей модели выхода USB ... а так тоже самое по дизайну как и 11 модель )

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your love and support! Also, I think that I have the version with only AMP, no DAC, so this is why there is no USB port

Next review. How to fix a Master 19 I dropped making a video

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Hey! Did you have the ability to compare it with Flux products?

@AudiophileHeaven

2 жыл бұрын

Hii there Unfortunately not yet 🎶

Wow, and so compact as well, now all you need for a night on the town is a generator xD BUT, if I had 1.000 euro..

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Well, it really is worth every dollar, this one. It really is not very compact, but for the power I think the size is acceptable XD

@afrog2666

4 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven Honestly from what you said about the sound and from what I know about AudioGD, it`s probably worth the money, but I can`t help making a joke xD

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@afrog2666 Don't worry, I love a joke XD

do you think it would pair well with ADX5000

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they should make a really lovely pairing, due to the high dynamics of Master 19.

@lextr3110

4 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven hesitating on their new master dac/amp at 1200.. or this one.. seem similar price and same features but with a dac

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@lextr3110 well, in theory, it should be. Bit even if you don't like the DAC, or if you happen to have a better one already, you can always bypass it and use just the amplifier part. I will be doing my best to also review that one in the future and see if I can help those looking for comparisons between it and master 19

@lextr3110

4 жыл бұрын

@@AudiophileHeaven that would be so awesome.. i currently have an smsl m500 if you have one to compare it too.. or any ESS9038 dac.. what is your opinion about the fact that rarely any reviewer or measurement taker take into account crosstalk and square wav rendering (30hz and 300hz) .. i know slew rate of analog stage and amplifier really skew the square wav.. so even if your headphone can render them.. it wont matter much since it's already skewed in the chain.. it's the most complex part to design right since it mean choosing the right parts for high slew rate etc.. as for crosstalk i find it odd that it's not one of the main thing "audiophile" be aware of.. it's left channel spilling in the right and right in the left.. creating tons of nastyness

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@lextr3110 I'm actually really aware of both, but I never knew how to measure either, so at this point I went with expressing the things verablly. I will look into the M500 from SMSL as well sometime, there's a lot o fun stuff I'm working on and I'll surely make more interesting articles soon.

What is difference between this and master 9?

@AudiophileHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Shape and weight, the sound is really close if not the same

Your bonkers but I like it ⏏⏹⏺⏪▶⏩⏸

@AudiophileHeaven

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Please have some consideration for yourself and your audience. Looking at you uncomfortably holding a heavy amplifier is uncomfortable. Put it down and relax and we can relax too.

@AudiophileHeaven

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, next videos of large objects will be filmed in a much better fashion Sorry, I ran out of ideas here, limited by space and having to live in very limited conditions due to quarantine...