Excellent review. I suggest you are the most balanced, articulate and down to earth reviewer in the audio space. Thnx!

excellent review, waiting your to review SMSL SU-X 🙏

Waiting patiently for the SMSL SU-X DAC review🙏

@EduardodeFuentesCeballos

Ай бұрын

Yes! Can’t wait to hear how it compares with it’s predecessor, the SU-10.

I end up watching all your reviews even if i dont have interest in the product, your videos are just great

Серболюб, ваши обзоры самые детальные и понятные, в сравнении с другими аудиоблогерами. Респект!

Fantastically detailed review and comparison of all this equipment. Thank you for your time and efforts to share this with us all. Much appreciated.

Great job comparing these various models as pre-amps; very insightful. Thanks!

Really appreciate the pre-amp comparison, that's exactly what I've been looking for especially within context of comparing to a stand alone pre-amp. Good to know there is a definitive difference between the two kinds of products. Thanks a lot for the great review.

Hello, thanks for the review. I didn't listen to the SM SL SHX, but I had the Topping A90d in conjunction with the Topping D90se, and it's very good. I would be very interested to hear your opinion about the new Topping DX9. Are you planning to do your own review on it?

Cool runnings

Hola ! Me gustan mucho tus revisiones y ademas se nota que ers honesto,sigue asi por favor. Tengo A90d-Smls su10-Himfiman He1000.Que amplificador me aconsejarias por debajo de 1500€ ? Gracias y sigue asi.Saludos

I like the industrial design of this SMSL and hope its the future of their design. Specifically a integrated speaker amp that is a step up above the AL200 (and the MA5332MS amps) would be nice. I have the AL200 and it sounds great but I feel like could be improved on build quality, features, and just general performance.

I would love to know if there's noise floor/hissing with sensitive iems on the SU-X. Apparently the Aune S17 Pro has too much noise floor for iems.

Great review ! Very interested to know how you would compare to your favourite Rose Technics RT5000

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. They don't do same things RT5000 can't be used as amp only or as an preamp only... That said its internal amplifier is good enough that nobody should need an external one.

@TC-bz8sm

3 ай бұрын

Thanks and Sorry I should have been more clear, specifically I hope to find out the headamp part ( I understand that RT has a dac too)

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Amp inside the RT is roughly in line with A70 pro for example. Meaning it's not really as good as SH-X but not far behind either.

Hi, You can compare with xd05 pro?

Looks interesting.

Great review! It's good to know the ladder has a better soundstage, but how does it compare in terms of dynamics? Sometimes the headphone pres do a better job in this regard.

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

I find them equal in that regard.

@SignorZukini

3 ай бұрын

@@iiWiReviews excellent, thanks!

Thanks for this review - would be so interested to hear how this compares with the Gustard H26 which in the brochures also looks like a great option - Would be great if you have the opportunity to review the H26 too 🙂

@JoseFerreira-zb7wh

3 ай бұрын

i've heard somewhere gustard themselves suggested p26 works better as a preamp.

@mikelm222

3 ай бұрын

​@@JoseFerreira-zb7wh- That is interesting, but the product that caught my attention is the H26 rather than the P26

@JoseFerreira-zb7wh

3 ай бұрын

@@mikelm222 i understand. Just saying...if you want a preamp only they also have the p26.

@mikelm222

3 ай бұрын

Well Jose, this raises an interesting point. I have heard from two people in the last week or so that say their power amps sound more dynamic and nimble with a lower impedance output than most preamps have - perhaps 1 - 10 ohms rather than the usual 100 ohms. So I am also wondering how it might sound to drive a power amp from the headphone socket - just to see if this is a viable option.

@JoseFerreira-zb7wh

3 ай бұрын

@@mikelm222 oh and if i'm not mistaken i think you can upgrade some opamps with the p26. 2 of them.

I would live it if you could review thieaudio prestige ltd and maybe also the monarch mkiii. I bought the seeaudio bravery based on your review and really love it. But I’m in the market for an upgrade. Sounds like the ru7 would be a great match with the prestige ltd.

what about SH-X vs SP400? Is it worth to upgrade?

Please make a review of Gustard H26.

One idea for next video is "HiFi for noobs" For example, I am newcomer in HiFi and it is pretty complicated to make own system. I know there are some other videos about this but I think they are not so descriptive and you will do it better 🙂 There are some example questions to answer: - What parts of system I need (expect speakers as it is obvious) - What is the differences between amp, pre-amp, power-amp, integrated amp and do I really need them? - Some explanations about combinations like DAC+AMP for example...what else I need? - What are streamers? Do they always include DAC? - What do you think about all-in-ones as Cambridge Audio EVO 75/150 and should somebody buy such a device + speakers and not think about other parts - .....

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Good idea... I'll try and make something like that.

@orthodox-4-ever

3 ай бұрын

@@iiWiReviews Thanks 😉

That Aune is a monster lol. Dwarfs my class A Lehmann Black Cube Linear.

Jolie Holland i, nice choice !

No bass leanness with my s17 pro as a pre-amp. Maybe due to the 2 subs attached 😅

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, two subs tend to do that. 😊 But S17 pro is not too lean sounding or anything like that, just very tight and fast bass compared to SMSL's fuller/warmer... These are all good devices, non of them is far away from neutral really... Just slight flavoring.

What is your prefered preamp today, the Fulcrum or Bach?

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Fulcrum. I just didn't mention it here because of a huge gap in pricing. Bach is much more fair competition

@ekjellgren

3 ай бұрын

@@iiWiReviews and Bach vs the standard Acoustic Invader? Edit, you answered this in the Bach video :)

Matrix audio?

It would be nice if you could get your hands on gustard p26 and compare it with these. Specially with ladder bach.

Dacs used?

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Topping D90 III and Laiv Harmony DAC (review coming soon).

@aRc11-11

3 ай бұрын

@@iiWiReviews ..oh good. Thanks for the review. I'm an Aune junkie for head amps. They're A+!!

@justasimplefox

3 ай бұрын

​@@iiWiReviews curious for Laiv 😊

I must not be keeping up with audio terminology. I’ve always known a “head amp” to be a device that is placed “ahead of” a moving magnet phono preamp to provide for the low output of moving coil cartridges. (The other option being a step-up transformer). Meanwhile, I’ve only heard of headphones being driven by a headphone amplifier. I guess I’m getting old.

Last thing I need in my audio life is headphone amplifier. I use headphones only in the office. At home I have Marantz receiver and Monitor Audio speakers.

And we see again another Housing Size?

I have an Aune S17 Pro and I can't say that I hear any difference between 50 mA and 100 mA modes. Using my Focal Radiance and LCD-2 Fazor, and a SMSL SU-10 as a DAC. But it's much hotter for shure.

@KXP70

2 ай бұрын

I have one too, and I can hear a difference but it's really subtle for me and difficult to find words for.

I am planning to buy Topping d50iii ( looks clean), just waiting for some reviews.

The sound of S17 Pro changes A LOT with temperature changes. Sometimes the start of an album sounds different than the end of it :( Not to mention the volume curve and overheating problems, and their horrible customer support. I'd take this SMSL over my S17 Pro anytime.

@KXP70

2 ай бұрын

Volume curve isn't an issue after the firmware update that all new units have. Reach out to your supplier to get yours sorted out.

The SH-X & SU-X look so beautiful as a stack... until you turn them on :/ WHY ARE THE SCREENS DIFFERENT SIZES LOL triggers me

can you please get a hair cut?

@iiWiReviews

3 ай бұрын

Never