Louisiana
500+ Head-Fier
Upgrade tubes, in both devices.Might be off topic here, but would very much appreciate your finding in ha3a vs feliks euforia comparison.. like technicalities, soundstage and overall tonality. Are you using stock or upgraded tubes?
In my opinion, the Cayin is more detailed, and the Euforia is simply more "romantic", plus it brings more life to stringed instruments and vocals.
I use the Cayin primarily with planar headphones, and the Euforia with my dynamic onesDo you have a certain cans/headphone that you like on ha3a more than euforia or vice versa?
Hifiman HE1000se, LCD4 and Caldera sound wonderful on the Cayin.
My Atrium and Verite don't sound bad either, of course, but I personally like them much better on the Euforia.
Another topic:
Today I tested the I2s input of the Spring, and for my taste I see absolutely no advantage over USB.
I actually wanted to place the Red right next to the Spring and connect both via I2s, but I didn't like the overall picture and it just didn't make sense.
So the Red moves down into the cupboard and takes the place of the Raspberry Pi.
My current setup looks like this:
I placed the Cayin on the base form my ddHifi Rack, cause i don't need it anymore - and i like the look