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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The sound is strong, clean, and manages to be simultaneously crisp and warm. The music is a lot smoother and the bass sounds more natural. The low freq sounds absolutely amazing. The bass is very tight and deep.

Such products are harder to get now, except as kits or completely unenclosed boards needing a case and power supply or boutique products like this one catering to an audience thinking tubes are cool. Swapped to a groove tube gt-12au7 which is a measur...  Read More

The non-linear volume knob is really good. I use it on my pc when listening to music on big headphones because the motherboard can't handle them.

Wanted a tube amp to power those badboys, so went ahead and bought this after doing tons of research. All 4 amps with dac give you a good sound, but tube amps are a little bit warmer. Highly recommend this little amp for an entry level tube hifi setup...  Read More

The bravo v2 really does what it says it does. It makes it more lively. I'm sure the tube-a-philes love it. Untying the cable, lengthening it, and moving the zip tied spool away from the v2 removed the scratches and reduced hissing to a soft warm tube...  Read More



Cons

About a week or two into using it, static. Except now the static is back. Bad customer service is just the cherry on top of this unfortunate situation. Maybe it's unreasonable to expect a cheap device to have a reasonable shelf life.

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Quality


I really like it a lot and am pleased with the purchase


I paired this with the audioengine dac  audioengine d1 24bit digitaltoanalog converter  i replaced the orig...  Read More


Sound quality is pretty gooddepending on source files and a host of intermediary steps


It powers a pair of sony mdr7506 headphones and the sound quality is amazing

Price


For the price i am thoroughly satisfied with my purchase


Im rating these 4stars because it does wonderfully solve my problems and at a price im happy with as well

Packaging/appearance


This thing out of the box isnt great


Everything was securely closed and functioned right out of the box

Competitiveness


I have limited experience with highend home audio but i do appreciate good sounds enough to invest in nicer equipment than most


Im using it with hd600s and it really brings them to life


Had they included larger heatsinks on the unit i would have gladly given this a 5star rating


Setup was pretty straightforward i opted to use the rca adapter with a mediabridge cable instead of the 3

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 399 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 28 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have been using the shp9500 for the past couple of years currently waiting for the hd6xx to come in december


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ive only been using this for 5 hours so here is an initial impressions review


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    And it isnt noticeble on well mastered tracks


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can find them for 40 bucks on amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Just watch where your hands are when messing with open electronics


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is unshielded so rf will get in so dont set your phone or tablet right next too the bravo


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was worried the plexi would have a cheap feel it doesnt


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It sounds like there isnt enough power for these or something

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