![]() ![]() I have no problem following complex bass lines. Midrange is glorious with plenty of air around voices and instruments. There was an upper treble sibilance with the Vali 2 that is gone with the Kenzie. Not all the time mind you but it does happen. While the Vali 2 soundstage is between the ears and shallow with the Kenzie the soundstage is deep, three dimensional and extends outside my head with good masters. The first thing I notice is soundstage and imaging. No disrespect to Schiit but I just spent a morning listening switching between the Vali 2 and Kenzie and the Kenzie outclasses the Vali 2 in all respects. If you have never heard a boutique tube amp you could be happy with it. The Vali 2 is a good starter amp for the HD800S. I had been listening through a Vali 2 while waiting for Justin to build my Kenzie, which only took a month including shipping. The HD800S are my reference phones and will be until Sennheiser comes out with something better under $5000. You don't see all the chain because some components are on the other side of the laptop on the right side of my work desk. My signal chain is PC > AudioQuest Diamond USB > Eitr > Blue Jeans S/PDIF > Brooklyn DAC+ > Kenzie > Sennheiser HD800S phones. Now I do most of my headphone listening through Tidal HiFi some MQA and locally stored files. Packaging was among the best I have ever seen always a good sign. I recently received a base Kenzie headphone amp ($1700 shipped) from Justin at ampsandsound and wanted to share my impressions. ![]()
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