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thaeyo t1_j6kouub wrote

Thanks OP! Glad your ears are better, I didn’t read all the comments but did anyone recommend wearing earplugs at night to help your ears recover? Might be especially helpful if your house has a lot of background noise.

Needless to say, I won’t be buying a Schiit amp or certainly not used! There’s too many reports of this, meanwhile I can google “Atom amp dead or blown” and not get a single result. All that power is tempting but damn I don’t want to risk my cans or my ears.

Edit: I emailed Schiit and confirmed: they’ll only cover damage to other equipment for the original purchaser. So if you buy used Schiit you’ll be risking your other equipment.

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Gaurdian23 OP t1_j6l9m1t wrote

Ty! Actually that is a great idea! Thankfully my house is pretty quiet but I wish I would have thought of that sooner! Still might do it just to give my ears a rest at night!

I really want to like Schiit, their designs are great, they offer amazing power for the money, and they're inexpensive. However it appears they cut corners to make that happen. Agreed!! The more I think about, the more I lean to just getting an Atom. Wish I had sooner tbh!

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blorg t1_j6nsoib wrote

Look at Chi-Fi, all of the performance without the corner cutting you get from stuff made in the US. Topping and Fiio have great options, I have a Topping A90 and Fiio K5 Pro myself.

The new Fiio K7 looks great for $199. I think it looks well worth it over the K5 Pro, balanced, much more power out of that output, much lower noise and distortion.

From Topping, the DX3 Pro+ for the same price loses the balanced but gains Bluetooth.

If you don't need the DAC portion, the Topping L30 II amp-only for $149 looks great, single ended only but 3.5W and it can even survive exploding and continue to work normally with no harm to amp or headphones.

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Gaurdian23 OP t1_j6nwj1c wrote

Thanks for the suggestions! Honestly the L30 II is actually looking pretty good right about now! I already have a DAC that I can use so it would be perfect. Looks to have great build quality and, apparently, can survive exploding lol!

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blorg t1_j6nxb7g wrote

If you read through the thread, it seems in the end that it was something else that "exploded" near the amp, as it has apparently no issues and no visible damage inside either. The previous generation of the L30 did have some issues, but they apparently did fix it in the II, and I believe it has DC protection so shouldn't blow up headphones at least.

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MachineTeaching t1_j6oz8sj wrote

The first few units of the L30 had issues, Topping recalled all of them and permanently fixed the problem. The L30 II is just a minor upgrade so you can get a L30 if it's cheaper without worry.

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MachineTeaching t1_j6oz0jc wrote

The FiiO K5 for example is kinda bad. In general, FiiO doesn't always make the best products, although plenty are fine.

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