An upgrade to my Little Dot MKII
I made the decision to upgrade my modest Little Dot MKII Tube Amplifier this past week and it just got here yesterday. This is a used piece of gear, it's the first generation Woo Audio WA6. I wanted to go with Silver as it would match my Solid State Burson Conductor 3 Performance Headphone Amp/DAC/Pre-Amp, as well as the Schiit Lokius I also picked up recently. I wound up with Black; it was in the best condition of those I saw available, it was priced better and it came from an audio dealership with a brick & mortar store which displayed a working telephone number and an A+ rating with the BBB so I knew that I was probably safe in dealing with the gentleman. The Lokius is brand new. What I've learned is that I am going to have to do some figuring out how to deal with all of this new stuff, including how to get it all onto my 6 foot desk along with my lamp and modem. Apparently the Lokius has to be connected between Amp and DAC, so it would fit in between...
Jun 30, 2022
Current source
- Nearly 9,000 tracks in iTunes (192 kbps AAC)
- Some hi-res tracks (around 35 albums on BluRay-Audio or DVD-Audio)
A friend introduced me to Drop a couple years ago and I've made a few audio purchases, as you can see above. I enjoy my gear and my listening situation, which 98% of the time is iPhone to Radsone. Still, I do look at DAC and Amp offerings (or, DAC/Amp offerings) on here and sense that I could be enjoying my music much more with some additional investment...and perhaps a change of source. Questions:- Given that most of my current listening is via iTunes with compressed tracks, would I (should I) experience a noticeable difference?
- Could anyone attempt to quantify the difference between listening via Radsone vs. a good quality desktop unit (i.e., maybe the Radsone is 5 or 6 out of 10 and the DROP O2 is a 7 or 8). I understand this is highly subjective and not always easy to express.
Thanks in advance