HA-1 Headphone Amplifier, DAC & Pre-Amplifier Discrete Class A Balanced Headphone Amplifier, Asynchronous USB DAC Up to 384 kHz and DSD256, Stereo Pre-Amplifier with Home Theater Bypass Price: $1,199 This product is discontinued and no longer available. HIGH PERFORMANCE AUDIO Discrete Class A Amplifier Oppo is a name traditionally associated with high-end Blu-ray players like the BDP-95EU, but more recently it's been making moves in new territories. Last year saw us dishing out five stars to its first pair of headphones, the excellent PM1s, not to mention a commendable four stars to one of its first smartphones to hit UK shores, the Oppo N1.
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Oppo's new headphone amplifier the Oppo HA-1 is a high-end audiophile amp. DAC designed to be used with some of the world's best headphones. In balanced mode the amp delivers output of 800 mW @ 600 Ohms or 2000 mW into 32 Ohms, while in single ended mode the amp delivers 200mW @ 600 Ohms or a 500mW @ 32 Ohms. Frequency response is quoted at 10 Hz - 200 kHz (+0B/-1dB) or 20 Hz - 20 kHz (+-/-0.04dB). OPPO released their first headphones, the PM-1 (over-the-ear), and have followed that with the HA-1 Headphone Amplifier, just now becoming available ($1,199). The headphone output stage (as opposed to the preamplifier stage) is biased into Pure Class A, which is unusual, especially at the price. Whoever designed the Oppo HA-2 headphone amp and USB DAC is probably the kind of person who enjoys gluing pound coins to the pavement. We embarrassed ourselves attempting to peel back the leather wrapping, expecting a fancy touch screen or pocket diary, but it turned out to be part of the outer design.
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The Oppo HA-1 is a harvester of many tricks, so many in fact that it is almost unfair to label it strictly a headphone amplifier as the acronym in the name suggests. It really stretches the boundaries of inputs, outputs and digital conversion all within a reasonable amount of desktop real estate. OPPO Digital has shared details on their new dedicated headphone amplifier HA-1. The OPPO HA-1 Headphone Amplifier builds on the proven circuit design of OPPO's Blu-ray players, combining a Class A balanced power amplifier section with the performance of the ESS 9018 Sabre 32 Reference DAC. The HA-1 is designed as a high performance headphone. Steven Stone reviews Oppo Digital's HA-1, which combines an excellent headphone amplifier, a stereo preamp, and a digital-to-analog converter into one well-constructed $1,199 package. The Oppo HA-1 headphone amplifier Oppo Oppo's best known for its Blu-ray players, but earlier this year it introduced a high-end headphone, . Not long after that Oppo put the word out.
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OPPO could easily unbundle the HA-1, sell the DAC and pre as standalone components for about $2,000 each, and they would still be class leaders. OPPO has always stood for solid engineering, great audio performance and smart packaging. The HA-1 headphone amplifier continues this tradition, and if anything, takes OPPO's version of performance. OPPO HA-2SE Portable DAC/Headphone Amp Same quality aluminum casing as original HA-2. Plays up to 32/384 kHz PCM and DSD256. Improves the sound of your mobile phone. Will run some relatively power hungry headphones. Adjusted amplifier gain structure for improved sound with sensitive IEMs.
OPPO has just released the HA-2 DAC and Headphone amplifier. It is sized to use with your smart phone's digital output using a USB-micro-to-USB-micro cable. With a Sabre Mobile DAC and balanced operation, the HA-2 will decode up to 32/384 PCM and DSD256 music stored on your phone. Discrete Class A Balanced Headphone Amplifier, Asynchronous USB DAC Up to 384 kHz and DSD256, Stereo Pre-Amplifier with Home Theater Bypass. Price: $1,199 .. OPPO HA-1 Headphone Amplifier User Manual (PDF Format) Release date: April 22, 2014. Remote Control Apps: Select from the following device types: iPhone/iPod Touch Android
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The Oppo has been tested with a Lenovo T530 ThinkPad running Windows 7 and then additionally as a mobile device with a Motorolo Moto G4 and a Pioneer XDP-100R DAP. It was then tested with the Sonus faber Pryma, Oppo PM-3 and Sennheiser PXC550 headphones and Noble Dulce Bass earphones. Material used has included lossless and high res FLAC, AIFF and DSD along with compressed material from. The Oppo PM-1 Headphone is by far the best meshing of any headphones I currently have or have yet heard with the HA-1. No doubt, Oppo has purposely tailored the HA-1 to combo with the PM-1 to the best of it's abilities…and it certainly does just that.. It is a good middle ground headphone amp and dac that wont color it up too much, also.
