Bonjour Srajan, Joël: D'abord, a grand welcome to Srajan and Ivette to Kilrush! I've now broken in the Kinki Studio EX-M7 and am quite impressed. The amp has blossomed since early July and is a terrific complement to the Lumin T2 with Leedh Processing. The pair are tethered via Grimm SQM XLRs, another 6moons find. The "enceintes" are Vivid B1 Decade speakers which I purchased after learning of Joël's multiple purchases from the Vivid stable and reading his impressions in 6moons. I find myself listening to more music than I did with the Devialet Expert 220 Pro. I guess the two biggest differences are the dynamics and the midrange liquidity. Both have improved substantially.
I would not have trod this path without the two of you leading the way. The purchase of the EX-M7 was originally prompted by Srajan's Blue Moon award review and Joël's subsequent review in Audiophile Magazine. The Lumin T2 purchase was driven mainly by Joël's review of the Lumin X1 with Leedh Processing. I figured the trickle down from the X1 to the T2 was good enough for me. I also found it intriguing that Joël found that the Leedh Processing even surpassed the digital volume control of the Tambaqui DAC, which seems to be a gold standard at its price point. Finally, I am still using a Franck Tchang ASI Liveline loom in my system. A review long ago in 6moons led me to visit Franck's atelier in Paris where I was enchanted for several hours as the wizard led me through his workshop and even played his guitar for me before I left with my purchase. Amitiés/Friendship, Michael Fanning
Excellent Michael. I've owned many amplifiers. I still have some of them and remain amazed by the performance of this inexpensive amp. Concerning the Lumin, the limitation could be the internal chipset but you can try using the T2 as a sole transport through its BNC output and see if it brings further benefits to an external D/À converter. In the meantime enjoy your music. The T2 has definitely many pros (DSD, digital Leedh Processing, MQA, all streaming networks enabled, excellent interface) to forget the few cons (if any at this price point). All the best and take care, Joël
The Kinki amp platform is why I upgraded my €8'500 LinnenberG Liszt to the $3'500 EX-B7 monos. Soon the matching integrated will drive a 2×15" subwoofer in the same main system. For this power and money and quite beyond, I don't know anything else I'd rather listen to. Bakoon/Enleum don't make anything yet at 250wpc. Srajan
