HP-10 – Available in three guises of standard, BT and Deluxe trim, with BT adding a Sabre DAC with Bluetooth aptX HD 5.1, Deluxe a premium AKM AK4493 DAC with extra USB-C input, Gold Note's newest headphone amp can also take the PSU-10 Evo upgraded external power supply. Claimed to operate purely in the analog domain, adjustments include cross-feed, Harman Curve EQ, damping factor, gain, phase and superflat. The display navigates the options. Four headfi outputs cover 3.5/6.3mm and 4.4mm/XLR4 balanced. Analog inputs are 1/ea. RCA/XLR mirrored by matching outputs. There's remote control and gold, silver or black finishing. The circuit is a dual-mono discrete class A type. What the press released missed were the power ratings and price. Boo. A retailer's website lists the basic HP-10 at €1'890 but still has nothing on the output power. I guess prospective shoppers have no need to know? Gold Note's FB pages mention Susvara so apparently that notoriously inefficient headphone is well within the amp's remit. In which case, nuff said?
