Harmony HP2A
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The Harmony HP2A is a meticulously crafted preamplifier and headphone amplifier, designed for discerning audiophiles who demand uncompromised sound quality. Volume control is managed using a precision-matched discrete resistor ladder volume attenuator. With discrete Class A buffered preamplifiers and a true balanced high-power headphone amplifier, it elevates your audio experience without compromise.
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Need more inputs?
Check out Harmony LExt for more inputs.
The Harmony LExt is an innovative expansion module designed to elevate the capabilities of your Harmony HP2A. Built with versatility and ease of integration in mind, LExt seamlessly adds more input options to your audio setup via the proprietary LE-LINK connection, allowing users to customize their system to suit their listening preferences and expand their connectivity without compromising performance.
Highlights
Precision Volume Control & True Balanced Class A Preamplifier: Featuring a Precision Matched Discrete Resistor Ladder Volume Attenuator for ultra-smooth, noise-free volume control, combined with a Discrete Class A Buffered Preamplifier for unmatched signal integrity and exceptional audio clarity.
True Balanced High-Power Headphone Amplifier: Harness the power of proprietary discrete power amplifier with 4x high bandwidth EXICON MOSFETs per channel for a robust and immersive listening experience. Unleash the potential of your beloved headphones!
True Balanced High-Power Headphone Amplifier: Harness the power of 4 x High Bandwidth EXICON Lateral MOSFETs per channel for a robust and immersive listening experience.
Selectable Output Mode at Your Fingertips: Easily select your desired output mode using the front panel selector on the HP2A. Choose between Preamp only, Headphone Amp only, or Preamp + Headphone Amp to suit your listening needs.
Expandable Input Flexibility: Effortlessly enhance your audio setup with the Harmony LExt via LE-LINK, adding Phono input or additional inputs to suit your growing needs.
Please check out the product overview and tech specs for more details: https://www.laiv.audio/harmony-hp2a
Reviews
I am enjoying this amp a lot. I've had just over a full week with it and feel I have enough time with it to give my thoughts. I was previously using a Burson Soloist 3XP, which will now turn into my amp or preamp in my office at work.
Headphones used:
- Hifiman Susvara
- Meze Elite
Thoughts:
- Amp sounds great with both easy to drive (Meze Elite) and hard to drive (Hifiman Susvara) headphones.
- To my ear, the HP2A is a bit of a "smoother" sound profile than what I was getting with the Burson.
- To my surprise, I feel the HP2A "woke up" the Meze Elites and made them really enjoyable to listen to. I remember loving them when demoing them at the local audio shop, but never quite got them to feel as full sounding at home with the Burson. They were still good, but the midbass hump was too pronounced, that isn't the case with the HP2A.
- For Susvara, the Burson and HP2A both sound great. Not as much as a noticeable difference with these. I'm completely happy with either amp and both have plenty of power to drive Susvara. For me there is easily an additional 20 - 30 db of headroom left when putting the Susvara to sound levels that are higher than I would ever listen at
- I have the black/gold colorway and the harmony dac and HP2A stack look really great together. When I first ordered the harmony I was concerned with the gold/black combo as it is not my favorite. With just the harmony dac, the color/looks was only OK for me (I didn't love it). With the addition of the HP2A, I think the stack looks really good - the two pieces really complement each other.
- Build quality is great. Feels solid and has a nice heft to it.
- Three feet design is not my favorite. Be careful when plugging in cables - if you push down on a corner, you just might flip the unit upward by mistake - do not do this!
- Overall, I am happy with the purchase and will be keeping the HP2A.
I should have the Mod House Tungsten arriving soon. They will likely be my headphones at work, but they will get a run through the HP2A for sure. These are a challenge for any amplifier, so I am curious to see how the HP2A will do.
I was looking for an new headphone amp since selling my GSX-Mini at the begining of this year.
The CFA3 and the Mentor were on my shortlist.
Since I have the Harmony DAC and enjoy it, the next logical step for me was the HP2A.
I did not expect the sound quality of the preamp to be that transformative of my stereo system. It replaced the Denafrips Hades.
It's like having a two in one device. Of course I use it for my headphone audio pleasure. Looks good too one on top of the other.
Anxious to get more details on their upcoming GaNM monoblock amps.
Thank you Laiv
I'll keep this short and sweet. The other reviewers are more verbose and detailed.
- Excellent AMP (only used my headphones) that's not only extremely well built (seeing it in pictures is one thing, but holding it in your hands... wow) but is amazingly musical
- Super five stars customer support. The team cares and will support you with whatever you might need or questions that you might have
- I got the DAC, AMP and DDC and those together sound much more impressive than my Chord Hugo TT2 + Mscaler stack. Well done LAiV!