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Overview Reviews 8. Latest Rating. Filters Show only: Loading…. Pros : Sound quality and price. Cons :??? An old friend and I have always had the "dilemma" of bridging the gap between what we want and what we need - especially when it comes to the finer things in life. Do you "need" to special order your BMW from Germany - probably not although he decided to. Do you "need" to drink 30 year old scotch - probably not, or at least not all of the time guilty as charged.
Enter Justin from ampsandsound, the Kenzie, and my introduction to the audiophile end of the spectrum for audio equipment. Justin took the time to describe what his company and products are all about - I was immediately interested. His passion is not only obvious when talking to him, but is visible in the attention to detail in his equipment. I won't go into technical specs, all of that information is easily found elsewhere. I am very much a numbers and technical specs kind of guy, but after experiencing the sound quality and warmth of the Kenzie, the numbers and spec sheet no longer matter to me.
I am hearing things in the music I have been listening to for years that I haven't heard before. The clarity, the warmth, and fullness of the sound isn't easily described with words; at least, words don't do the sound quality justice. The details I am now hearing has made my entire music library feel new again and I'm excited to listen through it all to find the "new" parts I've been missing. Add the Kenzie to my list of items that filled a "want" and quickly evolved into a most definite "need".
Cheers Justin for building an amazing product at an accessible price point such that my discussion of wants and needs will continue on. Pros : Build quality, footprint, tone, looks! Cons : Headphone jack placement sort of. I remember the first time I saw pictures of Justin's classic designs and honestly, based on looks alone, assumed they'd never be in my realm of affordability and in seeing some of his more recent releases, still aren't lol.
I however, am very happy to say that I've recently been able to purchase one of Justin's personal units and I'll just say it I'm out head-fi! Read on to see why this guy ticks every box for me.
In discussion with Justin about the differences between his headphone amps, the word he used to describe the Kenzie first was the same. It's not particularly colored one way or the other, but because of it's no-feedback nature, can be swayed one way or another, whether by cables or tubes.
In every experiment though, all of my listening selections were marked by a richness that was hard to deny. I don't know if I'd say smoothness, but to steal a word from the world of photography, everything had just the right amount of saturation.
Thoroughly enjoyable with every song. Bass: The low end on this amp is wonderfully clean and full. My headphone of choice is the original Grado PS, which has quite a bit more heft than just about every other Grado.
The Kenzie strikes a great balance of thickness and control. With some amps I've owned, the PS can get a little too plump and cover the low midrange. Not the case here. From the kick on "Happiness" to the upright on "Strasbourg, St. Denis" everything in the bottom was tightly controlled yet unrestricted. Mids: Sorry for the redundancy, but the word here is rich. The Mainline has a certain smoothness that was undeniable, and the MAD already has plenty of rep for it's tube-tastic flavor.
Where the Kenzie differs to these ears at least , especially with a few NOS tubes is that it maintains a noticeably better balance between smoothness and detail. The harmonized vocals from Highlands Worship's recent release were easier to separate but still sounded very natural and coherent.
The same would apply to the horns and keyboards from the Snarky Puppy tune. So much fun! Treble: Best balance in the upper range I've heard from a tube-design headphone amp. One of my make-or-break song for testing the upper end is "Grown Folks" by Snarky Puppy. With the Hugo 2 alone, the upper end on those licks brushes up to the edge of my comfort. Running the Hugo into the Kenzie took just the slightest edge off, even at high volumes which is exactly where I like it to be.
The MAD nor the Mainline accomplished that; they traded clarity for smoothness or sacrificed the latter for a little peakiness. I've heard wider on a few occasions, but what I like about the presentation here is that the separation from left to right is strong AND the front to back is there. In my experience, usually you get one or the other. The Hugo alone offers TOTL separation, but adding the darling circuit really does something special with the front to back imaging. Well-done orchestral and jazz recordings really came to life when the tubes were added in!
Volume pot is super smooth. Plugs are tight. Fit and finish are all super clean. Frankly, I love the classic look and feel of this amp. Everything looks and feels well-made and I'll be honest, I feel a little bit like I've arrived with this piece of heirloom-quality gear on my desk. Thanks Justin for committing to your gear truly looking as good as it sounds! Qualms: The only semi-qualm I have is probably predictable.
Having the headphone jacks in the rear isn't super convenient. Yes I know it keeps the look clean and from a design standpoint, there's an advantage I'm sure. Just feels a little strange or maybe just different to have my Grados plugged into the rear with the cable draping over and between the exposed components.
Yes, I know the Encore solves this, but the Encore is beyond the bounds of my budget! For dynamic headphones, it's got all your bases covered have heard it may not be there for hard to drive planars but I don't have any of those.
I certainly am a satisfied customer and wholeheartedly recommend it! Thanks for reading! Pros : Excellent tonality Good clarity Wonderful for high impedance headphones. Cons : Hum Awkward headphone jack placement. I think it works well for high impedance headphones and does above average for low impedance headphones as well. To put it this way may help understand the Kenzie. When I try low impedance headphones on the Kenzie it is not that I do not think they do not work well, in fact I find the Kenzie to be competitive with any amplifier around its price unless you need lots of power.
But the way it opened up my 6XX and especially my Atticus was special in synergy. Upon first plugging my Atticus in the Kenzie I wanted to get rid of my Mogwai so I could have one but I prefer my planars on the Mogwai and to a lesser extent the Auris and since hardly any amplifier does it all then synergy is the name of the game.
If you are building a rig around anything like a Senn, Beyer, ZMF Dynamic, and even some low impedance dynamics I think the Kenzie is worth considering for sure. Originally posted here at earphiles. Reactions: exdmd. Cons : May not drive the hardest headphones, but I had no problem The Kenzie is handmade in Southern California with U. It had a Frankenstein-like look, or maybe it was the lab.
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We talked about Thomas trying to do the same thing before. Yes IME, when you talk about competing with product 10x your target price, unless you have some revolutionary new tech that will massively disrupt the market, your probably missing something. I just multiply USD by 1. The thing is speakers are a weird market. Tuning is key.
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JavaScript must be supported by your browser and needs to be enabled in order to view this page. This product was developed with your Toyota in mind. Additionally the turn key plug and play installation for your Toyota makes this the easiest and fastet way to add an amp s to your stock head unit without cutting any of your factory wires. This setup does not work with the upgraded JBL system. A custom setup is required if you have a JBL setup.
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The audio circuit is a very minimalist dual-mono single-ended design featuring a volume control and input selector for two sources. The amplifier's overall gain is high enough that during those times when you don't have a real DAC hooked up it can still sound good driven by something as weak as a laptop's headphone jack. There is also an adjustable treble-cut with a bypass switch so that if you find yourself streaming compressed MP3 music while you're working, you can make it more tolerable by reducing the very top end where the results of jitter and compression are most apparent. The dual-mono design gives the amplifier a separate power supply and even a separate power switch for each channel.
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