Just made a balance cable for my ATH-r70x. And also switched tube to ECC802s. So far one thing I noticed is volume is higher. Bass extension is much better.
theplaidmooseI like it very much. I only listen to it with ATH-r70x on balanced port. Base is very solid and powerful. High is very good too and never feel fatigue listen to it. At 52 year old, I can still hear 16k. I think it is pretty good.
Listen to some jazz vocal is wonderful. I don't fill recessed at all.
I have about 40 of listening on the little unit. I expect it getting better over time.
I changed the tube once I got it. So I can not say the original tube will be sounds same.
The one problem is the USB driver. It take me some time to figure it out and get everything working. Now the PC just hand the singnal to TA-10 and it will handle the hardware decode include DSD files.