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Luxury for Your Ears: Trafomatic Experience Head One Headphone Amplifier

Affordable high-end audio

By Florin Tibu, Audio Editor

16th of June 2008, 06:53 GMT

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The classic, refined looks of the Trafomatic Experience Head One
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For some music lovers high quality gear is simply not enough and they are in a constant search for better and better equipment to quench their thirst for the ultimate sound. The Serbian company Trafomatic, run by Mr. Sasa Cockic, has just proudly presented its newest addition to the ranks of reference audio gear - the Experience Head One headphone amplifier, a luxurious and exquisite piece of audiophile hardware.

The Trafomatic Experience Head One is an all-tube piece of tech, running on a carefully engineered stereo platform, delivering the pristine sought-after rich tone of any pricey gear and the pleasurable operation comparable to any other similar device.

Selectable output impedance for the Trafomatic Experience Head One headphone amplifier
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Even more, besides the traditional stereo headphone output, the Trafomatic Experience Head One boasts a dedicated subwoofer output, with a similar frequency range as the line out channel, and therefore sporting the same top-drawer quality.

Noticeable features in the Trafomatic Experience Head One are the presence of the Alps volume pot and the high-grade impedance selector knob, the latter allowing you to perfectly match your top-notch preferred headphones with this exclusive amplifier and get the best possible results.

The Experience Head One boasts the high-class Trafomatic transformers
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Neat detail of the back panel on the Trafomatic Experience Head One
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Together with all the high-class components, starting with the indirectly heated rectification tubes and ending with the Rubicon electrolytic capacitors, the Experience Head One is destined to deliver you acoustic bliss from a stunning package.

Gilded metal parts and polished wooden panels with refined looks add to the overall luxurious feeling you get with the Experience Head One. On the tech side, the EHO boasts 18 dB of gain on the Line output and carries gilded RCA inputs for CD and Aux; With 30-100-300 Ohms selectable output impedance, you're right where you want, no matter which type of headphones you use. And if we add the under-$900 price tag for the Trafomatic Experience Head One, this desktop headphone amplifier becomes even more appealing.

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Comment #1 by: Andrew W. on 29 Dec 2008, 02:35 GMT reply to this comment

I have auditioned this rather large (but undoubtedly beautiful looking) all-tube headamp at an audio store while holidaying in Singapore. I've tried it with AKG701, MS-Pros, ATH-W5000, Denon D5000 as well as the very new Denon D7000 (both of which are fresh out of the box without burned in). A bit too bright to match with the Denons (D7000's more forgiving, but D5000's not), partly because not burned in.

Coming from the lushful but slightly analytical background of the ATH-W5000 + DOGE6210 myself, the Head One certainly gives that lively, energetic, as well as detailed impression throughout all my listening sessions accross all headphones. But one thing that I had to pay attention to was whether or not it is a bright/aggressive amp; and I was pleased to discover that hurtful high frequency hashes were reduced to a minimum and that there is no sibilance. Furthermore, there was a quality separation and hidden details within the music that I have not discovered before. Note that I have discovered these qualities with the in-store's brand new MS-Pro and few-hours-burned W5000.

The impedance switch is solidly built, and the volume control knob is VERY smooth (in volume-change; without annoying channel breakups) and are both luxurious to the touch.

Would love to get 2nd audition next time :).

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