{"id":13795,"date":"2025-09-10T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795"},"modified":"2025-09-10T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:17:09","slug":"auris-audio-headonia-300b-evaluation-headfonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795","title":{"rendered":"Auris Audio Headonia 300B Evaluation \u2014 Headfonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Marcus opinions the Auris Audio Headonia 300B, a Summit-fi desktop tube headphone amplifier and pre-amp with as much as 7W of output energy. It&#8217;s at present priced at \u20ac11999.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This pattern was bought by me at a reduction worth and doesn&#8217;t need to be returned. Headfonics is an unbiased web site with no affiliate hyperlinks or companies. I thank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aurisaudio.rs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\">Auris Audio<\/a>\u00a0for his or her assist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You possibly can click on right here to be taught extra concerning the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/?s=auris+audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Auris Audio<\/a> merchandise now we have beforehand reviewed on Headfonics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This text follows our present <a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/how-we-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scoring tips<\/a>,\u00a0which you&#8217;ll be able to learn in additional element right here.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__wrap lets-review-block__wrap-10 lr-cf lets-review-wrap-78044 lets-review--center lets-review-skin-1 lets-review-design-1 lets-review-ani-3 lets-review-score-type-2 lets-review-type-1 lets-review-score-type__bar\" data-design=\"1\" data-score-type=\"2\" data-skin=\"1\">\n<div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__main-title lr-vc lets-review-block__pad\">\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__mask lr-vc\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-Review-featured-image-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300B Review featured image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-Review-featured-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-Review-featured-image-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Auris Audio Headonia 300B Evaluation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__conclusion__wrap lets-review-block__pad\">\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n<p>The Auris Audio Headonia 300B is a contemporary tube headphone amplifier able to world-class efficiency ranges. It delivers a neutral-to-natural tuning with wonderful velocity and unbelievable ranges of dynamic vary inside a spacious and immersive soundstage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__crits lets-review-unseen\">\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__user_rating with__uid\" data-uid=\"78044\" data-is-pid=\"true\">\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__crit lr-tip lr-user__rating\" data-title=\"Your Rating\" data-width-dir=\"l\" data-score-a=\"92\" data-score-b=\"9.3\" data-score-c=\"4.6\">\n<p>Slide right here so as to add your rating on the gear!<span class=\"vote__count\">38 Votes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9.3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__proscons lets-review-block__pad\">\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__pros\">\n<p>Professionals<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable readability and immersion with succesful headphones.<\/p>\n<p>Sufficient energy and suppleness to drive any headphone.<\/p>\n<p>Helpful tube and amp lifespan knowledge within the menu settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__cons\">\n<p>Cons<\/p>\n<p>Wants a technically wonderful headphone to sound at its greatest.<\/p>\n<p>Could be too massive and heavy for some system racks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While I&#8217;ve reviewed many tube amplifiers from Auris Audio, together with the final <a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/auris-audio-ha-2se-plus-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HA-2SE+<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/auris-audio-ha-2sf-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HA-2SF<\/a>, and the quirky <a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/auris-audio-euterpe-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Euterpe<\/a>, getting my arms on the TOTL vary, referred to as Headonia,\u00a0was considerably extra elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore. The flagship Headonia 300B has been out for some time now, however typically an amplifier is so good that the timing of the evaluate issues much less.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priced at \u20ac11999, the Headonia 300B sits approach above the likes of the older HA-2SE+, and to be sincere, price-wise, it sits properly above my different 300B tube amplifiers, specifically the Cayin HA-300MK2 and the Feliks Audio Envy.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not to say worth is straight correlated to efficiency, as a result of in some cases I desire the Cayin HA-300MK2 to the vastly costlier solid-state dCS Lina system. In the end, it may possibly come right down to listening preferences.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, there are all the time sure traits in any good tube amplifier to search for that may point out a excessive degree of efficiency, no matter worth, reminiscent of noise, dynamic vary, and energy, to call however just a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, is the Headonia 300B a league above the HA-300MK2, and the Envy when it comes to efficiency? I came upon in my full evaluate beneath.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78047\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b at an angle on top of a glass rack\" width=\"750\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack-300x179.webp 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78047\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b at an angle on top of a glass rack\" width=\"750\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-at-an-angle-on-top-of-a-glass-rack-300x179.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69eb37838e596\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-69eb37838e596\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69eb37838e596\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#Options\" title=\"Options\">Options<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#Tube_Configuration\" title=\"Tube Configuration\">Tube Configuration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#Design\" title=\"Design\">Design<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#IO\" title=\"I\/O\">I\/O<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#Controls\" title=\"Controls\">Controls<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=13795\/#Packaging_Equipment\" title=\"Packaging &amp; Equipment\">Packaging &amp; Equipment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Options\"><\/span>Options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Auris Audio Headonia 300B is a single-ended, desktop headphone tube amplifier that makes use of a dual-stage solid-state rectifier and in addition presents pre-amp output for Hello-Fi fanatics.<\/p>\n<p>While I say \u2018single-ended\u2019, the Headonia 300B does, in reality, present connectivity for Lundahl transformer-engineered balanced enter and output. The SE enter possibility is barely extra delicate at 0.8Vrms, and the 3-pin XLR \u2018balanced\u2019 enter is rated at a better 1.6Vrms.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, energy is constant on the output aspect as much as a really succesful 7W. That ranking is constant whether or not you go for a single-ended or balanced connection, making the Headonia 300B a sensible choice for demanding headphones.<\/p>\n<p>The variable for energy administration is the linked gear\u2019s impedance worth, which determines the extent of Vrms that the Headonia 300B will ship.<\/p>\n<p>It is a key and tangible characteristic of the Headonia 300B, with its elegant pressure-based rotary dial neatly built-in into the transformer chassis on the rear of the principle housing.<\/p>\n<p>With 5 values starting from 32\u03a9 as much as 600\u03a9, you possibly can management the Vrms output from 15Vrms to 65Vrms, making it a welcoming headphone amplifier for low-impedance planar and high-impedance dynamic driver choices.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s not sufficient energy and suppleness for you, then the Headonia 300B additionally presents a 2-stage acquire management system. A characteristic that Auris Audio has used earlier than on their lower-end HA-2SF desktop tube amplifier.<\/p>\n<p>The entire above is underpinned by some heavy-duty amorphous double C core output transformers and a really low ripple PSU (claimed 100 occasions decrease than commonplace PSU choices).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78055\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b tubes in their boxes\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-720x480.webp 720w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78055\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b tubes in their boxes\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-tubes-in-their-boxes-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tube_Configuration\"><\/span>Tube Configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Headonia 300B is supplied with a pair of matched filamentary triode PSVANE 300B-TII energy tubes and a pair of twin triode PSVANE ART TII CV181-TII driver tubes (6SN7).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PSVANE ART TII CV181-TII driver tubes are used for the pre-amp stage, and the 300B covers the Headonia 300B\u2019s output stage.<\/p>\n<p>These should not low-cost tubes with the CV181-TII going for as a lot as \u20ac200 for a matched pair, and the 300B-TII near \u20ac500 a pair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are costlier 300B tubes on the market; nonetheless, PSVANE varieties are well-respected and identified for his or her punchy, technically resolving efficiency, particularly when they&#8217;re mixed with a solid-state rectifier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78048\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b front panel with glass guard\" width=\"750\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard-300x176.webp 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78048\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b front panel with glass guard\" width=\"750\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-front-panel-with-glass-guard-300x176.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Design\"><\/span>Design<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From my evaluate of the HA-2SE+, I felt the swap from a traditional wooden design to a extra \u2018industrial-looking\u2019 black aluminum chassis was a bit of polarizing amongst long-time followers.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, with the Headonia 300B, that very same strategy seems much more refined. I&#8217;m guessing that with a better invoice of supplies, the Auris workforce didn&#8217;t need to make any compromises.<\/p>\n<p>The amp has a fantastic end of black leather-based (aspect panels) and milled aluminum plates with a really shiny and legible LCD display in the midst of two knobs with pronounced crimson ring plates.<\/p>\n<p>Every thing concerning the Headonia 300B\u2019s building feels splendidly easy to the contact with zero sharp corners courtesy of an exquisitely chamfered end on the entire chassis\u2019s edges.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nonetheless a considerably racy aesthetic, at odds maybe with the stereotypical \u2018laid again\u2019 retro-look some equate tube amplifiers with. However, I a lot desire this advanced design over the flatter-looking HA-2SE+ visuals.<\/p>\n<p>And what a beast of an amplifier it&#8217;s. By no means thoughts the seems, cop a load of the dimensions of this factor. It can devour your audio panorama, particularly should you place it on a slim rack or encompass it with sometimes flat and extra discreet parts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At 460 x 440 x 310 mm, the Headonia 300B is constructed to seize consideration, and maybe shelter you from a storm or two within the course of. Weighing in at 23kg, you will want a sturdy set of legs on any shelf to carry the amplifier regular.<\/p>\n<p>Loads of the burden is from these hefty output transformers, mixed with as much as 8-10mm thickness for the aluminum panels. I&#8217;m glad to see heavy-duty rubber toes on the base of the amplifier to maintain it regular on easy surfaces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78053\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b rear panel\" width=\"750\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel-300x176.webp 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78053\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300b rear panel\" width=\"750\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-rear-panel-300x176.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IO\"><\/span>I\/O<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The rear panel format is a reasonably typical Auris format with provision for 3 line-level inputs and two pre-out connections. One in all every will obtain a 3-pin XLR connection designated as \u2018balanced\u2019 with a 1.6Vrms ranking and linked to these Lundahl transformers.<\/p>\n<p>The Headonia 300B incorporates a \u2018common circuit\u2019 design, which features a twin enter voltage selector positioned close to the ability socket, enabling the unit to function at both 240V or 110V.<\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s a giant unit, there&#8217;s ample area on the rear panel with wonderful labeling legibility. You&#8217;ll not have to fret an excessive amount of about connecting giant cables or cumbersome connector plugs into the again of the Headonia 300B.<\/p>\n<p>For the PO on the entrance panel, you get a single 4-pin XLR and a 6.35mm connection, and no 4.4mm possibility.<\/p>\n<p>I think Auris should not massively centered on IEM customers, however on condition that numerous headphones now have inventory cables with 4.4mm connections, it could have been good to have seen that supplied in such a high-end unit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78120 size-full\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300B impedance dial\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-720x480.webp 720w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300B impedance dial\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-impedance-dial-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Controls\"><\/span>Controls<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The choices to regulate the Headonia 300B are wonderful. You&#8217;ve gotten an enormous and extremely legible LCD display with an honest record of menu choices and a few attention-grabbing knowledge on the lifetime of not simply the entire operating time of the amplifier in hours, but in addition of every tube.<\/p>\n<p>You too can choose between the pre-out and headphone output, and it&#8217;ll present the energetic mode on the principle display. All onscreen choices are accessed by some well-labeled and clearly spaced buttons just under the display.<\/p>\n<p>The left dial operates as a multifunctional dial with rotation and pressure-based choices to decide on between the inputs from the rear panel (there are three of them) and the acquire stage degree you wish to function in.<\/p>\n<p>The ALPS potentiometer on the far proper may be very easy and with a pleasant degree of resistance, and is pretty correct. It additionally routinely attenuates once you swap acquire ranges, which is relatively cool to observe.<\/p>\n<p>On the very high of the chassis is the impedance selector, exquisitely curved to permit for a very simple, unsighted grip.<\/p>\n<p>This lets you shortly motor via the 5 impedance values to greatest fit your listening preferences. It\u2019s not a rule that it&#8217;s essential to match the impedance worth to the headphone\u2019s ranking, however I typically discover that one thing shut will produce optimum outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, now we have the distant management. Small, cute, constructed like a tank from machined aluminum, USB-C chargeable, and providing a ton of helpful choices to entry the Headonia 300B\u2019s menu system, swap the acquire, and mute, to call however just a few.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78121\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300B wooden crate\" width=\"750\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate-300x184.webp 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78121\" src=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate.webp\" alt=\"Auris Audio Headonia 300B wooden crate\" width=\"750\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate.webp 750w, https:\/\/headfonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Auris-Audio-Headonia-300b-wooden-crate-300x184.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Packaging_Equipment\"><\/span>Packaging &amp; Equipment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a lot about packaging and extra about uncrating. A giant tube amplifier wants an enormous container, and one that may shield these treasured vacuum tubes for no matter journey awaits it.<\/p>\n<p>In the event you fancy air transport this crate, then you definately is likely to be in for a nasty shock on the worth. I had mine despatched through sea, and it took about 2.5 months to go across the Cape Level from the UK to Singapore, after which Manila, after which lastly to our distant island.<\/p>\n<p>In the event you assume sea cargo is a threat for such an costly merchandise, then you should not have any fears, because it arrived in good situation. Auris did a superb job in packaging the amplifier and the tubes with a number of layers of froth contained in the crate to guard glass and metallic from bumping, cracking, moisture, and dirt.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment-wise, the Headonia 300B comes with the USB-C distant management, the tubes of their respective PSVANE packing containers, the removable glass tube protector panel, energy wire, and a guaranty card\/handbook.<\/p>\n<p>Simply bear in mind to set the right enter voltage on the again panel of the Headonia 300B, and you might be good to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/auris-audio-headonia-300b-review\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click on on web page 2 beneath for my sound impressions and really helpful pairings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/headfonics.com\/auris-audio-headonia-300b-review\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click on on web page 3 beneath for my chosen comparisons.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text \" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\">\n\t\tSharing is caring!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus opinions the Auris Audio Headonia 300B, a Summit-fi desktop tube headphone amplifier and pre-amp with as much as 7W of output energy. It&#8217;s at present priced at \u20ac11999. Disclaimer: This pattern was bought by me at a reduction worth and doesn&#8217;t need to be returned. 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