Bro, the centerpiece of the H3S is the phono section. Although I am sure you are enjoying it with digital sources. Here's what our resident audio blogger, hearhead, says about the H3S' phono stage:
"Just a little rave on the Phono Preamp of the H3S:
I dont know what kind of electronic wizardry Rene employed with his Phono Pre but let me tell you that it is one of the most quiet preamps ive ever encountered. Not too mention that it is one of the most forgiving phono ins money can buy. A struggle with Vinyl has always been a cartridges tracking and sometimes even the highend ones have an over emphasized treble and when the stylus starts to go to the inner grooves a certain amount of distortion can occur.
I used to have a vintage Pioneer table with an original cart that seems to encounter this distortion in the inner grooves (on hindsight it may be a set up issue: IGD) but ive never had that treble distortion with using the H3S. Did a shoot out with a Tube Phono Pre from a local diyer and the H3S beat it by a mile.
Even the china tube amps suffer from a grounding and hum issue that seems to be missing from the H3S. If youve been dipping your toes in Tubes youll notice that lower hum and noise are some of the premium things you have to pay for.
I said "forgiving" since the tracks i play with it are almost always sweeter. Its like the H3S rolls off the jagged peaks and treble that makes mediocre pressings fatiguing to listen to.
My Dads a local speaker builder an we used that H3S in the last hifi show to power a diy bookshelf speaker and it did not disappoint.
Hats off sir Rene Rivo!"
Thanks for the tip hyperaudio. I'm still enjoying the H3S, it's been more than a year now. Also getting a lot of inputs via the H3S FB page. I'm in a quandary whether to have the phono stage installed or not. Reason for dilly dallying? No vinyl collection . Thanks & more power!