Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's do a deep dive comparison between two awesome Violectric headphone amps: HPA V281 and HPA V324. Which one is right for you and why?

Buy each from Power Holdings, Inc:

V324: power-holdings-inc.com/Violectric-HPA-V324-Reference-Headphone-Amplifier-p768232346?srsltid=AfmBOooQm_ZCU-fas15JVGtSYJ-lYR3dZsUtLIqNcqjmciHx15qlcdLU

V281 LE: power-holdings-inc.com/Violectric-HPA-V281-Reissue-Headphone-Amp-p585718067

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My Other Lake People Reviews...

Lake People G111: youtu.be/InnJfsLdIhU
Lake People G111mk2: youtu.be/kSxg9OJWlXQ
Violectric DHA V226: youtu.be/P2lkeFHkmlA
Violectric HPA V222: youtu.be/tfwY5KjWcV0
Violectric HPA V281: youtu.be/ETFZtNxunKg
Violectric HPA V550: youtu.be/0GtvA7q6IcM
Niimbus HPA US5 Pro: youtu.be/lLlPJyvGSIQ

Test Gear

All music started as lossless or hi-rez FLAC or DSD files played through Roon. FLAC files could also have been streamed from Qobuz.

Test Chain...

Chord 2Go: youtu.be/S3O7JNOJIqI
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Chord Hugo 2: youtu.be/uuSOYjFtcvY

Headphones Used...

Audio Technica ATH-ADX7000: youtu.be/d7yjTA584go
Beyerdynamic DT880: youtu.be/pSXKdoYg0Tc
Dan Clark E3: youtu.be/wzUqM7OJlTk
Focal Radiance: youtu.be/rXnmlXCf_bA
Focal Utopia OG/2020 (1): youtu.be/sqHjnH6EdM4
(2): youtu.be/tb3le-TwGnQ
HEDD D1: youtu.be/VEMQwuZDVBs
HiFiMan HE1000 Unveiled: youtu.be/pSXKdoYg0Tc
HiFiMan Susvara (1): youtu.be/mZJ78eXWkt0
(2): youtu.be/oUrJx173P5M
HiFiMan Susvara Unveiled: youtu.be/WI1gnx2tD7s
Massdrop + Sennheiser HD6XX: youtu.be/02Um5rMNYS8
MIRPH Mirph-1: youtu.be/b7AvyocYck4
SJY Horizon Closed Carbon: youtu.be/8UOM3K_VLDc
ZMF Ori 3.0: youtu.be/FnO02oLlHAw

Timestamps...

00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
01:08 Shameless Self Promotion
01:36 Setup
02:30 Features Analysis
04:40 Volume Control Analysis
07:25 I/O Configurations & Footprints
08:08 Headphone Types Discussion
13:09 Comparison with Difficult-Driving Planars
15:36 Comparison with Hi-Z Dynamics
17:34 Analysis of First 2 Headphone Categories
19:38 Modhouse Tungsten?
20:48 Comparison with Easy-Driving Planars
22:55 Comparison with Lo-Z Dynamics
26:40 Takeaways & Recommendations