Impressions Meet @ Hans from Qables 16-03-08

[EnOYiN]

Originally Posted by hoosterw

Bruto adviesprijs 229euro.
ex VAT 192euro.

Rgds

Hans

I think I will send you an e-mail when my taxreturn comes in.

[hoosterw]

Originally Posted by EnOYiN

I think I will send you an e-mail when my taxreturn comes in.

Okidoki, that should be any week now, assuming you applied in time .

[digitalmind]

Originally Posted by hoosterw

Bruto adviesprijs 229euro.
ex VAT 192euro.

Rgds

Hans

That's.... tempting, to say the least! Don't be too surprised if I also send you an email.

[hoosterw]

Originally Posted by digitalmind

That's.... tempting, to say the least! Don't be too surprised if I also send you an email.

Hmm 2 pieces. That calls for a power buy!



Hans

[Contrastique]

That's an astonishing price for such a beautiful headphone. I thought they would be way more expensive! Of course you need an amp to par with them but still...

[EnOYiN]

Originally Posted by Contrastique

That's an astonishing price for such a beautiful headphone. I thought they would be way more expensive! Of course you need an amp to par with them but still...

They are dynamic headphones and I believe that I read somewhere that they are at 100 Ω. I am still looking for some clear specs somewhere. Either way. The larroco could probably power them quite well, if not really well.

[Contrastique]

Originally Posted by EnOYiN

They are dynamic headphones and I believe that I read somewhere that they are at 100 Ω. I am still looking for some clear specs somewhere. Either way. The Larocco could probably power them quite well, if not really well.

That would be great but I'm not sure. They did a pretty lousy job powering the K701's for example. When I see these hps I get the feeling they need a lot of power to sound at their best or at least to get them close to their full potential.
I could be wrong though. I don't have any experiences with these hps besides my lovely encounter with them at the meet.

Maybe Duggeh could chime in here again as he seems to know a lot about them...

[mrarroyo]

Originally Posted by Contrastique

That would be great but I'm not sure. They did a pretty lousy job powering the K701's for example. When I see these hps I get the feeling they need a lot of power to sound at their best or at least to get them close to their full potential.
I could be wrong though. I don't have any experiences with these hps besides my lovely encounter with them at the meet.

Maybe Duggeh could chime in here again as he seems to know a lot about them...

You as well as many others must listen at extremely loud levels. When I had my LaRocco PRII MkII it rarely went past 9 o'clock even with the K701. As a comparison I am currently listening to an AKG K501 driven by an Oritek 4.1 DAC and the volume is below 9 o'clock.

Interestingly enough the output of the Oritek 4.1 DAC is about half of my Arcam DiVA CD73 (2.2 Vrms). As you can imagine when I use the Arcam the volume pot is set even lower.

I am very confused!

[Duggeh]

Originally Posted by EnOYiN

They are dynamic headphones and I believe that I read somewhere that they are at 100 Ω. I am still looking for some clear specs somewhere. Either way. The larroco could probably power them quite well, if not really well.

96dB efficiency and 100ohms impedance. For the Model 2.
95db and 100ohms for the Model 1

don't know and 4ohms for the AMT.


You'll have an easier time driving the Ergo 2 than the K701, and have a better sounding headphone as well.

[Contrastique]

Originally Posted by mrarroyo

You as well as many others must listen at extremely loud levels. When I had my LaRocco PRII MkII it rarely went past 9 o'clock even with the K701.

Ow, I'm not talking volume here but rather sound alone. They sounded dull and boring out of my Larocco and I had the feeling they were capable of much more than that. They lacked impact and speed though had very pleasant silky-like mids from what I recall.
Now, as I haven't yet heard them being more powerful driven it could be that that's just there soundsig which I happen to not really like because of the above comments, I'm not sure but I had the feeling they were underamped.
Hans told me something similar.

If the Ergo's are more easy to drive, well, that would be awesome and definitely something I would like to hear!