Of Of course now Tidal have substantially lowered their subscription cost. I prefer Tidal's interface but have used both services through Roon over the last few years so not really an issue. Which brings me to Roon. Not cheap by any means but a fantastic addition for music lovers.

The cable should be resistant to burning, for a short time, copper melting point is around 1000 degree C, but the sleeve will melt.

Usually yes but for some reason I didn't pay tax when I got my HD58X's. You could be lucky ...

Totally. I even find listening to HP's without Xfeed disorientating and unnatural.

Indeed, although I xfeed through Roon. Don't understand how anyone can listen to cans without :relaxed:

... and I thought this was all about the Grell headphones ... :relaxed:

Bit harsh no?

On paper at least this looks great value in a sea of some (imho) stupidly overpriced HP's. The proof is, as always, in hearing it of course.

I have three amplifiers with Headphone stages ... Audiolab, Cyrus and Arcam. None drive my HP's with more conviction, solidity and refinement than the Mojo 2. They may go ultimately louder (I wouldn't know) but I never reached the Chord's highest volume setting, not even close, even with the...

Enjoy. Fantastic little gadget.

A likely outcome if you don't know what to listen out for. 'Air', reverb and (ultimate) bass quality can give it away. I remember the gadget show on the Beeb doing a blind test of High Res vs MP3 and the outcome was that the majority preferred the lower bit rate ... . It seemed 'nicer'...

Got to be this one. Too many stupidly high priced HP's around.

Surely one of the best comments here ... . As with everything moderately technical, be that cars, bikes, Hifi and Headfi ... its (mostly) made to appeal to the male ego and priced accordingly.

Ah, the old accuracy, thing. Me sometimes think the best we can hope for are renditions that we think sound close to the real thing. Hell, I have attended live music in not exactly audiophile surroundings were I hoped it wouldn't sound as bad as home.

Sundara

Well, my Tidal Hifi Plus subscription renews tomorrow still at the old £19.99 price. The new, lower cost combined tier starts on the 10th April. I have downgraded my subscription today and will upgrade (or get the benefit) of the lower cost one in a few days. I would do the same if yours renews...

With the Mojo you are set. The EQ is superb even though I calibrate my HP's in Roon for simplicity. I think the Sundara is superb for the money and with the Chord you can make it sound like you want. I never had a problem, build is solid but if I had to criticise something it's the...

Sundara

I have to say that whilst a flat soundstage is sometimes said to be a planar thing ... (flat diaphragm ... flat soundstage ... ?) I have not found the Sundara lacking in soundstage depth. If a recording has that attribute, the Sundara seems to do it as well as my other, admittedly humble...

Single drivers have the advantage of no Xover.

Yes. The new Pro Macbooks, M1 Pro and forward, have improved Headphone stages. Apple did quite a bit to improve them. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/108351 When I thought my Chord Mojo 2 gave it's spoon up (it didn't, I was just a complete dumbass) I reverted back to the MB M2 Pro for a day...

Sundara Yes I prefer this 'vanilla' CD quality version.

Can there really be any other than one of the 6 series for your needs?

Good review here;

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