JH Audio JH-13 PRO appreciation thread - Page 217

Originally Posted by Crazyguy106

Great coverage. =D

May I ask if your D10 is using stock opamp?

Originally Posted by Sceptre

When walking through a forest, you can only walk half way in. You then start walking out again!

As you now, I am very happy with my JH13s but want to thank you in advance for what will be one of the most read reviews on the year. How much do I want to thank you? PM me your PayPal account email address and I'll pop $10 in there. You haven't asked for it. You haven't charged for the review. If you refuse to receive it then I'll pay it to head-fi.

You are one of the contributors that make this community special.

Regards

Sceptre

Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict

Thanks, I appreciate the offer, but go ahead and contribute to head-fi please.

I'm still afraid I'll just end up disappointing people if my review doesn't live up to expectations. These customs are all so good at revealing the character of the amp and source being used that I am having to spend a large portion of my time using a wide variety of them, to figure out the nature of the IEM's own sound as opposed to the sound signature of the amp and source.

Originally Posted by qusp

yeah they are busy alright, mine are supposed to be being made in the next day, I hope mine are NOT the first ones made by new trainees I mean i'm sure they have been trained well, but I wold still rather not be the first after the training wheels come off

Originally Posted by music_4321

I think by now it'd safe to say your review should be called a dissertation and should be ready by Xmas

Originally Posted by hockeyb213

Watch when he finishes his review his hard drive will crash and he will lose it. Then the tootsie pop saying "the world may never know" will be a perfect fit XD

Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer

To add a bit more fuel to the fire, I suppose, I am listening to asr's OmegaII/BHSE setup as I type this (using Pico DAC as source). I have been doing some comparisons with the JH13+Pico DAC/amp. Both have a ton of detail and freaky speed. If I had to compare the two in that regard, and this is really splitting hairs, the JH13 sounds quicker in the bass, the OII in certain areas of the midrange. This is as impactful of bass as I've heard from a 'stat, but it is not up to the level of the JH13 in that regard. Of course, the OII system has a significantly larger soundstage that extends quite a ways beyond my head, though it is a bit more diffuse.

At this point, they are both examples of extremely superb headphone audio. The choice could certainly come down to the preference of the listener. But the fact that the JH13 can even compete with such a staunch rig is testament enough. I am finding the JH13 more to my liking, mostly due to the tonal balance sounding a bit more spot-on and realistic.

The only question is would the JH13 scale as high as the OII/BHSE with a super-high-end source? There is no way for me to definitively answer that (unless someone wants to overnight me a killer DAC). Although I would say that I have no reason to think the JH13 couldn't scale up very well, as they certainly showed with the various amps as the meet last weekend.



This makes perfect sense with how Ray tunes his amps. I haven't used my JH13 with one of his yet, but I can certainly see how it would be a good change of pace, if the steadfast neutrality of the JH13 is too much for certain listeners and/or recordings.



The JH13 has better bass than the L3000, and more from 50-60Hz down. The L3000 has more upper bass than the JH13. Either one is a better bass headphone than the HD800, IMO. Both have more bass impact, and more bass volume in certain areas (JH13 lower, L3000 upper). Just want to be clear, so that you have realistic expectations.



I'm pretty sure that HPA can afford a flash drive

Originally Posted by daveDerek

qusp, i'd bet that if you flew in from half way around the world you could watch Jerry personally make your set . i understand your sentiments, but i'm sure things will work out just fine. and if they don't i'm sure we'll hear all about it!

while waiting for my turn in the queue i'm listening to Porcupine Tree's 'Lightbulb Sun' on a lovely set of ps1000s. sounds awfully nice! we'll see if the 13s can stomp that! i was talking to one leatherhead owner about this disc just before leaving canjam as there's a cut or two whose psychedelia is reminiscent of beatles explorations in that direction (was that you Fe_dreamer or perhaps it was 909).

Originally Posted by AtomikPi

Here's a quote from her email to me when I inquired:

Originally Posted by jelt2359

Pics have been compiled, here- I was surprised it wasn't stickied on the first post too, actually. I guess many people just missed it.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/j...s-only-438252/

Thanks ahhian!

Originally Posted by hockeyb213

Watch when he finishes his review his hard drive will crash and he will lose it.

Originally Posted by hockeyb213

hehehe it would make sinocelt faint! I do not wish bad things to happen but I sure as heck laugh when they do .