Pico Slim first impressions and reviews thread. See p31 onwards for a couple of solid reviews +... - Page 9

Well, it looks better than the mock ups... quite amazing. Love to put it next to an iBasso T3 for kicks...

Can anyone comment(when getting it ofcourse) on the slim with universal iem?this thread and most of the protector thread are talking about the impressions with jh13 and forget about portable headphones and universal armature iems and well not all of us have jh.

I was at the Boston Meet last month, I owned the shadow and listened to the TTVJ slim and the Pico slim. Both of these beat the shadow for openness, clarity and slam. I chose the TTVJ as I (my opinion) thought it was slightly better than the Pico slim in dynamics and warmth with my JH13s. Also the Pico was still not available, and I really thought all these amps were better than the Shadow. Since then I have also heard and now own the Headstage Arrow 12HE, which is comparable to the TTVJ slim and the Pico slim, IMO. Final conclusion, I think you would do well with the Pico, TTVJ or Arrow, and they are all better than the shadow.

LeeMark, I like your assessment and agree with you. I too enjoyed testing the TTVJ and certainly can not say anything bad about it, in fact if I had not gone for the Pico Slim for size, build quality and the pots, I would have either gone TTVJ or Arrow as well.

It's hard not to be attracted to the size/build on the Slim. The case, too, looks snazz. I'm beholden to my iBasso T3D, but who knows.

While I say size and build quality is great, don’t forget the potentiometer’s dead on control makes it ideal for iem’s and customs. Honestly haven’t heard this level of control in any portable amp I’ve tried, not to say that others are bad, just way less control.

Yeah, but a dead-on pentometer is only good for those luckies who have the amp. I'm happy with pictures for now.

I concur. I tested TTVJ slim and the shadow and found that TTVJ is better in terms of warmth and the soundstage of TTVJ is more revealing, to me.

Hope that Pico Slim would do the same or even better~

...Still camping for the postman...

Did I say "dead-on" I should have said +/- 0.5dB & 255 steps

Where is the 'bastard' smiley? Got to find it somewhere... So my T3D has like 250 fewer steps - it gets the job done. Haha, but its sound, while good, pales in comparison to what I've heard from Headamp before and this slim... well, when I hear it, I'll call it.

My tracking for the TWag cable still says that even though I have now had it near 3 weeks

lol, they're on the ball arn't they

Well they're good in the U.S. at least

Living nearby multiple major carrier facilities probably doesn't hurt either...

#17 checking in. Powering up the slim exhibits an audible thump, I suggest turning the amp on without the iems/cans plugged in or else you will be startled. Powering down is less intrusive, maybe others can chime in about the thump.

I'm pairing the slim with W3's/4G nano combo via micro twag lod and happy with the sound, to my ears the slim is not a bass heavy amp and the W3's help with the lower end, no sibilance is noted and clarity and music separation is noticeable vs. unamped.

I'll be using my Slim mainly with my Shure E4c if that interests you.