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Aka: Mr Spenkelink
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Yep, it's a trippy phone alright. How do you hear the mids of the TH-900?
Currawong, I'm off to Oz for 2 weeks on vaca with the family. Happy to ship you my TH-900 for your review during that time. You can bring it back when you come to Tokyo for the Stax tour.I don't remember well. I'm going to borrow a pair at some point and do a proper write-up I hope, against the LCD-3s and 009s.
>>but its single-ended output is said to be mediocre
interesting info - do you remember where you got this info? (link?)
Amazingly enough, the Fiio E9. The Mjolnir wasn't an option, and the Lyr is too powerful and not worth the risk. Yes, that's right. The TH-900s, just like the D7000s I used to own, sounds great out of the modest little Fiio E9.
Of course, I am going to be upgrading to a better amp soon. I'm eyeing the V200 or the WA6SE. The Fiio E9 was the only amp I had available at the time and to my surprise, it sounds damn good.
I was just as shocked as you. I've never been as satisfied as I am with the TH-900s, with perhaps the exception of the HD-800s. However, those lacked a few qualities that I preferred in my sound. I've actually changed my mind today and am going to keep the TH-900s, the W3000ANV, and the HD-800. The rest of the collection is being sold off.
I can't remember, but I definitely saw this in Head-fi a week ago I think. Then again, that's all they said. Moon Audio, on the other hand, seems to favor the BHA-1 over all the other amps it sells (including DP1, Soloist, etc.) for the TH900. Maybe that Head-fi'er was trying to say that the single-ended output is not as great as the balanced outputs? Still, I personally wouldn't buy a balanced amp if I'm going to use it primarily as single-ended.
Currawong, I'm off to Oz for 2 weeks on vaca with the family. Happy to ship you my TH-900 for your review during that time. You can bring it back when you come to Tokyo for the Stax tour.
2 weeks enough for you to review? I have a Pelican case for it but naturally please be gentle, the left & right cups have broken off in two separate occasions (& black coat scratched off in the last show too). Will send it over later this week if you're ok.
You was talking about the th-900 above.
The SE output is bad. I've heard it on 2 occasions with multiple headphones and it's not really worth owning if you're not using it balanced.