Ortofon e-Q5 or e-Q8. For a single moving armature IEM, they bring out the best sonic qualities of any DAP I used them with.
Yes I believe they are.
Thanks for sharing mate
I us a JH Angie II. Why? Because it is my only IEM. At home, I use a ZMF Ori with it.
Ah JH Angie II! I wish to get a chance for audition here (Malaysia). How do you describe the sound paired to QP1R?
And by the way, have you ever tried the Michelle as well? Quite a bargain eh that one
Interesting to see your past DAPs used and now with QP1R.
In your experience, how does it compares with Ak, Tera and Paw Gold in terms of just Sound Quality alone (ignore battery life, UI interface and speed, balanced/unbalanced)?
Thanks for sharing.
The only AK that I had and suits my sound preference is AK100ii, especially if paired to a neutral external amp like Vorzuge Pure ii; I think it was a mini QP1r: quick sounding, good attack, neutral to bright sounding, and transparent. But yeah, I only liked it when paired to an amp so it's rather bulky.
AK120ii and AK120 is way too smooth IMO, too mellow that I can't enjoy my Megadeths; there was no "oomph" factor. But they are shining on vocal-jazz or some slow pace musics. 3D sounding and layering is very good though, easy to pinpoint where the direction of instrument is coming from.
AK240 is somewhat too dry-sounding. Again, IMO.
No comment on AK380
Tera is simply a magical small box so called an audio player! I love its organic (cmiiw) sounding.
I simply can't put its kind of sound to an exact word, but perhaps, the opposite of "digital" kind of sound.
But, as you could predict, sound quality is not the only parameter to pick a DAP, right?
Especially when you have lots of albums, artists, playlists, and so on.
LPG is also another beast with its transparency and resolution. One may address it as a "reference sounding". Different league with QP1R, IMO, but in terms of attack, dynamic-sounding, and musicality, to me, QP1R excels.
QP1R is something that you could "enjoy" with its toe-tapping, crisp high, solid punch, while maintaining its transparency and resolution, right? While LPG is a more "mature" sounding (apologies if my vocabularies are not so polished).
Ps:
I'm in no way a trained-audiophile/experienced reviewer as you could read from my narrow analysis.
So take the impressions with a grain of salt
