clasam
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Hi everyone, first time poster...
I got a pair of ESW9 last week and wanted to know your thoughts regarding amping. I have heard both that the cans DO get a noticeable improvement with amping, as well as they DON'T get that much of an improvement.
With that said, I've been doing some reading and have narrowed down the amps to: 1)the xin supermicro and 2)the XXS.
These amps fulfill my goals of price (<$200), portability and great sound.
I listen to a wide variety of music, and love the ESW9's clarity/lushness on accoustic/classical/jazz. I also enjoy the authority of the bass on hiphop/r&b but also think they go well with rock (I actually prefer a warm laid back sound with rock; anything to "forward" or "in my face" generally is too harsh sounding for me).
I'm using an iRiver Clix gen 2, and since it doesn't support flac, I settle with level 10 ogg vorbis.
Oh yeah, I have set the Clix's EQ with a bump up at 200Hz a bit, while decreasing at 1kHz and 14 kHz...that's the sound I generally go for.
Thanks in advance.
Jon
I got a pair of ESW9 last week and wanted to know your thoughts regarding amping. I have heard both that the cans DO get a noticeable improvement with amping, as well as they DON'T get that much of an improvement.
With that said, I've been doing some reading and have narrowed down the amps to: 1)the xin supermicro and 2)the XXS.
These amps fulfill my goals of price (<$200), portability and great sound.
I listen to a wide variety of music, and love the ESW9's clarity/lushness on accoustic/classical/jazz. I also enjoy the authority of the bass on hiphop/r&b but also think they go well with rock (I actually prefer a warm laid back sound with rock; anything to "forward" or "in my face" generally is too harsh sounding for me).
I'm using an iRiver Clix gen 2, and since it doesn't support flac, I settle with level 10 ogg vorbis.
Oh yeah, I have set the Clix's EQ with a bump up at 200Hz a bit, while decreasing at 1kHz and 14 kHz...that's the sound I generally go for.
Thanks in advance.
Jon