nanaholic
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hi fellow head-fiers
In a few months' time work is going to make me live overseas and travel A LOT for 3-6 months - not a short period but also not long enough for me to be lugging around my full home rig (desktop with Essence ST + WA2 + T1) to where I maybe going. I currently have a pair of DT1350s for short travel use but while they sound excellent I find on-ears starting to feel uncomfortable after 2 hours and on top of that they don't sound quite on the same league as the T1s. So my search for a pair of close-back around ears portables/transportable that would hopefully be easily driven from a portable/transportable rig which also rival my T1s in SQ had led me to consider getting the ED8. So after going through this thread it seems like there are quite a few people who owns both T1 and ED8 and some seems to think that they may even compliment each other which makes it seem like another major bonus for when I get back home to use with my home rig, so am I looking in the right direction or should I look elsewhere?
Keep in mind that my source would be mainly from an IPT via LOD to a portable amp (UHA-4) or directly from a laptop so I'm looking to go for minimum gear to carry (and to purchase!).
In a few months' time work is going to make me live overseas and travel A LOT for 3-6 months - not a short period but also not long enough for me to be lugging around my full home rig (desktop with Essence ST + WA2 + T1) to where I maybe going. I currently have a pair of DT1350s for short travel use but while they sound excellent I find on-ears starting to feel uncomfortable after 2 hours and on top of that they don't sound quite on the same league as the T1s. So my search for a pair of close-back around ears portables/transportable that would hopefully be easily driven from a portable/transportable rig which also rival my T1s in SQ had led me to consider getting the ED8. So after going through this thread it seems like there are quite a few people who owns both T1 and ED8 and some seems to think that they may even compliment each other which makes it seem like another major bonus for when I get back home to use with my home rig, so am I looking in the right direction or should I look elsewhere?
Keep in mind that my source would be mainly from an IPT via LOD to a portable amp (UHA-4) or directly from a laptop so I'm looking to go for minimum gear to carry (and to purchase!).