I don't want to buy a pig in a poke. A loan/test programme (promotion) would be interesting. I took part in some of these programmes at a German hi-fi forum years ago. An English headphone amplifier manufacturer and an English hi-fi forum also had such campaigns at the time. The participants...

schiit is a little bit exotic here in Europe and this are the other side :slight_smile:

Jotunheim full discrete with comparable complex circuit + DC protection circuit + complex power supply unit? More about ->>

Full Score one is a very good headphone amp! This is an ‘inaudible amplifier’ - which means very, very close to the ideal of ‘a pice wire with gain’. I've been listening with this for a while now, even with different headphones.

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/hands-on-focal-hadenys-review

DAC and headphone amplifier only. No memory for music? I would only like something with at least 500GB SSD storage.

I've asked similar questions in other threads, has anyone here compared the 660S2 with the 490 Pro and can report back?

Alcantara Pads? It would be too long to tell you all that, I'll probably have to visit Vienna. There is a lot of electronic expertise involved.

@Xerosnake90 I also have the Neumann NDH 30 or Sennheiser HD 490 PRO in mind. These headphones should round off my small collection (see signature) at the bottom.

DT 1990 PRO - now tested alternating analytical pads versus balanced pads (as quickly as I could change if I only have one pad clamping ring on the headphones, it's not always that easy, sometimes bounces out of the groove. I also need to practise threading them at the beginning). Listened to a...

DT 1990 PRO - now tested alternating analytical pads versus balanced pads (as quickly as I could change if I only have one pad clamping ring on the headphones, it's not always that easy, sometimes bounces out of the groove. I also need to practise threading them at the beginning). Listened to a...

Experience about HD 660S2 versus HD 490 Pro? Whats the differences? https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sennheiser-hd-490-pro-plus-coming.971458/page-38#post-18108710

With the DT1990 it depends very much on the piece of music whether highs (peak ~8kHz) interfere. These disturbing passages are also audible with other headphones (K712, K812, Composer, Hi X65), although not as intense. This is therefore also related to the mix. JRriver Mediacenter comes with an...

For me DT1990 (mostly with analytic pads) at most music I have no problem with treble, sometime I use 31 band EQ (from Apples macOS sound) -2dB at 8kHz - or the hardware filter modelled with paramatric EQ from solderdude...

Only comparing NDH30 with HD490 Pro are useful, both are open. In my opinion, they are like stepsisters. Unfortunately, there are hardly any opportunities to hear and compare them in a shop. You have to rely on the internet to at least get a rough overview.