+1 for mojo2. I've used it with KSE for couple of months and it's great pairing with additional tone control if needed. In my opinion mojo2 pairs better than hugo2 which is too thin and too technical with KSE.

Smooth sailing. Everything is perfect when you're dealing with such a wonderful person as moriez. Highly recommended!

Mojo2 sounds fuller and has insanely dark background but I would say that it also can sound only a tad but too forward and a too technical for my taste. Mojo1 is much warmer than 2 but it is nowhere near as good technically and with much smaller soundstage. Mojo2 sits in between Mojo1 and Hugo2...

I don't know how pro version stacks up to regular ADI2 dac but i've owned non pro version and I didn't like it. Don't get me wrong, overall as a complete package (dac, amp, eq) for the price it's truly great as I don't even know anything else with similar functionality. However as a dac is meh...

I just posted my impressions/review of the SE300 here of headfi if anyone is interested. To put long story short: It's amazing. https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/astell-kern-a-futura-se300.26505/review/30928/

It sounds airy with good soundstage however it's not the biggest nor the widest. On the other hand the wider sounding iems do that at the cost of depth and ones with bigger soundstage don't have the same precision of imaging. It's a matter of preferance really. For example I've owned at the...

1. Yes 2. It's not possible to change IEM cable easily but you can swap interconnects if you use external dac. 3. That is correct only for electret headphones. True electrostatics like KSE does not have charged diaphgram that is why they need external energizer (amplifier). 4. Technically that...

Well, you should hear difference on everything (you should hear more flaws in bad recordings as well as how great the proper ones are) but if you don't hear it then that's also ok. I don't feel the difference between cheap and expensive wine either so I'm happy to buy the cheaper stuff. Maybe...

Automatic Volume Limiter is an additional feature that can be turned on or off but volume capping is set on a system level. With AVLS off volume still will be very low.

Capped WM1A/Z also have high gain but it doesn't matter as volume cap is still there. Reviews on amazon.co.uk of wm1am2 give an answer that european version is unusable same as wm1a was. Fortunately there was a way to disable the cap on wm1a and there is no way wm1am2 because it's on android...

@indigogo when music is recorded there are also microphones with different technologies used so to hear everything that was actually captured you need to hear it of different equipment as well.

HD820 offer bigger soundstage while KSE are more intimate with more focused imaging. On 820 highs are sharper, spicier a bit unpleasant for my taste while on KSE are more resolving, more sparkly yet still more inviting. Bass on the KSE feels detached from the mids and highs and is bloated and...

Yeah I think very roughly you can say that electrostatic headphone is a condenser microphone but in reverse :wink: They both use electrostatic phenomenon.

I don't know if it's necessary but I always plug in the headphones first and then power on the amp.

@Sp12er3 I noticed today that actually I'm using KSA with input pad on 0 and not -10 with wm1a :wink: -10 when using with other than portable gear.

Give them and yourself time. I heard the immense potential from the beginning but I wasn't entirely sold on them. I even sent them back to shop within return period. But after 2 weeks I realized I couldn't live without them anymore and bought them again :D

@Sp12er3 when something costs 3000-4000$ I would like to believe that this costs this so much because it took effort and significant r&d to create this but when there are mk2 versions and new flagships every quarter this means they must be made quickly and cheaply. Flagships are not special...

I agree. Electrostats in general on measurements look very strange. There are always a lot of peaks and dips but when you're actually listening to them they sound flat and smooth. Headphones with dynamic drivers that would measure in this way would be unlistenable. I can't explain this but I...

Normal gain. I think that depends what are you comparing them too. KSE bass is also an electrostatic one so it's very quick and controlled. It may sounds less full because of it than from dynamic driver. It's definately not what you can call 'phat' base :wink: For me it's very impactful (way...

They are suitable to use with normal headphone out. Infact WM1A is my main source for KSE1200 :wink: My setting is leaving 105 out of 120 volume steps on WM1A with -10db input pad on KSA amp and I setting the volume depending on album on the KSE as usual. On other devices I use the light until...

I use comply foams TS100 on which i have good seal quite quickly. KSE are also a bit warmer in general on them which I prefer for longer listening sessions.

HD800s doesn't have any bass compared to KSE and KSE has substantially more bass than ADX5000. I'm looking for some open back full size headphones for some time to have something with big soundstage but all that I've tried lack the bass that KSE have.

Woah, there a lot of us with both KSE and Z1R :D I also use both. KSE with better recordings and lighter music and Z1R with more bass heavy like metal, and hard electronic music and lesser produced recordings. That's only because I can. They are both versatile enough to use with everything in my...