There is no straight answer to that. What I recommend is to use the amp that you already like. If you're more inclined to Solid State amps, then something of those would be best for you. Same if you prefer tubes... Whatever you do, Immanis and Magna will transfer very well the sound of your gear.

Oh, boy, that's some tough crowd! Maybe you'll catch me topping up everyone's wine glass! :wink: I'll book a plane ticket these days, so see you at Charles' place!

As the old adage goes: I have something for everyone and everything for someone :)

I'd be the King of The Universe if I knew how to make a product liked by everyone! All I can do is add to the headphone audience another view of how a headphone should sound. If you share with me what I value in sound, you are my audience and that's all there is to it. IMHO, all existing...

Yes, the earpad chamber isn't sealed. A large open zone is about 1" in front of your ear-canal, towards the eyes. That is how you don't get the feeling of "pressurized eardrums", how the stereo imaging is improved and chamber reverb is reduced... The price for that is enormous excursion of the...

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The criteria that I use in QC (twice, before and after placing the driver in the "cup ring" is this: The ribbon buzz must not happen below 2.5W peaks (9Vrms peaks at 32Ohms) when playing the first 15-20 sec of Brian Bromberg's rendition of "Come Together" by Beatles, from his album...

It only depends oh how loud you're listening, that's all. Of you don't hear any clicking, rattling or buzzing noises, you're good. For people that tend to listen loud, the general advice is to restrain themselves from bass EQ-ing.

About warranty... There are pro's and con's from the manufacturer's perspective and from the buyers perspective. Someone mentioned quality and manufacturers standing behind their product, but actually talking about reliability... Sound quality and reliability are two opposing requirements. I...

Several things are in play... If the 2nd hand owner comes with a warranty claim, we won't be able to track history of use (what amp, what music, what level, etc.), and that info helps a lot with future development of product reliability. Dealers and I, we work hard to win a client. Good-will...

Warranty is 5 years on materials and workmanship, non transferable. All warranty claims and other request for repair will be accepted only through the original point of purchase. We want to try to make the warranty claims as comfortable as possible, so feel free to communicate with me...

They come assembled.

We were putting out some "fires" today, but we'll have them assembled tomorrow and take a few shots..

Immanis is about 2dB louder that Susvara when plugged into the same amp output, at the same pot position. So, gain-wise, they will fair better than Sus. I'm not sure how it fares in comparison with 1266.

They start to saturate in low bass at around 6W. You won't even get into saturation region, as headphones will be very loud and start to object the treatment before that happens. AHB2 will deliver ~110W at 8 Ohms and ~28W at 32 Ohms of the Transformer Interface. That is about 8-10dB more that...