antoramp
Italian Dude With Passion for High Fidelity Music and IT and Photography world
- Location
- Veneto, Italy
- Interests
- IT Tech & Music & Photo Entusiast
- Headphone Inventory
- Tried:
1. Sony MDR-1A ( Just a Good AllRounder )
2. B&W P7 ( Impressive Bass, Very Good SQ )
3. B&W PX ( Brighter Than P7, Generally Good, So So With ANC )
4. Bose QC35 ( SQ Similar To QC25, A Little Better ANC )
5. Beats Solo3 ( Very Comfortable But SQ Not Sufficient )
6. Beats Pro ( Comfortable But Very Overpriced )
Owned:
1. Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro ( Too Bright For Me... )
2. V-Moda CrossFade M-100 ( Inexistent Midrange... And Bad SQ In General... )
3. RHA MA-750i ( Broken )
4. RHA T20 ( Broken, and Highs With Too Much Sparkle For Me... )
5. Focal Spirit Classic ( Deep Bass, Pleasantly Warm Sound... Earcups Too Little For My Ears... Sadly They Broke And No More Produced... )
6. Audeze EL-8 Open Back ( Where Is The Bass?... So Unpleasant Sound In General... )
7. RHA MA-750 ( Died after a couple of months)
8. Bose AC2 ( My First >€100 Headphone )
9. Denon AH-D7200 ( SOLD )
Own:
1. Bose QC15 ( For Traveling )
2. Bose QC25 ( For Traveling )
3. iBasso IT03 ( Precise Sound, Stellar Bass With The Right Ear Tips, Deep And Immersive Soundstage, Very Nice Imaging )
4. Focal Spirit Classic
5. Some Apple EarPods Because Of iPhones
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Owned:
1. 2x Sony MW-WM1A ( Noticeable Raised Background Noise After 9 Months, second sold )
2. Fiio X7 2ng Gen ( SD Reader Died After 6 Months... )
3. Astell & Kern KANN ( Lost SQ After A Couple Of Months... )
Own:
1. Pioneer A-5 + Pioneer F-9 ( Stereo Amp With Indiana Line Nota-X 260 )
2. Pioneer SX-650 ( Stereo Amp )
3. Copland CSA 100 ( Stereo Amp With B&W 685 )
Fast Comparison
1. Sony MW-WM1A (Best overall)
+ Very Detailed, Deep Soundstage, Very Good Midrange, Excellent EQ Settings, Battery Life ( 25h+ ), Fast And Clean UI, Better Imaging, Bass Texture
- Bass Only A Little Underpowered For Pop & EDM Music, No Search Through Songs
2. Fiio X7 2ng Gen
+ Neutral Signature, Alphabetical Sorting
- Bass Very Underpowered, Sometimes Too Analytical, Fatiguing Treble, Soundstage Congested, Battery Life ( 8-10h ), File Sorting With Long Names, Slow UI
3. Astell & Kern KANN
+ Musical Sound Signature, Very Good Bass & Midrange Response, Immersive 3D Soundstage, SD+microSD for 832GB Of Storage, Volume Knob
- A Tad Less Detailed Than Sony, Laggy UI, Not So Spacious Soundstage and very Wide ( form L to R )
- Source Inventory
- Sources:
1. iPhone With Music App, VOX App
2. PC With Foobar2000 with SMSL Sanskrit II DAC
3. Mac With VOX App and Foobar2000 App
4. Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro
Source Owned:
1. SMSL SU-8 DAC ( Severe Coil Whine after 1year of use )
2. SMSL M500
3. Sony MW-WM1A ( 128GB Internal ) with 1TB microSD
Music Inventory:
1. FLAC For Pop, Downtempo, EDM, Rock ( The Most At 16bit/44.1kHz Up To 24bit/192kHz )
2. DSD For Classical Music And A Few Evergreen Songs ( Up To DSD256 )
- Cable Inventory
- Owned:
1. 4.4mm To MMCX For Sony Balanced 16-core Silver ( Broken )
2. AudioQuest Evergreen 1.5m Jack 3.5 --> RCA ( Broken )
3. AudioQuest Evergreen 2m Jack 3.5 --> RCA ( Broken )
Own:
1. 4.4mm To MMCX for Sony Balanced ( NICEHCK Pure Silver )
2. 2.5mm To MMCX Balanced ( for Fiio ) LZ 8-Core 6n Copper Crystal
3. DCSk 2.5mm2 Cooper - 10m ( For Pioneer A5 )
4. Primewire - 3.5mm --> RCA ( Some For Spare Connections )
5. KabelDirect Pro - 3.5mm --> RCA ( Some For Spare Connections )
6. Schiit PYST RCA ( For Schiit Stack )
7. Sukira HIFI cable 4.4mm Balanced ( For Denon )
8. AudioQuest Cinnamon 3m Usb A --> Usb B ( For Sony WMC-NWH10 )
9. Sony WMC-NWH10 ( for Digital Output )
- Other Audio Equipment
- Home - Equipment:
1. Schiit Loki Mini
2. Schiit PYST RCA StraightWire
3. Schiit Lyr 3
4. SMSL Sanskirt II DAC ( for PC )
5. iFi Audio AC iPurifier + Groundhog+ ( for Schiit Stack and Copland )
6. iFi iPurifier3 ( Returned... not worked with Sony )
Home - Amplifiers
1. Pioneer Sx-650
2. Pioneer A-5 + Tuner F-9
3. Copland CSA 100
Home - Tubes Set:
1. 8x Russian 6N8S ( No Factory Logo 1980 )
2. 2x KenRad VT-231
3. 2x Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB ( New 2016 Model )
4. 16x Russian 6N8S ( Novosibirsk Factory 1976 - 1977 )
5. 2x Russian 6N8S ( Novosibirsk Factory, Schiit Stock )
6. 1x Schiit LISST Tube 6SN7
7. 1x Electro-Harmonix 6922 EH ( Stock Copland )
8. 3x Mullard E188CC UK ( 7308/6922 equivalent )
Band Studio:
1. Alesis iO2 Express Audio Interface
2. Behringer XENYX X1832USB Mixer
3. Behringer B-1 Microphone
4. Behringer C-2 Microphone
5. Casio CDP 120 Piano
6. Korg King-Korg Synthesizer
7. Yamaha Drums
- Music Preferences
- Pop, EDM, Downtempo, Rock, Classical ( In order of Quantity and Preference )
- Gender
- Male
- Gear-Fi
- Tips:
1. Comply Foam Tsx-200 ( for Rha )
2. Comply Foam Tsx-500 ( for iBasso )
3. Spinfit CP100-M & CP100-L
4. Symbio W Wide Bore ( Silicone+Memory Foam )
- Occupation
- University Student ( Engineering )
Signature
HPs/IEMs/SPKs Main Configurations:
1. PC --> Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro ( USB ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( BAL ) -- > B&W 685
2. PC --> SMSL Sanskrit II ( OPT ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( SE ) -- > B&W 685
3. PC --> Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro ( USB ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( PRE-OUT )--> Schiit Loki Mini --> Schiit Audio Lyr 3 --> Focal Spirit Classic
4. iPhone --> iBasso IT03 ( SE )
1. PC --> Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro ( USB ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( BAL ) -- > B&W 685
2. PC --> SMSL Sanskrit II ( OPT ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( SE ) -- > B&W 685
3. PC --> Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro ( USB ) --> Copland CSA 100 ( PRE-OUT )--> Schiit Loki Mini --> Schiit Audio Lyr 3 --> Focal Spirit Classic
4. iPhone --> iBasso IT03 ( SE )