Hey, I just checked my invoice for you and as of last year, shipping was $35. Customs was something I was also concerned with, but I paid nothing. I received prompt replies to my emails, though initially one employee said there would be a customs fee, I quickly received the following email...

You wrote this a while back, but figured this might help you. I know that my phone and ipad cannot drive these compared to my computer DAC, the Asus Xonar. That has an amp built in, and it did a good job. However, I bought the Elemental Watson amp and that was golden with these...

Good to know, thanks. I'm thinking about just buying them straight up, rather than waiting for a Massdrop drop for a slight decrease in price.

I hear a lot of people recommending the Ori pads. I really might have to check them out. Did you lose much in the mids and the general open nature of the headphones?

Ugh, deleted my post. sorry, I just noticed you use the A900x headphones, so that made my post kind of irrelevant

So, after messing around in the equalizer of my DAC (Asus Xonar), I think I have nearly the perfect headphone in the 4xx. It is lacking a lot in the bass, but that also means it isn't very fatiguing to wear. It has bass, and yes it extends down... it just doesn't have much depth in the sub bass...

Edit: I should like to change the title of this, so that people don't get a bad impression of the amp... I have no idea how to do that. Moderators could also just remove the thread, if necessary. Hey, for some odd reason, I didn't get a notification for this. Thanks for the reply. It looks...

So, I went ahead and bought the Elemental Watson based off of recommendations in this thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/amp-help-for-planars.867418/ When I first received it, before any burn in, I noticed that I had significantly reduced soundstage compared to just plugging into my DAC...

Looking into this right now... is this where I buy it, and is this the amp? https://store.jaben.com/products/elemental-watson-class-a-valve-mosfet-hybrid-tube-desktop-headphone-amplifier If this thing gives me a tubeish sound and has plenty to drive my planars (I will be getting more planars, I...

I am looking up thoughts on it right now! Thanks!

I agree with you on the treble and bass. Mids don't bother me as much, but they could do with some help too. Are you using the Vali with it now? I see it in your sig. Does it still have enough juice to power planars? And does the tube portion make a difference on the Vali? I heard that Schiit...

Yeah, I’m probably going to play it safe and get a solid state. Or I guess a hybrid might work too. I suppose the Magni 3 would be a good start. If I stuck with Schiit, I guess I’m looking at Magni 3, Vali 2 hybrid, and Asgard 2. Not sure I’d hear a big difference in Magni and Asgard. I kind of...

Well now I'm confused... does that mean I CAN buy an OTL and it would likely work well with Planars? If I could get a good amp for both my HD6XX and 4XX that would be awesome!

Hey thanks! I don't think I'd be affording those for a long while! I could pull off ~300 for an amp though.

I bought the 4xx and really like those headphones. It seems like they need more of an amp than my onboard DAC can provide as there is a little bit of distortion. I really would like a tube amp for these as I know I can get into tube rolling. Problem is, this is a low impedance headphone and I...