After some reconsidering, I am thinking of getting the Atticus around march. Been thinking for a while which DAC/Amp combo would suit these best. My budget is loosely around 1.5k to 3k max. I have been reading myself into madness about the benefits of tubes over, non-tubes, balanced versus...

@ Zach How does the Atticus and Eikon sound in comparison to the TH-X00?

Does anyone know if the Impact Audio Cables are balanced or not? Thinking particularly about these https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/247025988/custom-infinity-series-iem-cable?ref=shop_home_active_1.

I listen mainly to hip hop, dubstep, rap, metal and other bass driven genres. Any suggestion which headphone would suit me the best? Really not looking for another bright headphone =)

Silly question. Can I get this with a normal cable and later swap it out with a balanced cable (XLR 4pin)? It said on Massdrop that this version of the 650's had a detachable cable.

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Did anyone manage to listen to iFi iCan Pro? Been eyeballing it for a while.

You do not need a balanced dac, only the jotunheim and balanced cables.

Yeah maybe. I can barely hear any difference with my M50x's switching from my PC to my Chord Mojo. However with my SE846 it is night and day.   Personally I would go with something smaller for portable use like the monoprice usb dac which is basically the dragonfly red at half price...

Not sure how much better the M40x's would sound with a DAC though. Seems a bit strange matching a 300$ DAC with 100$ headphones. Your mobile phone should be able to run the M40x's effortlessly.   A good rule of thumb I heard (which does not work for all price ranges) is to split the cost of...

Thinking about getting the Jotunheim or the Ifi iCan SE, any comparisons between them? Might end up getting both to satisfy my curiosity.

Standing between getting the ifi iCan SE and the Jotunheim myself. Might end up getting both just to satisfy my curiosity. Time will show ^^

Must be the Mojo itself. Just turning it on without plugging in the charger or USB connection I can still hear the hiss. Would love to hear if the ifi iematch worked =)

Any idea how the Jotunheim would pair with the Modi 2 Multibit?

Really not looking for an additional amp/dac to my Chord Mojo. More thinking about upgrading the USB cable if that would solve my noise issue. If the USB could solve the hiss I owuld be willing to spend upwards of 200$ on a proper fix.   Otherwise I am looking for a new pc in the next 6...