About 2 years with no problems

Black/grey in mine

Hey, I'm running the era-1 off the Quad Vena II and it's a wonderful experience.

Bright, that's a good way of putting how it sounds to me, Chris. Perhaps I just need to get used to the difference also, with such a big change to my system. I just listened to one of my favourite albums up loud and it was incredible. The echo tho, I can hear across all my records, well the...

Having said all that, the detail through the era-1 is astounding. As I turn the volume up beyond my normal listening level the bass increases and with it louder than I think is an acceptable volume they have come alive again???

I get you, thanks. Yes, I still love the era-1, they are the only headphone for me. I hope I can rectify the difference and have the improvement the new stylus brings. Ok, I see, thanks for that. The 2m blue certainly is more detailed than the previous one. Is there a way I can manipulate the...

I have old Sony's I could try, but the era-1 still sound great when streaming through the Vena

Project x1, ortofon 2m blue stylus on the pick it s2 mm cartridge, aluminium sub platter under the acrylic platter, quad Vena 2, quad S1 speakers with audioquest cables.

I'm plugging them into my quad Vena 2, same with my turntable and speakers.

It's very strange. I've recently upgraded the stylus on my turntable. The sound through my quad speakers is impressive, I'm extremely happy there. The sound through the era-1 isn't so. I'm not great at writing about how it sounds but I'll try. It's like it's too clean, for example the cymbals...

I'm using the dekoni nuggets, I find them to be ideal for my pea head. But you've mentioned you aren't keen on them.

Like Chris Kaoss suggested, im not gonna jump in that rabbit hole 😁 but thanks for commenting

That answers that then. I spent enough chasing better sound, upgrading my turntable and buying expensive speaker cables that I'm happy with at the top of my budget. Could do without another chase. And yes I'm more than happy with the quads as they are. I should stop reading this thread, ha ha.

I've spent the morning reading up on DACs. Wow, what a minefield for the uneducated like me. My quad Vena ii has a built in dac ess sabre. What does this mean for me? I don't really have a clue lol. My era-1 sound great. So do I really need to chase anything else?

This thread is fascinating. I love reading it. @Anatman you are putting thoughts in my mind with your power quest and I wonder if I can encourage my cans to shine a little more. I know nothing about amps and DACs, I don't even know what a dac is. I listen with the quads in 2 ways...