You aren't listening to me at all. It's ok don't worry.

It's pretty wierd that the composer, a very high priced headphone, has an upgrade option after only a few months. Unless it is really affordable to get the new upgrade parts, I will be very disappointed. It's like I paid a bunch of money to be a beta tester. As much as I like the composer, I...

X2 I am using a gungirMB/Jot2. No noise with any of my iems, and the Anni23 sounds great as you say above.

I appreciate the thouroughness of your response. But maybe you could answer the question from @chesebert, what chain are you using? It's interesting, since I mostly have been listening to the composer through amps that also work well with the HD800. At the same time, having heard the Utopia's...

I dermo'd the Sus with the z10e in a quiet room for several hours. My impressions are similiar to yours. It was definitely ok, but I had a riveria ac10 next to it and there was no comparision.

I also find that generally speaking, the Composer isn't quite as good on classical music as the HD800S. It is to some degree recording dependant. But the composer's strength become obvious on nearly every other genre of music. Classical music is typically mixed to be very mid centric, there are...

BTW- I keep meaning to comment on your avatar. Gentle Giant's In a Glass House is one of the greatest prog rock albums and seems like no one knows about it. Back in the day it was only available in the US as an import. Anyway,. great to see someone who still cares. Sorry for going off topic. The...

In general, I found the composer slightly more resolving then empy2, and the bass a little more into the sub bass as well. But both sound really good.

I didn't like either as much as the 6xx. But as always ymmv

It's not a comparision. The HD800S is a better headphone. But bang for the buck? 99% of humanity would be super happy with the 6XX, that's why drop has sold 200k of them. Plus there whatever hundred of thousands senn has sold.

You can read about the Jot on the schiit website. Fully Balanced, discrete, preamp functionality, modular upgardes, a bunch of trickle down tech from schiit's higher end stuff. And lots of marketing buzz words like the one's you used. It doesn't matter. You already bought the score one, and love...

The question is whether or not the price in today's market is justified. Having heard the Jotunheim 2, I can say that it is also an excellent amplifier. Plus schiit are much more transparent about the amplifier specifications... It's a very competitive market.

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The question is about the price. You can get a Jotunheim, power for nearly any headphone, similiar topology (discrete, class AB) and really excellent sound. Designed by some of the best people in the industry. It costs about a third the price. Plus option to have a built-in multibit dac or...

In today's uber expensive, ever increasing prices, you have a point. But just maaaybe the drop 6xx when you can get it around 200 USD might be the best buy. And then there are the entry level iems where for less then a 100 bucks you get a taste of hifi. But of course, for high end headphones...

Good honest seller. Shipped promptly after payment. Pleasure to deal with, would buy from him again.

I saw the tour. Neither of them ever topped that album. Although Richard made tone of great music since.

I am partial to anyone who likes Linda Thompson. She couldn't perform live for decades. But what a beautiful voice...

I wonder how much of it was dependent on the music? I got to control tidal and played all my usual tracks, some I have been using for demos for more than two decades...

I have often wondered if the amp was the problem with my Shang Sr. audition since so many people like it. I found it too aggressive with a slightly off tonality and not engaging at all. It was a good headphone, but compared to the Sus and the HE1, nah. But it was interesting that according to...

I have only heard the Shang Sr. on the Hifiman amp ( i have no doubt that on other setups YMMV). But having spent several quiet hours with that setup and the Susvara on a Riveria AC10, it was not even a contest. I thought the Sus was clearly better, the tonality and especially the delicacy of...

It's a losing battle if I want to do anything else with my day :laughing:

Yes, but that doesn't help me now. I often take my composer from the country to the city and vice versa. The case I am using has been excellent. You could even step on the case and the odds are really good that the composer survives. It certainly has stood up to being inside a tightly packed...

Nope. I can dig it out for you if you are still interested.

In fact, most of my listening time is at lower volumes. The compoers is great for this. I never feel like "where did the bass go or why did the music sound so dark when i turned the volume down."