Caldera suede ultra perfs are my go-to on my VO as well. When I first had a Verite on loan for about a month I compared the BE2 lamb, Uni lamb, and Caldera ultra perf lamb and decided the ultra perfs were my favorite. When I bought my own Verite I ordered it with both lamb and suede ultra perf...

Excellent buyer. Quick payment and great communication made for an easy transaction. Thanks!

Excellent buyer, quick payment. Thank you!

Yeah sorry if my post wasn't clear, I meant that the iHA-6 has the high output impedance that some people describe as having the slightly tubey sound, whereas the iHA-8 has really low output impedance so I'm not sure that it would impart that same tubey sound

I have the iHA-6 and had been considering selling it for an iHA-8 but ended up deciding against it since none of the outputs on the 8 have high output impedance which gives the slightly more "tubey" sound with high impedance dynamic headphones. The 8 also just seems to run a lot hotter and use...

Selling my GH1 with BA pads, G cushions, Turbulent Labs headband, Nyczaj gimbals, and Geekria carrying case in the Classifieds: https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/grado-gh1-w-beautiful-audio-hybrid-small-pads-nyczaj-aluminum-short-gimbals-turbulent-labs-headband-and-geekria-carrying-case.68511/...

Selling this great little dongle DAC that pairs especially well with an iPhone. It's in mint condition and I've used it very little since basically all of my listening these days is on my desktop setup. All original packaging and accessories are included (USB-C cable and USB-C to USB-A adapter)...

Looking to sell these very special and limited Grado GH1s with various upgrades. The headphones are in excellent condition and although I've upgraded the headband, gimbals, and pads, the original headband and gimbals are also included, as well as a pair of Grado G cushions. The original box is...

Excellent buyer with great communication made for an easy and smooth transaction. Glad the Tourmalines found a good new home. Enjoy!

Edit: Oops, looks like 2 of the photos are too big to be inserted and have to be downloaded to be viewed. I'm definitely no photographer and these pictures do them no justice, but my zebrawood VOs arrived the other day and they're stunning! I'd say their color is more like the 3rd picture in...

If anyone's interested I'm selling the "Tourmaline" stabilized Atticus that I got from this past ZMF November: https://www.head-fi.org/classifieds/zmf-atticus-stabilized-tourmaline-w-lambskin-suede-ori-pads.67775/

Sadly I'm letting go of this "Tourmaline" stabilized Atticus from this latest ZMF November. I'm the original owner. It's difficult for me to capture its beauty and chatoyance with my mediocre photos, but it looks a bit deeper brown in person, more like in the photo below with all the...

Sadly I'm letting go of this "Tourmaline" stabilized Atticus from this latest ZMF November. I'm the original owner. It's difficult for me to capture its beauty and chatoyance with my mediocre photos, but it looks a bit deeper brown in person, more like in the photo below with all the...

Great buyer, easy communication, highly recommend!

Great buyer, easy communication, highly recommend!

I don't have personal experience with this gear, but since all your headphones are planars based on everything I've read I think Ferrum Oor + Hypsos would be a good alternative to the Holo Bliss since its specialty is driving planars. Then for DAC there's the Ferrum Wandla but that's also an ESS...

I think I'll rule out Pietus Maximus since I do like having the options of either 10 or 100 ohm OI on the iHA-6. With that said, has anyone ever compared iHA-6 to A20?

Thanks so much! This is probably tough to answer given that I'm sure it will change depending on pad choice and other factors, but between the GH1, RS1x, RS1 button, and PS2000e, which would you say has the most macrodynamics/impact? And if you listen to any music where electric guitar is the...

On a related note, would love to know more about how the GH series headphones compare to this generation's RS series or even something like the PS2000e (seeing @YtseJamer 's post about an upcoming PS2000x-ish release has me very intrigued so I'm trying to get a sense of whether that would be the...

I'm very new to Grado but as others have said, I'd also recommend starting with the 225x or 325x. I got the 225x and decided pretty quickly that I was a big fan of it with the indie rock, post-rock, post-metal, black metal, 90s death metal, etc that I often listen to. I wanted to move up the...

No noise issues on the iHA-6 with my ZMFs or with my lower impedance and higher sensitivity Grado GH1! I am curious about the new iHA-8 but it looks like it doesn't have any high output impedance outputs so maybe it wouldn't necessarily be an upgrade from the iHA-6 for high impedance headphones

Another really helpful post, thanks so much. I agree that there's a bit of a quality/price imbalance between the amps and DACs I'm looking at. It's tricky because I move around and transport my system somewhat frequently so I want amps and DACs that are solid state with relatively small...

Thanks so much, this sounds promising! I'm considering replacing my iHA-6 with a Pietus Maximus which only has SE inputs, but I'm still very interested in the Cyan 2. Since my dac1421 is SE only that would be a good option to stick with, but if anyone is able to compare the Cyan 2 via its RCA...

Sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere in the thread, but would I be leaving sound quality on the table by using the SE outputs rather than balanced, or does the Cyan 2 do a better job than most DACs in that regard?

Bit of a cross-post from the Pietus Maximus thread but I thought this might be a better place to ask: Has anyone had ears on both the Pietus Maximus and Cayin iHA-6 with the VO? Would love to hear any comparisons. iHA-6 has the higher output impedance from the SE outputs which seems beneficial...