MR vs Final D8000 Diana MR is a rich and smooth headphone, but the D8000 is way more relaxed, apart from the telluric wall of bass it can erect. The Final has a wider stage, but is perceptibly set back in terms of the position of the performers... diffuse mids, more controlled sound. With the MR...

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If you like Audeze or are a... metal fan: Diana all the way.

My kitchen scale says the MR weighs 424 grams. Are the declared 360 without pads? Quite light anyway, for a full size planar.

Do you think the ported vegan are "too much" of thick sound?

There are some similarities from my first session: a smooth sound, very solid in sub-bass. The MR has less bass / mid-bass obviously, but it is more forward, has a more prominent midrange and is exceptional with vocals. Lighter and more comfortable. If you like the Final sound, the MR is a nice...

Just purchased!

there is a small Allen screw

My Desert Ironwood is 630 :darthsmile:

Maybe he's referring at the simple matt finish, compared to the textured Shibo coating of the D8000....

You could consider a Topping P50 linear PS, too...

"Differences in sound quality of D7000/D8000/D8000 Pro Edition By using newly designed drivers such as the newly developed "Pina Align Diffuser," the D7000 delivers sound that combines the volume and open bass and delicate treble that are the hallmarks of the D8000 and D8000 Pro Editions. It...

Keep calm. I've been listening to the SR1a for some time and find it to be an exceptional headphone, but with a poor headband, and I simply see that the construction style hasn't evolved much over time. It may be comfortable but, for the high asking price, from my point of view you also need...

Awful headband for the price...

Alto is much better than the amp built in TT2?

So? Even Benchmark or RME are for professionals, but with a wider market of listeners. Maybe they choose to sell it only via direct sale....

The Ultima Integrated, (the beast in photo) is 10000 Euro, so i believe something less. Edit: 2600 pounds! https://www.proaudio.de/en/news/recording/29307-chord-electronics-introduces-the-alto-headphone-nearfield-monitor-amp.html

With the LCD5 the Luxman it's a great pairing (I purchased the last unit from Stefan lol). With the sensitivity knob at mid, doesn't even require eq for a bass shelf, already so impactful. I've listened to Vio and Niimbus recently, (380 and US5), the former in comparison is less grandiose and...

Very different DACs feeding the Enleum... Tambaqui vs Morpheus I suppose give different results... better the former

Bryston, 5 V could be accettable maybe. With high incoming voltage I found it a little compressed, from memory.

I also had this Bryston. I sold it to finance the upgrades, but I have excellent memories of it, it was at the level of the IFI iCAN Pro. I think the Vio 550 is better, but used it can be found at excellent prices. In balanced it is much better than RCA (the soundstage is wider). It is very...

The price?

Hi :) I recently had the opportunity to listen to Lake People products at an audio fair, at the Meze booth (so, not with a LCD5, but with my test tracks via Tidal). In particular, the Niimbus US5 (with a Gold Note DAC) and the DHA 380. I found them to be excellent machines both in terms of sound...

But the Susvara is only 60 Ohm, I think. However, I can certify that it accepts really "hot" sources, when I had it I used via XLR with a Benchmark DAC3, which outputs at 12V...