Dharma d1000
Equipment chord mojo colorfly c4
Jds labs atom. I use rhapsodio golden cable
About the build this is very solid build better than hd800 build wise the only problem in the built is headband support easy to break i know someone who also broken the headband support but its very easy to fix so for me its not deal breaker.
sound impression and comparison
This is tonaly balance to me
The bass is like hd800s but more quantity on dharma but i think hd800s is technically better in bass a bit clean on hd800s but I actually like the bass of dharma than hd800s because hd800s is tight and clean but i feel boring i sold my hd800s so this is base on my memory but i always listen to same type of recordings the dharma has thicker note and i love the bass of dharma really enjoy it never get bored... i want to point out the dharma response a lot to cable rolling using rhapsodio golden cable the bass and mids vocal male in female is noticeably better than stock cable that is not the case on hd800s it sound the same to me so dharma has a lot of advantage because you can tune it by cable rolling like many iem.
Mids i can say this is like stax presentation but unlike stax that is super boring to me. This has excellent extension on both ends and very enjoyable
The detail retrieval and layering is almost on par with hd800s this is a surprise to me. I don't know if some of you will agree to me but for me hd800 is a bit Vshape i own it 6 to 7 times if I remember correctly. The dharma is a bit forward mids than hd800.
High. The high for me is the strongest point of dharma. Before for hd800s is the best experience i have when it comes to vocals but right now for me dharma is better in that region im not sure but there's something in the dharma that makes the vocals better maybe richer and ticker thats why i enjoy it a lot than hd800s im not actually sure.
Soundstage and imaging. Soundstage is very wide and round every instrument has their own distinction but hd800 is wides then hd800s dharma is last when it comes to soundstage imaging i prefer the hd800s because hd800 is to wide that the imaging is not positioned well unlike hd800s and dharma
Final thought
The dharma is my clear choice i own hd800 6times in 8years in this hobby etherC twice hd800s and t1 once.
If i can make a ranking
Dharma
Hd800s
EtherC
Hd800
T1 v1
Technically hd800 is the most superior but the dharma has a huge advantage on cable rolling because any good iem cable can use it to change the sound very easy to drive you just need a proper matching.
And the treable and vocals of dharma is really above these headphone that i own before.
Equipment chord mojo colorfly c4
Jds labs atom. I use rhapsodio golden cable
About the build this is very solid build better than hd800 build wise the only problem in the built is headband support easy to break i know someone who also broken the headband support but its very easy to fix so for me its not deal breaker.
sound impression and comparison
This is tonaly balance to me
The bass is like hd800s but more quantity on dharma but i think hd800s is technically better in bass a bit clean on hd800s but I actually like the bass of dharma than hd800s because hd800s is tight and clean but i feel boring i sold my hd800s so this is base on my memory but i always listen to same type of recordings the dharma has thicker note and i love the bass of dharma really enjoy it never get bored... i want to point out the dharma response a lot to cable rolling using rhapsodio golden cable the bass and mids vocal male in female is noticeably better than stock cable that is not the case on hd800s it sound the same to me so dharma has a lot of advantage because you can tune it by cable rolling like many iem.
Mids i can say this is like stax presentation but unlike stax that is super boring to me. This has excellent extension on both ends and very enjoyable
The detail retrieval and layering is almost on par with hd800s this is a surprise to me. I don't know if some of you will agree to me but for me hd800 is a bit Vshape i own it 6 to 7 times if I remember correctly. The dharma is a bit forward mids than hd800.
High. The high for me is the strongest point of dharma. Before for hd800s is the best experience i have when it comes to vocals but right now for me dharma is better in that region im not sure but there's something in the dharma that makes the vocals better maybe richer and ticker thats why i enjoy it a lot than hd800s im not actually sure.
Soundstage and imaging. Soundstage is very wide and round every instrument has their own distinction but hd800 is wides then hd800s dharma is last when it comes to soundstage imaging i prefer the hd800s because hd800 is to wide that the imaging is not positioned well unlike hd800s and dharma
Final thought
The dharma is my clear choice i own hd800 6times in 8years in this hobby etherC twice hd800s and t1 once.
If i can make a ranking
Dharma
Hd800s
EtherC
Hd800
T1 v1
Technically hd800 is the most superior but the dharma has a huge advantage on cable rolling because any good iem cable can use it to change the sound very easy to drive you just need a proper matching.
And the treable and vocals of dharma is really above these headphone that i own before.