Other solution you Massdrop HD6xx is not good for the IDSD-BL... I have very good result with my Beyer DT1770/1990, or HD800 !
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DarktoreS
silvrr
I had the same result on the treble with the HD6XX and my Ether Cs. Maybe they just aren't a good match as you said.
DarktoreS
I think is not good for planar headphone, I have tested the Hifiman Edition-X V2 for not good result... With the Focal Elear same result ! The IDSD BL is very good, many option's but is not for all headphone. I have just tested the last Beyerdynamic Amiron, for me is clear I prefer the DT1990 on IDSD-BL.
MLGrado
the idea that ultimate quality is sacrificed in the name of features and an attempt to be a 'jack of all trades' isn't exactly correct here.
If you talk to the designer, he will tell you that when the iDSD crowd design received the go-ahead, he named a price point. And that price point was NOT the added cost of the extra features. Many of the features were not that costly to implement. iFi has its own in-house software team. Rather, a large portion of the added chunk of change went directly to the meat and potatoes stuff.. sound quality.
Now, I will agree that there are some little nitpicks, which is expected honestly when there is this much under the hood.
But regardless of these little things, I cannot disagree more with your rating. The DAC section alone in this amp is competitive with pretty much anything in the under $1000 range. Now, I say competitive. Better? No. Better than its direct competitors in the $500 and under range? Better than most, as good as any. And then you get all those features on top of that.
If you talk to the designer, he will tell you that when the iDSD crowd design received the go-ahead, he named a price point. And that price point was NOT the added cost of the extra features. Many of the features were not that costly to implement. iFi has its own in-house software team. Rather, a large portion of the added chunk of change went directly to the meat and potatoes stuff.. sound quality.
Now, I will agree that there are some little nitpicks, which is expected honestly when there is this much under the hood.
But regardless of these little things, I cannot disagree more with your rating. The DAC section alone in this amp is competitive with pretty much anything in the under $1000 range. Now, I say competitive. Better? No. Better than its direct competitors in the $500 and under range? Better than most, as good as any. And then you get all those features on top of that.
