[CharlyBrown]

Hallo guys.
I might be buying an sp3000 soon.

I would like to know from multiple totl dap users,

is it true and do you find that sp3000 is lacking authority and drive for some of your totl iems , when compared to other totl dap ( rs8 dx300/320max m9+ etc) ?

Or, what do you find/lacking if you had chance to compare ?

Thanks in advance for answers
Much appreciated

It drives everything I have just fine and probably most IEMs available today (not sure about Storm) but it will have a hard time driving demanding headphones like planars etc. Read here.

 

[Dionysus]

Hallo guys.
I might be buying an sp3000 soon.

I would like to know from multiple totl dap users,

is it true and do you find that sp3000 is lacking authority and drive for some of your totl iems , when compared to other totl dap ( rs8 dx300/320max m9+ etc) ?

Or, what do you find/lacking if you had chance to compare ?

Thanks in advance for answers
Much appreciated

I use mine with A64 A18T, the SP3000 drive them with more then enough power. A18 have 18 drivers per side, plenty of power.

 

[audionewbi]

@boodi For all the IEM in my collection, SP3000 had no issue extracting the best out of them. It is matter of whether like the tonality. For example on paper N8ii is more powerful than SP3000, however I far preferred listening to SP3K for my RhapsodioSP3 than N8ii.
Similarly, I far more preferred listening to my Dita PPT from RS8 than N8 and SP3K..

SP3K had better synergy for most of my IEM than any other DAP I had in my possession.

 

[subguy812]

I have nothing that the SP3000 can't drive. While the HE1K Stealth is an easy to drive headphone, the SP3000 has enough synergy and authority to drive it. I concur with the IER-Z1R being driven well.

 

[boodi]

It is matter of whether like the tonality

Could you elaborate ( sp3k tonality )?
Appreciated.

Also what iems you pair with it?

 

[boodi]

-double

 

[audionewbi]

Could you elaborate ( sp3k tonality )?
Appreciated.

Also what iems you pair with it?

Please have a look a review I've written a while back.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/astell-kern-a-ultima-sp3000-dap.26372/reviews

 

[boodi]

Sure
Thanks

 

[JasonNYC]

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[Joebas]

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[Joebas]

Jason the same for you and thanks for your support this year.

 

[MrBobsen]

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Thanks Jason for your help and support! Happy New Year to you and everyone else!

 

[zaphod 45]

I agree ierz1r is good with sp3000 and 2000 but with bass eqd down to bring forward female vocals, deconi bullet foam tips, linsoul lsco8 copper cable and my elephant size ears.

 

[uncle b]

We would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year. All the best for 2024.

Thanks, @JasonNYC for all your expertise, info and help here in this forum! Happy New Year!

 

[CharlyBrown]

Thank you @JasonNYC. Thank you for your help and also a happy 2024 to you and your loved ones!