I think they would do well in mild to moderate noise situations. If you're trying to minimize typical office background, I'd consider them adequate. You could still hear someone close talk at you directly or hear your phone ring if you're listening at lower volumes.
). I can turn it up a fair bit before the leakage is ever actually noticeable.
Oh in that case, at my own reasonable listening levels there is little to no sound leakage and you'd have to keep your ear quite near the vents to hear anything at all (source: just created a seal with the pads and moved my head closer till I could hear the sound
With regards to the amount of power required to drive them, I don't think they are quite as power hungry as I had originally thought. I only need to put it on medium gain on the Fiio Q7 out of a single ended jack. It can actually get to un-listenable volumes on medium. I can't really give you more than that with my own experience I am afraid as all the other amps I tried to run it out of had excess power for most of any headphone and I never touched the gain settings.
Nice, thx for the info. Should be ok in the office then and the iDSD may be enough to power them.
Yes to both. The Micro Bl is the more powerful of the two, with the DAC being better in the Mojo2. Can't go wrong with either. Previously owned the Mojo 1 and Micro Bl.
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I have owned both for a couple years now, and first off they are both fantastic headphones. Also, just for reference my Atticus is in Cocobolo (a harder wood than stock), and my VC's are in Ambrosia Maple (lighter wood). The Atticus is warmer, thicker and more mid focused with a smooth and powerful sound, and the VC's are faster and tighter making them more nimble with a more "neutral" sound. The VC has better extension in the sub bass and treble, and have a more linear sound top to bottom that works well for any genre I throw at them. My Atticus are more of a specialist in that they are more mid focused, with the big focus on the middbass and then another little peak somewhere in the upper mids, that helps balance out the middbass. The VC's have a bit lighter touch, and are much more open sounding, and the Atticus are heavy handed and smooth with more intimate staging. Both headphones are warm, but the VC's speed helps all the detail come through better. I like my VC's for every genre, and my Atticus for anything guitar focused and acoustic stuff. One last thing, the Atticus is a more forgiving headphone that I can listen with loud and long, and the VC's will let you know if the recording is bad.
Wow that is great info, thank you. Would the stock Atticus have similar characteristics when compared to the Cocobolo one? And are you using the Atticus with Velour Pads which I have heard tame the midbass to an extent?
No prob and glad to help! I use the stock Ori Lambskin pads on my Atticus and have never felt the need to change them. Also, I have not heard the stock wood, but for your use case I imagine the Atticus in stock wood would be perfect, and you do have the option to pad roll should you need it. The harder the wood the more immediate the sound, but you still get the same type of sound overall. I really think the Atticus would be a great work headphone, due to its forgiving and musical nature while still being totally capable, and it can scale quite well with better gear too.
