Benno1988
1000+ Head-Fier
It will sound like all the other Topping and SMSL amps.Ok, but how does it sound compared to something like the OOR?
Personally not a fan.
It will sound like all the other Topping and SMSL amps.Ok, but how does it sound compared to something like the OOR?
The OOR?It will sound like all the other Topping and SMSL amps.
Personally not a fan.
He asked how that cheap Topping would sound.The OOR?
I realized the Ferrum is extremely transparent from the DAC feeding it (and not to ruffle any feathers from non-believers, but also the cables/ICs/power). I initially preferred it with the iDSD Pro Signature which is ultra dynamic, digital-sounding with a hint of warmth over the out-of-box Spring 3--- but after letting the Spring 3 burn-in, I can see why people rave about the pairing. Natural, effortless, clean yet musical. LCD5 is definitely on the clean side overall but I am obsessed with the microdynamics specifically-never experienced this from other HPs or TOTL IEMs.He asked how that cheap Topping would sound.
The OOR was ok though Don't think its anything too special with the LCD5, might be the super low impedance. Anyway, I sold it.
I lent it to mate with Susvara and he said it was ok, doesn't compare to running them off big power amps though. Its good, its not cheap, its compact. It has a lot of hype. I think if you don't need the 8W, so anything below Susvara/HE6, the SparkoS Aries was more impressive sonically
There are people who just don't want to understand that hi-fi has nothing to do with voodoo...go to the audio science site where you will be told measurements say it is the best HP amp available and better than amps 20 times more expensive
Like the most Amps:Ok, but how does it sound compared to something like the OOR?
I have the Aurium here.
It sounds like an amplifier should sound:
It doesn't "sounds"
An amplifier should not "sound".
An amplifier should just amplify signals as cleanly and neutral as possible.
And that's exactly what 95% of all amplifiers also do effortlessly.
In other words, amplifiers cannot change the sound at all, when they are working properly.
The only exception is when the impedance of the load brings the amplifier to its knees. So when they are not current stable.
This is possible with dynamic drivers, because their impedance depends on frequency.
This is not the case with planars.
These usually (exception e.g. Meze) have a frequency-independent impedance value.
In that case there is a sounding through the amplifier in the form of an uncontrolled change of the FR.
Usually this concerns tube amps.
The Head-fi Forum has not yet experienced an "Reconnaissance phase".
Here a lot of Hifi fairy tales are told...
Amplifiers have their own sound. So do DACs and of course cables.
All this is not verifiable in a blind test.
Back to the Aurium. Even if it has tubes in the preamp, and thus produces significantly more distortion...
These distortions are superimposed by the music signal, and are therefore not audible...
There is a tube myth that the distortion of the tube (K2) adds up to the harmonics of an instrument, creating a particularly full and warm sound.
But this is only an assertion that has not been proven.
Here is an interesting article. Just have it translated into English:
https://www.hifiaktiv.at/gibt-es-verstaerkerklang/
https://www.hifiaktiv.at/verstaerker-allgemein/
Yeah, every amp I have is neutral. My RME Adi is as neutral as my OOR, but sounds completely different. Not sure if you knew that's possible, but it is.Like the most Amps:
the DX5 didn't "sound".
It amplifies a signal completely neutral.
All DACs and Amps that measure the same sound the same?Just because two headphones have an identical frequency response doesn't mean they sound the same.
Oh boy.These are just tricks of your mind.
In a blind test, the differences you thought you heard, dissolve into nothing within seconds.
To be honest, I would also like it to be different.
But that is the sober reality.
If an amplifier runs as it should, it has no sound of its own.
Sources. We need your sources!Are you aware of the fact, that there have been many serious and elaborate double-blind tests, and no one has been able to pick out amplifiers?!
If so, then I would call that fact resistance.