EagleWings
Headphoneus Supremus
All these talks of having a separate amp to power the i4's, how will the Bottlehead Mainline fair with these?
Also, how big are the nozzles? I absolutely love Comply tips and would love to fit the P-series over these.
Tbh, I don't feel the i4 is a power hungry headphone. Just a decent amount of power should be sufficient. Any current generation DAPs or Amps should be able to handle it. When I mentioned 'i4 needs power' I was referring to something a bit more powerful than a player or smartphone with a weak output. My iPhone is able to drive the i4 to deafening levels, but there seems to be an impedance mismatch, that the i4 sounds a bit thin and bright and lacks low end extension.
Also here is one of the reasonings behind why Audeze recommends using desktop class amplifiers for i4. Any IEM or headphone would scale higher with better gear. But the problem with using IEMs with desktop amps is, IEMs are usually sensitive and efficient. Desktop amps are built with full size power hungry headphones in mind. These amps have very high output power and sometimes high output impedance that may not work well for IEMs. But i4 is like a full size headphone in an IEM like format. It can handle the power of the desktop amps while taking advantage of the performance boost they offer.
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