rudi0504
Headphoneus Supremus
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XC has more bass, the sound sign is closer to TH900 than the X. X is more neutral and sound stage is better. Personally, I prefer the XC.
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XC has more bass, the sound sign is closer to TH900 than the X. X is more neutral and sound stage is better. Personally, I prefer the XC.
You have the XC already? Wow, really fast.
I'm starting to think that the Oppo BDP-95 universal player (my source) is the culprit when it comes to the brightness (or prominence) I'm experiencing in the upper mids, since it seems like I am one of the few who is mildly troubled by this.
I'm starting to think that the Oppo BDP-95 universal player (my source) is the culprit when it comes to the brightness (or prominence) I'm experiencing in the upper mids, since it seems like I am one of the few who is mildly troubled by this.
I'm starting to think that the Oppo BDP-95 universal player (my source) is the culprit when it comes to the brightness (or prominence) I'm experiencing in the upper mids, since it seems like I am one of the few who is mildly troubled by this.
The brightness I initially reported when I got my XCs a week ago has diminished quite a bit—I have about 150 hours on them by now. I still find the XC to be a bit on the yang side of neutral, but the articulation of low level detail is quite amazing. I'm working on getting a balanced cable with a 2.5mm TRRS plug so I can try the balanced out of my AK240. Additionally, I'm contemplating buying a RSA SR-71B from a fellow member to improve the bass weight and slam; driven directly by my 240 I find the bass on the lean side..
Just made a wonderful discovery! It so happens that I own the Hifiman EF-6 headphone amp, which I had relegated to gathering dust in the closet since my other headphone amps drove my headphones better than that black, brick-like, ugly monstrosity. Well, I took it out, hooked it up, plugged the XCs in, and...boy, oh boy...finally an undisputed winner with the XCs. Had tried the Darkstar, the Conductor, the Headroom ultra desktop amp, the Grace 902B, the Lyr and Mjolnir, and there was always that upper-mid range prominence (or dare I say, glare) that I tended to find somewhat troublesome. Now I need to get the black dragon (moon-audio) interconnects to squeeze the last one or two percent out of the XCs, and I'm done with the tinkering. These damned headphones sound so open that I can't believe they are closed. Wow..now I am floored. So glad I didn't sell the EF-6!
Hi figaro,
How many hours do you have on your XCs? Are you using the stock cable? I ask because I was initially very disappointed with the upper mids, in fact, I thought I might have to sell my brand new XCs, but the more burn-in time I put on them, the better they sound. I have around 130 or so hours now, and the upper mids have relaxed ... they're still on the articulate, forward side, but nowhere like before.
They have just about 50-75 hours in them. Using the moon-audio black dragon headphone replacement cable. Curiously enough, the upper-mids "thing" happens more with early classical music (e.g., Bach...maybe the "authentic instruments" used in many of these recordings can be to blame) than with big orchestral pieces.
XC has more bass, the sound sign is closer to TH900 than the X. X is more neutral and sound stage is better. Personally, I prefer the XC.