pngwn
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That's the A900x, not the new AD900x. Still, nice price!
Out of curiousity, why are you trying to avoid an amp? Had you gotten an AD900x, I'd have recommended the FiiO E12, but apparently that amp is too warm and just further congests the closed sound of the A900x; I don't know from experience, though.
Quote:Out of curiousity, why are you trying to avoid an amp? Had you gotten an AD900x, I'd have recommended the FiiO E12, but apparently that amp is too warm and just further congests the closed sound of the A900x; I don't know from experience, though.
Most likely because he is "value oriented" (like me!). I really haven't found the E12 to be as warm as I was expecting it to be, but yes, I guess it is at least a bit warm. Fortunately for me, none of the headphones or iem's that I care about suffer from it - in fact, they all do very well by it! So for this "value oriented" guy, the E12 makes me very happy. The only exception at this point are my Uptowns which are warm to begin with (so the solution of course will be to get rid of them lol).
Hey everyone,
So I picked up the ad900x from the post today. I've got maybe 4 hours of listening time on them. I listened to them at work and then got home and listened for a bit at home before switching to the ad2000.
After i switched to the ad2k i noticed less bass presence, more of a mid-centric sound, better clarity all around, and slightly closed in soundstage. Comfort wise the ad900x wins, but if i switched the pads to the ad2k it would be a tie... the ad2k uses less volume than the ad900x also. Overall the ad900x is a better balanced/dare I say flatter can, but the ad2k is better with detail retrieval and intimacy of the recording. Not sure which one will stay yet, the little extra bass presence really is nice on the ad900x. I would much rather game with the ad900x, it has the better soundstage. Anyways, these are my very preliminary findings, they are subject to change as a few more hours pile up on the ad900x and i hear them both with more music.
I hope this helped if anyone was curious about direct comparison impressions.
Cheers
I bought both these phones thinking I would not need a Amp. I have no experience with an Amp. I didn't want to carry one around. But now that I have the cans for the house my mind could adjust if it would make a nice difference with the A900x. But I'm not looking to make the music louder so what would the improvement be, is it the ability to make adjustments in EQ?