Bit of a newbie-question, but would you mind explaining what this means? I know what a dac is, but I don’t fully understand the built-in dac and how it works with iPhone streaming? Haven’t heard this mentioned with other cans so as a proud new owner of a pair of Px8’s I’d be interest to know!
So yeah, received the shipment last night, tried to be careful so that the wife doesn’t see and make me explain why I dropped 500€ on headphones (and 500€ to me sounds like a bargain price for a brand new pair). Need some more time with them before formulating an opinion but the first impressions are good and kind of different that I was expecting. I never had over-ears before because I have a big head, big ears and glasses, and I always thought that they won’t fit anyway. Well, they fit perfectly, and feel super comfy.
Soundwise the wide soundstage is what I noticed at first, bass freqs lower than what I’m used to, hearing new things in old songs I had never paid attention to. Vildhjarta’s dystopian nightmarish world of Måsstaden became even more nightmarish with the added immersion. Also trusty test songs from Steely Dan, Amon Tobin, Max Cooper and Massive Attack unfolded in a different way than before. I did notice that I have to crank up the volume quite high but I guess that’s expected. Oh, the ”auto-pause” when lifting an earcup doesn’t work well for me, turned it off right away.
That’s really my first impressions so far, I’m not an audiophile at all, more just a music nerd, so I lack the right terminology to express myself. But I feel like the familiar roads now have more colors, the greys became greyer, the abysses deeper and the rainbows even more colored. Loving it! Definitely keeping them.
