[Wokei]

Did you jump on this Eric the wolf?

Yup...but before this special one day USD16.50 .......the wolf man in da house !

 

[BenF]

Received my SMSL M2 DAC+Amp.
Horrible noise from both headphone out and line out.
Completely unusable.

 

[laon]

Received my SMSL M2 DAC+Amp.
Horrible noise from both headphone out and line out.
Completely unusable.

Sorry to hear that but thanks for informing us about this, what a bummer and it seemed nice for a portable.

 

[shak85]

  Received my SMSL M2 DAC+Amp.
Horrible noise from both headphone out and line out.
Completely unusable.

I was thinking of jumping on that train. I will stick with my c&c bh. Thanks!

 

[cel4145]

Received my SMSL M2 DAC+Amp.
Horrible noise from both headphone out and line out.
Completely unusable.

There is a Head-Fi member that tried a couple of different SMSL products and had horrible luck with build quality/reliability. I wonder if this is indicative of their products. They tend to have similar models to some of Toppings t-amp offerings, only cheaper. Maybe the cheaper is not better in this instance.

 

[Purple07]

There is a Head-Fi member that tried a couple of different SMSL products and had horrible luck with build quality/reliability. I wonder if this is indicative of their products. They tend to have similar models to some of Toppings t-amp offerings, only cheaper. Maybe the cheaper is not better in this instance.

even buyers feedback at Taobao for SMSL products have lots of negatives.

 

[Grayson73]

There's people on the tenore thread claiming that they completely destroy IEMs like the Sony h3, jvc fx-850, gr07 BE, and even $1000+ dollar customs...

What a joke!!!

I haven't heard the H3 nor FX850 so I can't comment, but they do destroy the GR07 MK2 (see my sig).  I still haven't found an IEM that is better than the Tenore, but I have Singolo on the way so we'll see.
 
There also seem to be variations of the Tenore, so all Tenores are not equal.

 

[Grayson73]

And it's not just eke2k6 saying it beats H3 and FX850.  
 
Cn11 just said it handily beats SE846 and is close to, but does not beat Truth and Answer.
 
Mochill just said it beats FX850
 
Countless others saying it beats much more expensive IEMs.
 
For me, I haven't tried anything more expensive than M200, but it beats everything I've tried.
 
But again, there are variations of Tenores and tips also make a difference.

 

[cel4145]

even buyers feedback at Taobao for SMSL products have lots of negatives.

I did a lot of research on t-amps at one time, and that's where SMSL has a lot of models. I never could find much excitement about their products in the t-amp enthusiast community either. Just seems like they might be a brand to avoid unless it's easy for one to return if there's a problem.

 

[Charliemotta]

I will just add that they are very good and leave it at that. I got them instead of the Ostry's and I'm glad I did from what I've read. 

 

[Hisoundfi]

The saddest thing about all of this discussion is that the havi is superior in a majority of categories over the tenore.

 

[Charliemotta]

The saddest thing about all of this discussion is that the havi is superior in a majority of categories over the tenore.

No argument here.

 

[mochill]

I think havi is great but one limiting factor is the power requirements ... That's where the tenore and ostry comes in

 

[BenF]

The saddest thing about all of this discussion is that the havi is superior in a majority of categories over the tenore.

In which areas are the Havi superior/inferior?

 

[mochill]

Inferior is the power requirements and superior if requirements met is superior in every way possible ... I got new players that might power them well so I just might re buy them or get the senn ie800