Barndoor
1000+ Head-Fier
As per usual I am late to the party. Got an open box P1 from advmp3 last week.
Out of the box I wasn't impressed and it nearly went back. I gave it a couple of days and then it started sounding great.
My first wow moment was completely from left field. I have a pair of Sony Mdr1a that I use when I'm doing jobs round the house. The sonys are an OK £100 can but have never blown me away or seemed to have the potential to scale with better gear. I was listening to Blur whilst ironing some shirts and they sucked me in more than I thought they had the ability to producing tones and textures that I didn't think they were capable of. At this point I knew the P1 was a keeper and was keen to try it with my better gear. Anyway, I agree with the P1 needing burn in (and am not suggesting that you should all go out and buy the Sony!)
I currently have mixed feelings on the jeteffects.
I've heard people mention that when an effect is applied the signal sounds quieter through an external DAC.
When applying an effect and using the internal amp (ie with earphones) I think that the plenue increases the application to adjust for the quieter signal. For my Nobles it over increases it by about 7, giving the impression of a much bigger impact than is actually the case (ie normal at 70 volume = jeteffect at 63 volume).
Still early days so I will see if my opinion changes with time and if I can identify more subtle differences in the effects.
A couple of questions:
I assume there is no replaygain or way of viewing by album artist (rather than track artist)? I'm sure I would have spotted it.
Is it possible to rename the user presets e.g. to the name of the headphone I have tweaked it for?
Out of the box I wasn't impressed and it nearly went back. I gave it a couple of days and then it started sounding great.
My first wow moment was completely from left field. I have a pair of Sony Mdr1a that I use when I'm doing jobs round the house. The sonys are an OK £100 can but have never blown me away or seemed to have the potential to scale with better gear. I was listening to Blur whilst ironing some shirts and they sucked me in more than I thought they had the ability to producing tones and textures that I didn't think they were capable of. At this point I knew the P1 was a keeper and was keen to try it with my better gear. Anyway, I agree with the P1 needing burn in (and am not suggesting that you should all go out and buy the Sony!)
I currently have mixed feelings on the jeteffects.
I've heard people mention that when an effect is applied the signal sounds quieter through an external DAC.
When applying an effect and using the internal amp (ie with earphones) I think that the plenue increases the application to adjust for the quieter signal. For my Nobles it over increases it by about 7, giving the impression of a much bigger impact than is actually the case (ie normal at 70 volume = jeteffect at 63 volume).
Still early days so I will see if my opinion changes with time and if I can identify more subtle differences in the effects.
A couple of questions:
I assume there is no replaygain or way of viewing by album artist (rather than track artist)? I'm sure I would have spotted it.
Is it possible to rename the user presets e.g. to the name of the headphone I have tweaked it for?