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Correct me if I’m wrong.. I only have AMP4S.. to me some instruments placement I find it hard to pinpoint the location.. sometimes I feel like I’m seating at some top seat looking down at the stage when listening to orchestra.. or in other genres, sometimes I found instrument is above my head. As for AMP1 it’s easier to pinpoint the location and the stage. Though the stage is definitely smaller than amp4s
Are you sure it's not a limiting factor of your IEMs or just a poor synergy with amp4s? And, are you comparing it relative to another ibasso amp module (like a default amp1) or another DAP?, assuming you are using the same pair of iems and playing the same track with everything volume matched? While it's true that AMP4s is not a match for the original AMP4 (in relative comparison to amp4s, to my ears the original amp4 has wider soundstage, better dynamics expansion, and better separation of sounds), by itself I don't find amp4s imaging to be that bad. It's actually a pretty good amp.