Eddie Current - Black Widow, Solid State Headphone AMP Impressions Thread
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You got me there.
Hey, did I ever tell you about a comparison between the Widow and Liquid Car....
raybone0566
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Imo the black widow smokes the carbon. I wasn't to impressed with that ampYou got me there.
Hey, did I ever tell you about a comparison between the Widow and Liquid Car....
Did you A/B it? Not to disregard your opinion, as a few people I trust share it, but thought to ask.
raybone0566
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No, I only had it for a few months. Thought it was a bit bright on the top end. Just not my taste.
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Has anyone heard the Auralic Taurus Mk2 and the Black Widow? How do they compare?
I heard the Auralic last year and it's pretty sharp in comparison to the BW.
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The Auralic does have a pretty sharp leading edge. Anyone tried the BW with LCD-3 headphones?
The LCD 2/3/4/x all sound great with my BW1. However, your mileage varies based on your DAC with the DAC becoming the bottleneck given the performance level of the BW. Originally purchased a Havana 2 tube dac to soften my previous Schiit Mojo which paired great, but it is a little soft with my BW while still very good. Moving to a Ygg, the BW is stellar. Tried the Cayin iDAC-6 and found it to be a wonderful pairing as well. Shopping DACs now to get rid of the bottleneck. The more detailed the better as the BW adds weight to the textures for a very natural lifelike presentation.
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I have received my BW2 three weeks ago and I know I owe you impressions, but I'm not ready yet.
I will stay true to my word tho, I promise!
I have received my BW2 three weeks ago and I know I owe you impressions, but I'm not ready yet.
I will stay true to my word tho, I promise!
Too bad you are not in the Seattle area, it would be fun to hear a BW 1 and 2 side by side. Look forward to your impressions when you are ready. What DAC are you using?
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I'm using a Gumby. It's too bad indeed, I'll be in SF for a week in mid-October, but BW2 is staying put in Paris.
I'm using a Gumby. It's too bad indeed, I'll be in SF for a week in mid-October, but BW2 is staying put in Paris.
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I would think Auralic would pair nice with a dark sounding headphone like the LCD-2.2.. but the BW seems more promising overall to have that "goldilocks" sort of sound.
Maybe but I'm not a fan of bright overall.
When it comes to the BW or Zana though I don't think about pairing anymore, they simply sound great with any phones I tried them with.
The Zana is even more versatile as you can change the driver tube. Some nice options are Sophia, 6SU7GTY, ECC35 and I recently heard the 5691 sounds great with brighter cans without getting too tubey so I bought me some.
If you want to have a more tubey sound a Brimar can give you that.
I had the LCD-XC which I found very close soundwise to the LCD-3, took me a few hours in store to choose between the two. Sounded great with the BW.
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Anybody else notice the BW sounds really nice at low volume compared to other amps? Just got mine and loving it so far.
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