[rsbrsvp]

I really believe tubes are the best match for the R10, but wondering if anyone has tried the amp-23R?

 

[Tchu1337]

What amps are you guys all using?

 

[buffer]

What amps are you guys all using?

Woo Audio 5LE
GS-X MK II
Apex Teton

The ES-R10s are not particularly hard to drive and I think they sound pretty good from any of the above, tube and solid state.

 

[BournePerfect]

Studio B
Eximus DP1
Nintendo Switch

 

[voja]

Nintendo Switch

Can you stop using TOTL flagship amplifiers? You are making me jealous.

 

[mulveling]

Mostly old world head-fi here lol. Ranked from best to less best. Yeah, the ES-R10 are easy to drive and they sound great out of almost everything.

Headroom Max Balanced
Singlepower SDS (OTL tube amp)
Dynalo+ Balanced
iBasso DX220 Max (modded)
Sony WM1Z (modded)
Sony WM1A

The top 3 are fairly close. Number 2 and 3 may swap from time to time. But I'm pretty sure I like the Max the best. Just to be clear I'm not talking about the older pre-2006 single ended Max amps, which sound terrible by comparison. The Max Balanced is like a much improved version of the Blockhead. I also have an old Headamp Gilmore Balanced Reference that I haven't tried yet. It's similar-ish in sound to the GS-X Mk 2 and GS-X Mini. I don't expect it will top the Max but I'm open to being surprised.

Purk assures me some of the better ECP amps can beat the Max Balanced, but that it's still a really competitive amp.

 

[Whitigir]

Has any of you who placed order around 20th last month for shipping notification yet ? Anxiously waiting !! Hope he isn’t effected by Covid lockdown and so on

 

[mulveling]

Has any of you who placed order around 20th last month for shipping notification yet ? Anxiously waiting !! Hope he isn’t effected by Covid lockdown and so on

Nothing yet on my 2nd ES-R10 or the ES-1 alpha. Apparently the latter takes a week or two for the silver cable option.

 

[Whitigir]

Nothing yet on my 2nd ES-R10 or the ES-1 alpha. Apparently the latter takes a week or two for the silver cable option.

Is there silver cables options ? I don’t see it lol

 

[Aura]

ordered on 4/21 so also in the upcoming batch. amp is Naim Uniti Atom HE. counterpart will be Utopia.

very eagerly awaiting... i've held off on a closed headphone for years and as soon as i learned about this, i knew it was meant to be.

 

[mulveling]

Is there silver cables options ? I don’t see it lol

The ES-1 alpha has the silver option, not the ES-R10. And it's only silver coated copper, and I think they "make" it from a Stax extension cable.

 

[jjshin23]

Mine was placed on 18th and he said sometime in May…. Hopefully it doesn’t get pushed back further into June.

 

[protoss]

ES-1 alpha has the silver option

Did you order the silver cable version? I got the copper version with the dark pads.

 

[Failed Engineer]

I’m using a DSHA3F and Headamp GS-1 with Dynalo+ modules. They are very close in performance with the ES-R10 but the 3F does throw a more holographic stage. The GS-1 may be a touch fatiguing after several hours vs. the 3F.

 

[protoss]

may be a touch fatiguing after several hours

Yes, I am surprised lots want more detail and a silver cable.
My pair has too much detail and fatigue-ness already with my amps.

The Es-R10 needs a tube amp for sure or a warm amp/dac.