[d00mhammers]

Not familiar with nova.

Looks eh, reviews eh.

hmm strangem it came highly recommended to me. What about the Kato or the RE800?

 

[OldRoadToad]

There seems to be much less interference with another cable. Too bad the one provided isn't better shielded.

I've just bought an android tablet, which runs Android 12 : the device is not recognized in UAC 2, only in UAC 1, wich prevent it to be used bit-perfectly .... I am really unpleasantly surprised.

Can you hear a difference? Before you bought the new tablet and saw that it was not "bit perfect" was there a drastic fault you detected?
Or not.

Be happy. Or not. Listen to the music not the equipment.

ORT

 

[llysender]

is it better than the nova? how does it compare

It really depends, S12 pro while fast is kind of lacking body due to its inability to properly protray decay. Nova has quite the upper bass/lower mids dip which is following harman curve but can sound extra thin esp with vocals. Honestly I would pick the letshour DZ4 but thats my personal bias since its balanced towards warm neutral with bass lift and has the speed for electronic music.

Nova is nice very harman V so its a fun sound. More suited for pop/rap/bigroom kind of music though.
S12 pro you need someone that that likes it as I cant find a redeming quality for it.

If you are in Kato price range then go for it. Its abit thin but depending on what kind of metal you listen to the speed is very helpful.

RE800 no idea havent heard.

Since 200+ are ok with the budget rapt go hook X is something to consider as I donsider that iem a very tastefuly done V shape iem that is able to play lots of music from slow to fast.

Oh yeah back to dongles, not sure what he means by KA5 is not powerful enough but it will power the DZ4, Kato and hook X nicely and pairs well with them. If you really want to go with the nova I rec going with the tanchjim space as its a smoother dongle that will stretch out the decay and make the nova sound better at lest to my ears.

 

[d00mhammers]

It really depends, S12 pro while fast is kind of lacking body due to its inability to properly protray decay. Nova has quite the upper bass/lower mids dip which is following harman curve but can sound extra thin esp with vocals. Honestly I would pick the letshour DZ4 but thats my personal bias since its balanced towards warm neutral with bass lift and has the speed for electronic music.

Nova is nice very harman V so its a fun sound. More suited for pop/rap/bigroom kind of music though.
S12 pro you need someone that that likes it as I cant find a redeming quality for it.

If you are in Kato price range then go for it. Its abit thin but depending on what kind of metal you listen to the speed is very helpful.

RE800 no idea havent heard.

Since 200+ are ok with the budget rapt go hook X is something to consider as I donsider that iem a very tastefuly done V shape iem that is able to play lots of music from slow to fast.

Oh yeah back to dongles, not sure what he means by KA5 is not powerful enough but it will power the DZ4, Kato and hook X nicely and pairs well with them. If you really want to go with the nova I rec going with the tanchjim space as its a smoother dongle that will stretch out the decay and make the nova sound better at lest to my ears.

hnmm now its even harder to choose
what would be the most optimal choice?

 

[rafaelo]

is it better that what i listed? In case i wanna pick something from my list, what would you pick?

I have ka5 so I would choose that because i know it is very good. For my case is also powerful enough, i use it always balanced. But ka17 on paper seems a major upgrade lets see. I will let you know when i test it.

 

[bru87tr]

hmm strangem it came highly recommended to me. What about the Kato or the RE800?

Don’t own the kato, but read a lot about it and gets good reviews.

 

[bru87tr]

Also, the ka5 will power IEM fine. But headphones is a different story. It has a very hard time driving my Fostex T60.

 

[rafaelo]

Also, the ka5 will power IEM fine. But headphones is a different story. It has a very hard time driving my Fostex T60.

Is this balanced or unbalanced ? are Fostex planars ? KA13 is more powerful in desktop mode or you find it more powerful in regular mode as well ?

 

[bru87tr]

Both.

Planars.

Desktop mode is def more powerful.

 

[rafaelo]

Planars need a lot of power. Your requirements are justified.

 

[d00mhammers]

Not familiar with nova.

Looks eh, reviews eh.

can you recommend me a balanced cable for the IEM and for ananda stealth

 

[bru87tr]

Hart cables. The one that came with my Artti T10 is really nice for a throw in.

 

[d00mhammers]

Hart cables. The one that came with my Artti T10 is really nice for a throw in.

Any specific characteristics should I look for in cables?

 

[onlystereo]

I am looking to find more info regarding the digital filters used in KA5. In the control app they're called short delay or phase compensated etc, which one actually is the fast roll-off linear phase? Thanks.

 

[FiiO]

I am looking to find more info regarding the digital filters used in KA5. In the control app they're called short delay or phase compensated etc, which one actually is the fast roll-off linear phase? Thanks.

Dear friend,

This one is the Linear phase fast roll-off filter. The 'Short Delay sharp roll-off filter' is Minimum phase fast roll-off filter.

Best regards