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I didn’t say they weren’t driven by the H2 just that the extra transient power of the TT1 made a difference for me.
And I'm disagreeing that it makes a difference (to my ears).
I didn’t say they weren’t driven by the H2 just that the extra transient power of the TT1 made a difference for me.
Maybe I just need an excuse to use the TT. See my sig.And I'm disagreeing that it makes a difference (to my ears).
Driving them properly is everything. I feel they sound best from my Hugo TT1 over the Hugo 2.
The Utopias are still great headphones and blow the empyrean out of the water when properly driven. I owned the mojo and it can run the Utopias but so much below their full potential. The hugo2 brings out the great clarity, speed and transparency which is unmatched to my ears
Has anyone tried using a low watt speaker amp with their utopia using a speaker tap? is this a stupid idea?
I've got a First Watt Sit-2 I'd like to repurpose as headphone amp when it's not on speaker duties as I recently picked up a SIT-3. Both amps are so different I want to keep both.
The Sit-2 is such an amazing speaker amp that I'm very curious as to how it would perform as a headphone amp.
Has anyone tried using a low watt speaker amp with their utopia using a speaker tap? is this a stupid idea?
I've got a First Watt Sit-2 I'd like to repurpose as headphone amp when it's not on speaker duties as I recently picked up a SIT-3. Both amps are so different I want to keep both.
The Sit-2 is such an amazing speaker amp that I'm very curious as to how it would perform as a headphone amp.
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Definitely not required for great sound but it is a fun test. We’ve done it with several amps but it has a more productive affect on hard to drive headphones.
With the utopias being a fairly sensitive headphone did it require additional resistors in the speaker taps?
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I’ve considered this as well, using my Luxman tube amp. Some sort of resistive network would need to be built so your amp doesn’t damage your Utopia, or at least that’s my thought on this.
I do believe there are custom cable makers that can build such a thing. Hopefully, we’ll get a response from someone who knows more about this.
Depends on how powerful the speaker amp is and how good the amp design is. If protection is implemented correctly the amp should shut down long before the headphone drivers are permanently damaged.
If possible I would test how much wattage the amp puts out under a 100 ohm load at 50% power, and make a decision on whether to use an adapter based on that number. Something like the 1266 phi is probably fine straight off the taps with 99% of the power amps on the market, but if something can dump out a kilowatt at 8 ohms it can probably fry the 1266 phi with ease.
As a very general rule of thumb amps with less than 10-15w into 8 ohms should be fine with the Utopia's directly. Plenty of headphone amps are capable of this level of output and they drive the Uto's just fine.
Yeah I want to try using my first watt sit-2 which is only 10 watts.
focal 4 pin xlr wiring is standard? ie. i can use any of the available speaker tabs that use 4 pin xlr connector on the headphone side like the hifiman adapter?
Depends on how powerful the speaker amp is and how good the amp design is. If protection is implemented correctly the amp should shut down long before the headphone drivers are permanently damaged.
If possible I would test how much wattage the amp puts out under a 100 ohm load at 50% power, and make a decision on whether to use an adapter based on that number. Something like the 1266 phi is probably fine straight off the taps with 99% of the power amps on the market, but if something can dump out a kilowatt at 8 ohms it can probably fry the 1266 phi with ease.
As a very general rule of thumb amps with less than 10-15w into 8 ohms should be fine with the Utopia's directly. Plenty of headphone amps are capable of this level of output and they drive the Uto's just fine.
the utopia is among the easiest HP's to drive...the idea of a speaker amp for the utopia is literally like taking a race car to go get groceries....there are good and bad headphone amps for sure but there are few if any underpowered in terms of driving the Utopia...