[obsidyen]

bass quantity and impact varies with different recordings as it should. it's nothing to be concerned about.

Yes, that's why so great about TH900. It has amazing bass but you hear it only when/how the artist intended it to be heard loud. That said, TH900 can be EQ'ed to sound always bassy.

 

[up late]

extreme bass heads should feel reassured by your finding

 

[Whitigir]

Your Asus sonar is likely to be a very poorly tuned amp, and that is the conclusion

 

[up late]

well there you have it. better bin that very poorly tuned asus sonar stx then.

 

[up late]

@enthusiast - nice looking pairing

 

[Whazzzup]

well there you have it. better bin that very poorly tuned asus sonar stx then.

 
your cracking me up lately.

 

[Whitigir]

well there you have it. better bin that very poorly tuned asus sonar stx then.

Now this is what I don't get ? Hmm what is it supposed to mean ?

 

[up late]

geez... fahgettaboudit

 

[socks mk2]

[redacted]

 

[Whitigir]

impedance mismatch out of the soundcard.
it's 10 ohms if I recall correctly.
edit: damping factor to be clear.

Wow lol..,well I don't even know that SC lol

 

[socks mk2]

[redacted]

 

[enthusiast]

well there you have it. better bin that very poorly tuned asus sonar stx then.

If you consider the Burr-Brown PCM 1792 A inside the ASUS a bin-worthy DAC then you can bin yours, be my guest
 
That being said, the V800 DAC is in my shopping basket already. (featuring that very same DAC chip, but also a very nice de-jittering unit and much more).
 
And thanks for the compliment..
 
I did not know about the impedance mismatch though, planning to try the Line-Out this week if it brings an improvement over Cinch out.

 

[up late]

guess i should have used the winking smiley...

at least it wasn't lost on whazzup

 

[phonomat]

What happened here, @enthusiast's post get moved to the amp thread? Anyway, enthusiast, congratulations on that combo, I'm using the exact same and am also heavily considering a Violectric DAC to upgrade from Hugo, although I might end up with the V850. Have you looked into that one as well? There is also the V820 to consider as a budget-friendlier update w/o the plethora of options but hopefully the same sound.

 

[up late]

it's gone alright. that's odd.