Neither one is going to clip in real world usage.
At least not with the 400i. With something like the HE-6, different story.
Neither one is going to clip in real world usage.
Thanks rovopio. I'm thinking of 'current on tap', or how much is available in an instant, without clipping. For eg, think about the Magni 2 and the Magni 2 Uber. in terms of mW, they are comparable but where the distinguishing factor is the capacitance (4000 vs 6000 uF). The non-uber provides less instant power and should thus clip earlier leading to a loss of dynamic range compared to the Uber version. Now this loss can affect your ability to interpret changes in dynamic levels and by inference distances between instruments (music)/activities (games). Isnt this dynamic range what we as humans use to guage distance between objects emanating sound?
I think gaming is a good test between different amps because of the sudden changes in level (dynamic range) and to see what happens with SQ+imaging with each amp & HE-400i combo.
I got my wife the momentum on ears v1 for precisely the same reason and it did help.
But after hearing the he-400i, she had a tough time going back. I don't think we can afford both of us engaging in the same hobby
Ouch - I did exactly the same thing - pink momentums and a little Fiio for her - next thing she's hogging the main rig
Fair enough. Wrong terminology on my part.
Not clipping but I guess I was thinking response time.
Fair enough. Wrong terminology on my part.
Not clipping but I guess I was thinking response time.
After reading more reviews and opinions, I'm at least giving the HE-400i a shot. If for some reason it is so different I don't like it, There's still plenty of HE-400s around to downgrade back to. I do listen to a lot of rock and metal, so maybe this new sound signature will make up for any lost soundstage.
What response time do you think these headphones need, and what do available amps provide?
These headphones arent that hard to drive. No need to create problems that arent really there by mumbo jumboifying things (being "technical" without being quantitative = mumbo jumboifying).
Still does not make much sense to me. If you mean rise time or slew rate in Volts/second (or fractions thereof)I don't think the Uber will be much different. Amps do sound different, but the things you mention are not generally listed as the things that makes this so. Though I tend to think they could have some bearing on some aspects of the sound. Trying to attribute differences in sound on based an imperfect understanding of what the amp is doing will be real tough.
Upgrade the stock cable. Soundstage amongst other things improves.
I tried cables ranging from 60.00 to 250.00 and they all made an improvement.
They will open up!
Cheer mate. I guess I'll just stick to try before you buy then.
That works.. !!
Always remember.. you are playing to a very tough crowd around here....
Curious as to how you tested this? Blind testing? With amp or dac I use a switch box so its instantly switched, with cables it would be hard to do the switch very quickly to preserve as much sonic memory as possible.