[jlbrach]

when i owned the ican pro i drove my susvara with ease in balanced mode on the lowest gain setting...

 

[Slim1970]

P1 is truely an awesome amp at any value. It's not easy to get one. I wish another Susvara owner has heard of it, so I'm not alone on this one. If anyone in the Bay Area want to listen to it, welcome to come over. It sounds like it's designed for the Susvara.

Wish I was in the Bay Area to get a listen to your P1 with my Susvara’s. I really like the feature set and power of the Pro iCan. It can can drive every headphone I own with ease. But I do want a little more musicality at times. I do love how detailed the Susvara’s sound out of the Pro iCan. I just need a little more musical warmth and it sounds like the P1 has that.

 

[joseph69]

P1?

 

[gordec]

P1?

Soundaware P1.

Wish I was in the Bay Area to get a listen to your P1 with my Susvara’s. I really like the feature set and power of the Pro iCan. It can can drive every headphone I own with ease. But I do want a little more musicality at times. I do love how detailed the Susvara’s sound out of the Pro iCan. I just need a little more musical warmth and it sounds like the P1 has that.

I went to Wash U. St Louis homer!

 

[joseph69]

Soundaware P1.

Thank you.

 

[Slim1970]

I went to Wash U. St Louis homer!

Seriously, that’s where I graduated from! Great school. If only we had some HiFi shops in my area so I could take my Susvara’s with me to try them out on different amps. I’m curious about the P1 now.

 

[Articnoise]

P1 is truely an awesome amp at any value. It's not easy to get one. I wish another Susvara owner has heard of it, so I'm not alone on this one. If anyone in the Bay Area want to listen to it, welcome to come over. It sounds like it's designed for the Susvara.

I don’t disagree or anything, just to get a better idea of where you’re coming from, which other amps have you compare it to and with which headphones?

 

[gordec]

I don’t disagree or anything, just to get a better idea of where you’re coming from, which other amps have you compare it to and with which headphones?

Here are the list: MHA100, Violectric v281, ifi pro ican, GSX mk2. MHA100 I had when I bought the Susvara. The other 3 were amps I tried to match Susvara with. The P1 sounds much better than all of them. For my ears not even close.

 

[AnakChan]

I’ve not tried nor seen the P1 but good to hear of a reasonably priced amp that can drive the Susvara’s to a sonically rewarding level.

 

[iFi audio]

I was able to max out the volume

Susvara is what we consider a demanding pair of headphones

I find the Susvara is a big step up from the HEKv2, a much more compelling musical experience.

Agreed, a significant step up.

 

[jscmd2000]

Pass XA25 finally arrived last Thursday and has been warming up.

Although it hasn't completely settled yet, I can already hear immensely better control than my other amps, gs-x mk2 and hpa-1. Sorry, it would be more helpful if I had the P1 or Niimbus to compare to.

It is so much faster and physically palpable even at low volume. I can go on and on... about clarity, imaging, etc etc which sounds exciting and very concerning at the same time. What is concerning is my increasing need for more stimulus and eventually/inevitably, hearing loss. I am thinking maybe this can't be normal behavior to shoot sound directly into my ears with a speaker amp! Not sure how I became this crazy person, really.

 

[llamaluv]

Pass XA25 finally arrived last Thursday

That sounds awesome. BTW, is it ungodly heavy?

Edit: Also, how are you preamp-ing it, out of curiosity?

 

[jscmd2000]

That sounds awesome. BTW, is it ungodly heavy?

Edit: Also, how are you preamp-ing it, out of curiosity?

Little over 50 lbs, I think.
I've been switching between hms/dave in pre amp mode and dac mode with hpa-1 as preamp.

 

[Matez]

hpa-1 as preamp

Pass? It's a killer as pre. I still miss it.

 

[jscmd2000]

Pass? It's a killer as pre. I still miss it.

I didn't know about the preamp when I bought it, but turned out to be a huge bonus. Thought about selling if liked the xa25 but not so sure.