Dipesh
100+ Head-Fier
comfort of TC was a negative factor for me. Decided on Susvara . I am using ampsandsound Nautilus. Expensive but worth every penny.
I have the little brother of your ampsandsound Nautilus, the Bigger Ben, paired with the Susvara (using the TT2 as DAC) and I am simply thrilled with this combo!comfort of TC was a negative factor for me. Decided on Susvara . I am using ampsandsound Nautilus. Expensive but worth every penny.
Maybe she just doesn't like the sonic signature of the Susvara. Maybe the A90 isn't up to showing it in its best light (I've never heard that amp, so just speculating). Why would one person's reaction to any piece of audio equipment make you wonder why scores of other people love it?
That does make sense to me in a couple ways. The 1266 TC's are more of an immediate change and instantly apparent, and sound unlike most other headphones. The Susvara are more of a "conventional" headphone experience, albeit an extremely refined one. The Susvara takes a bit more time to appreciate what its all about. Whilst the A90 maybe isn't the "best" amp for the Susvara, I would think it would let the person know what the Susvara is like, so I'm not sure that would factor in to their feelings too much.
It could just be the Susvara isn't for them, which is certainly possible as well
comfort of TC was a negative factor for me. Decided on Susvara . I am using ampsandsound Nautilus. Expensive but worth every penny.
At home is listen to speakers. Headfi is for office and have to move my sight between 3 monitors. The movement made it impossible to use TCI guess so. We all have different subjective preferences. I guess I just haven't seen a ton of people actually be underwhelmed by it, but maybe I was just surrounded by susvara fans and so had a distorted local perspective.
Good points. Sajid did say A90 is excellent with susvara so dunno ?
This was weird too. She found TC extremely comfortable lol.
Very cool product (ES100) I hadn't been previously aware of. I find it somewhat incredible that it could drive Susvara satisfactorily, though. Is the sound better than using it with a high sensitivity headphone?Earstudio ES100 and Hifiman Susvara
Just bought a new balanced cable for my Susvara which terminates in a 4-pole 2.5mm jack.
Did this because from that jack, I can adapt it to a standard 3.5mm jack, or balanced XLR or whatever I need depending on my amp.
Anyhow, just for kicks, I plugged it into the balanced port on the EarStudio ES100 MK2...
And it works!
It's not Bakoon Amp-13R quality, but honestly, it pumps enough into them to be enjoyable.
Absolutely amazing. Completely unchains me from the desktop and allows me to take Susvara on-the-go.
Very cool product (ES100) I hadn't been previously aware of. I find it somewhat incredible that it could drive Susvara satisfactorily, though. Is the sound better than using it with a high sensitivity headphone?
It's not Bakoon Amp-13R quality, but honestly, it pumps enough into them to be enjoyable.
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I don't think susvara is brighter than Stellia. When I tried Empyrean , I felt music sounded veiled. Susvara is probably the most balanced headphone I tried. It does require a lot of power. I am running Ampandsound 's Nautalis. Some members suggest speaker amps.()So my friend on our discord still finds Susvara not good. She complains its very bight and forward and actually prefers empyrean and stellia. Is this a sign that susvara is underpowered? She is using top a90.
I recently came to the Susvara from 18+ months of Empy and then a VO. I just sold my Empy's last week and while I enjoyed my time with them they are, as @Dipesh suggested, somewhat veiled in comparison to the Susvara. (Dipesh and I have very similar ampsandsound amps!)So my friend on our discord still finds Susvara not good. She complains its very bight and forward and actually prefers empyrean and stellia. Is this a sign that susvara is underpowered? She is using top a90.