Dual-wielding AHB2's for the Susvara here. Even though from a power perspective, this is overkill for headphones of any kind, it doesn't sound exaggerated in any way, but rather, just extra-composed and refined.
The bridged mono configuration brings out extra depth and separation, and makes the treble (which is one of the AHB2's greatest strengths) simultaneously extra detailed and extra smooth. I know John Siau consistently claims that that his product in bridged mono does absolutely nothing for sound quality, but that's not been my experience. For speakers (which is the main reason why I use bridged mono), the benefits are more apparent still. But anyway.
The AHB2 is a little bit too intense for the Utopia or the Atrium, though, can't lie (yea, I know, living on the edge ). It does alright for the Verite Closed.
My experience with the Bakoon R13 with the Susvara line up with previous comments about the Enleum R23. I found it to be too polite and very, very finicky about bringing out the Susvara's bass, which nullified the potential subjective benefits from its slightly warm-tilted tonality. Also worth mentioning is that the AHB2's signature is also on the smooth-and-polite side, I think.
I also wanted to mention that I've recently started using the Lazuli Reference Plus with the Susvara (by using an AffinityAdapters adapter) and would highly recommend. It brings out sub-bass better than probably any cable I've tried, which makes the inconvience of its physical qualities almost worth the bother.
The bridged mono configuration brings out extra depth and separation, and makes the treble (which is one of the AHB2's greatest strengths) simultaneously extra detailed and extra smooth. I know John Siau consistently claims that that his product in bridged mono does absolutely nothing for sound quality, but that's not been my experience. For speakers (which is the main reason why I use bridged mono), the benefits are more apparent still. But anyway.
The AHB2 is a little bit too intense for the Utopia or the Atrium, though, can't lie (yea, I know, living on the edge ). It does alright for the Verite Closed.
My experience with the Bakoon R13 with the Susvara line up with previous comments about the Enleum R23. I found it to be too polite and very, very finicky about bringing out the Susvara's bass, which nullified the potential subjective benefits from its slightly warm-tilted tonality. Also worth mentioning is that the AHB2's signature is also on the smooth-and-polite side, I think.
I also wanted to mention that I've recently started using the Lazuli Reference Plus with the Susvara (by using an AffinityAdapters adapter) and would highly recommend. It brings out sub-bass better than probably any cable I've tried, which makes the inconvience of its physical qualities almost worth the bother.