I got the Sony NS500V couple weeks ago (a present for somebody else but its in my hands for now
) and I just recieved my kimber mini-rca cable to hook it up to my dual 9v CHA47 JMT built amp.
Well the initial impression was, i didn't know my phones can sound this good. So far I've listen to about 1 1/2 album and I am really seeing the difference between this player and my D-25s. Compared to my D-25s the sony is clear, detailed, has smoother highs, has a much wider soundstage and has better imaging. I did a A/B comparison between those two using the same phones but only listened to one song over and over again. I think the differences were pretty obvious.
I don't know if the differences were because of the different ICs i used but i think it will most likely to be a combination of both. This player makes my MS1 sound better than ever and it brings me to another question for my next upgrade. I have been planning to get new phones (etys or senns) with a max-out meta42 (since they've been praised here so much). Would i be doing the wrong thing?
By that I mean should I get a better source first, then an amp and finally new phones so I can squeeze every bit of performance out of what i currently have. Or should I get phones, then source, and get the new amp last.
Oh yeah, how do you guys feel about the Sony NS500V player?
Well the initial impression was, i didn't know my phones can sound this good. So far I've listen to about 1 1/2 album and I am really seeing the difference between this player and my D-25s. Compared to my D-25s the sony is clear, detailed, has smoother highs, has a much wider soundstage and has better imaging. I did a A/B comparison between those two using the same phones but only listened to one song over and over again. I think the differences were pretty obvious.
I don't know if the differences were because of the different ICs i used but i think it will most likely to be a combination of both. This player makes my MS1 sound better than ever and it brings me to another question for my next upgrade. I have been planning to get new phones (etys or senns) with a max-out meta42 (since they've been praised here so much). Would i be doing the wrong thing?
By that I mean should I get a better source first, then an amp and finally new phones so I can squeeze every bit of performance out of what i currently have. Or should I get phones, then source, and get the new amp last.
Oh yeah, how do you guys feel about the Sony NS500V player?