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I think you would like the OPA2350 a lot. The AD743 is better with everything, but with my ES3X the OPA2450 is magical and it doesn't have the low level hiss in the background between songs when using the ES3X like the AD743. The IE8 and W3 definitely don't show hiss as easily as my ES3X or Livewires. Nevertheless, the AD743/AD8616 sounds so good I left that in the D10 and put the screws back in the case for now. At some point I need to try the OPA2350 with the RS-1 and D2000, even though it wasn't as good with the IE8 and HD600 as the AD743, because of how good it sounds with the ES3X.
To the other's asking about the RS-1 with the "topkit" - the Grado RS-1 sound really great on the D10 with the AD743/AD8616 setup. I get back a lot of the space and soundstage that I gave up when I decided to leave the flat pads on the RS-1, with good tight bass. But remember, my RS-1 have the APS V3 cable on them as well, and are an early S/N #667 (yeah, missed #666 by " " that much)
Originally Posted by qusp /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^^ yeah well its really the soundstage and bass that has me hooked as i'm using IEMs with it usually and since any improvement in soundstage with IEMs is appreciated; i'm very happy with it. also IEMs will exibit width more than depth in soundstage; another plus |
I think you would like the OPA2350 a lot. The AD743 is better with everything, but with my ES3X the OPA2450 is magical and it doesn't have the low level hiss in the background between songs when using the ES3X like the AD743. The IE8 and W3 definitely don't show hiss as easily as my ES3X or Livewires. Nevertheless, the AD743/AD8616 sounds so good I left that in the D10 and put the screws back in the case for now. At some point I need to try the OPA2350 with the RS-1 and D2000, even though it wasn't as good with the IE8 and HD600 as the AD743, because of how good it sounds with the ES3X.
To the other's asking about the RS-1 with the "topkit" - the Grado RS-1 sound really great on the D10 with the AD743/AD8616 setup. I get back a lot of the space and soundstage that I gave up when I decided to leave the flat pads on the RS-1, with good tight bass. But remember, my RS-1 have the APS V3 cable on them as well, and are an early S/N #667 (yeah, missed #666 by " " that much)