Topspin70
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I had the SE here for an extended trial. There is no comparison between the two units, IMHO. I have a Cavalli Liquid Carbon here until my Gold arrives and thought the LC was a much better sounding amp than the SE (for brevity I will leave out all the sonic verbiage). The PRO is extremely good. I was truly not expecting it to be this good (actually hoping). I recognize iFi has always made excellent products when weighed against price versus the competition but I was very leery about their ability to jump to the "high end". While I get the price differential, this could easily be a person's endgame purchase as it is that good, will meet all your future needs should you decide to move in a different direction including electrostatics with their add on module. It is incredibly flexible, built like a tank with a sound to die for. It will bring out the best of your cans. It really is a huge step up from the SE. It gets my highest praise and despite it's price I think it is a bargain.
I know that the ifi ican se needed 500 hours to even be able to compare to the previous ifi ican. are you sure your unit was well break in?
I added an iTube to the iCAN SE and the SQ improved quite substantially. I'm keen to hear how such a combo compare with the Pro, which to me is a turbo charged version of the combo.