Hello!
So first off all, im new to this forum, though ive been reeding it for a while now. Its a really nice forum with a lot of detailed information in it, thank you all for that
I am quite a big fan of good SQ in my music, i've been doing a lot of work in car audio systems, competing in car audio competitions (sound quality groups), then a year ago i got into indoor sound system world including headphone world
My main speaciality is sport, im an athlete and i spend a lot of time traveling. This summer i had to leave my country and fly to USA, to train there, in Detroit. Because my hunger for good quality is constantly growing (haha), i had to buy some decent pair of headphones. Did some research and decided to go with AT M50X, because of their low impedence, quite natural sound and travel capabilty. My source signal is samsung galaxy note 3, wich has not a bad DAC in it, so this set played quite good, for a month for me haha. The sound for me sounded a bit dead, sound was too mechanical, m50x by itself has kind a high mechanical highs and bigger lows, wich in my opinion were not controled that good, so overall the sound with my set was messy. I decided in need something, at least a better amp for a start. Did some reaserch and found this guy- Little Dot i+, read some good reviews for it, took some though and decided that i should give it a try.
So today i got it, set it up and started it. Though i know i should give it some time to burn, but i gave it a little soundcheck. And i was quite surprised, the sound was different. Everything got clarity, sounds became seperate, second stage sounds became more clear, lows got mass and controle (not that much of it but still got it), sound stage got wider, though the m50x as wee know are closed back, still there is quite a change in it. Then there is the treble, i was sometimes quite irritated of m50x sharp and quite too mechanic highs, the overall sound of them was unnatrual (this was one of the main reasons i went with a tube amp). And with the amp it got a lot better, maybe a little to reduced but ill let the tubes first get some burn time, then make final decisions.
Overall, though the m50x are considered not to be in a need for an amp, i think its a good decision to pair it with a Little dot i+. I have some parts allready on the way- ne op amp (lm4562) and new tubes- voskhod 6zh1p. So later ill get a chance to compare before and after results. But right know ill listen to the Little dot with its stock parts, to get some info abot its sound.
I hope my post will be somekind helpfull to people who are looking for a nice music inprovement for less money