Yup! In my experience, the Jot 2 is the best bang for the buck amp that I tried with the SS and DS. Highly recommended. In general, I've never had a bad pairing with the Jot 2. Very versatile amp.
I'm not aware of a DAP that can drive them properly but there probably is one... it probably is going to cost into the thousands of dollars tho and it's going to be a chunker like the Fiio M17, so at that point you might as well go for a dedicated desktop headphone amp to drive them.
I only have experience with relatively easy to drive cans/IEMs. Regarding the Tungstens needing all that voltage, is that just to get everything out of them and allow them to play at maximum volume? What happens if you use them with a lesser amp such as my Aune S17 Pro, does the sound quality deteriorate? Do you lose bass with an amp that can't deliver that much voltage or just maximum volume? Has anyone tried them with the S17?
I only have experience with relatively easy to drive cans/IEMs. Regarding the Tungstens needing all that voltage, is that just to get everything out of them and allow them to play at maximum volume? What happens if you use them with a lesser amp such as my Aune S17 Pro, does the sound quality deteriorate? Do you lose bass with an amp that can't deliver that much voltage or just maximum volume? Has anyone tried them with the S17?
Zeos has and he said that the S17 doesn't drive them that well, that said, he at the time had the even less efficient pre-production version of the tungsten.
Don't worry Simon, latter during the year I will buy a pair of the SS Tungsten and I will run them on my S17 and give everyone my impressions and compare them to my LCD2C, if I'm having trouble running them to a sufficient degree to be enjoyable in our amp then the comparing them to my audeze will make more evident the problem to some degree.
Zeos has and he said that the S17 doesn't drive them that well, that said, he at the time had the even less efficient pre-production version of the tungsten.
Thanks, I must have missed that. I am interested in what it means when an amp doesn't drive them well though, does it mean they just won't go all that loud or does it affect sound quality? I don't listen loud so as long as they sound good at medium volume I'll be happy.
Don't worry Simon, latter during the year I will buy a pair of the SS Tungsten and I will run them on my S17 and give everyone my impressions and compare them to my LCD2C, if I'm having trouble running them to a sufficient degree to be enjoyable in our amp then the comparing them to my audeze will make more evident the problem to some degree.
That will be very useful. I won't be able to afford them for a few months, let alone how long it'll be until we're able to actually buy them, but they do sound as if they'll be amazing.
Yes. Believe the difference on average in sensitivity between the two versions is now roughly 2 dB whereas Ryan was initially expecting a larger difference in the 3 to 4 range. There is also some unit variations per driver on either version so could be a bit more or less.
Regarding the amplifier's ability to drive Tungstens, I had thought there was no longer any real material difference between the two and in most use cases that's probably true. However, ran into one recently where that wasn't the case. A telegram chat friend with SS Tungstens didn't have enough headroom on his Fiio M17 at maximum volume and gain whereas it was fine on my DS Tungstens.
Very interesting, thanks. I don't think I'll be able to afford an amp good enough to fully drive them and, having read the reviews here, I was thinking that the SS might suit me better but maybe I need to consider the DS model if it has more chance of working with something I could afford (i.e. under 1K).
Thanks, I must have missed that. I am interested in what it means when an amp doesn't drive them well though, does it mean they just won't go all that loud or does it affect sound quality? I don't listen loud so as long as they sound good at medium volume I'll be happy.
In his review of the Tungsten he says the amp doesn't run them well, what does that mean? Idk, he probably means in comparison to other things he has in his table.
That will be very useful. I won't be able to afford them for a few months, let alone how long it'll be until we're able to actually buy them, but they do sound as if they'll be amazing.
I plan to try my first attempt at buying them in April of this year, given the 12-14 week time to ship, If everything goes according to plan I should be getting a pair by August of this year, fingers cross!!!
In his review of the Tungsten he says the amp doesn't run them well, what does that mean? Idk, he probably means in comparison to other things he has in his table.
I plan to try my first attempt at buying them in April of this year, given the 12-14 week time to ship, If everything goes according to plan I should be getting a pair by August of this year, fingers cross!!!
In my experience, a bad amp pairing is that there just isn't enough volume for normal listening. Either that or there is just enough volume but no headroom for lower volume tracks.
I did have one amp that actually distorted on bass hits. That was the ifi Black Label.
In my experience, a bad amp pairing is that there just isn't enough volume for normal listening. Either that or there is just enough volume but no headroom for lower volume tracks.
I did have one amp that actually distorted on bass hits. That was the ifi Black Label.
My gustard h26 able use on high sensitive iem and tungsten single.The tungsten is test by my friend which hear pretty loud volume so it drive well but if have low master track is gonna be max out.I waiting for my tungsten ds to reach.
Very interesting, thanks. I don't think I'll be able to afford an amp good enough to fully drive them and, having read the reviews here, I was thinking that the SS might suit me better but maybe I need to consider the DS model if it has more chance of working with something I could afford (i.e. under 1K).
Saw two of the three reviews each tried the Violectric V281 and the V550, each praised their pairing respectively. Wondering if both are equally good for the DS or would the newer V550 have an edge for headroom and voltage. Was eyeballing the LE release of the v281 but found out you can order the V550 Pro for the same money from Thomann.
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