I haven't had experience with the Ember. My opinion on the Polaris is that it has a kind brightness and warmth to it. Perhaps someone can chime in who has used both the Ember and Polaris?
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its not identical to the ember but it is a warmer sounding solid state.
Is there not a quality loss this way?You can use on of THESE.
Is there not a quality loss this way?
I see, so there's no point in getting the Polaris, if I'm going to plug it in the headphone's jack to drive the HD650? Because right now I have a Chord Mojo, but it's been recommend to me that the Polaris would be a better match for the HD 650, but if the Polaris connected to the laptop is only going to make the sound louder (which isn't necessary, because my laptops headphone out is loud enough) than it wouldn't be worth it to sell the Mojo, and get the Polaris instead (I can only have 1 device)The cable simply takes the signal your laptop's DAC is sending out through it's headphone jack and converts it to RCA to plug into your amp. The quality of the sound will depend upon your laptop. The Amp won't improve that sound, only make it louder.
I see, so there's no point in getting the Polaris, if I'm going to plug it in the headphone's jack to drive the HD650? Because right now I have a Chord Mojo, but it's been recommend to me that the Polaris would be a better match for the HD 650, but if the Polaris connected to the laptop is only going to make the sound louder (which isn't necessary, because my laptops headphone out is loud enough) than it wouldn't be worth it to sell the Mojo, and get the Polaris instead (I can only have 1 device)
Howdy Pardners! I have a Polaris on its way as a birthday present which will replace my Magni 2 Uber (will be replacing the Modi 2 with a Topping D50 next but that's beside the point). I'm primarily upgrading to the Polaris because I recently picked up a HE-560 and wasn't happy with how bright and thin it sounded from the Schiit stack. I'm posting to see if I can get jumper recommendations from any of you who have paired the Polaris with the phones below [I realize an amp isn't going to magically change all my headphones signatures and capabilities but I made some notes on what aspects I would ideally like to improve if possible but really mostly looking for what has worked for y'all]:
HE-560 (would like to improve the bass/mid-bass impact, give the mids more body/presence, and tame the highs a bit)
M1060 (pretty happy with the balance but would like to improve overall clarity and tame the 5k harshness on some recordings)
TH-X00 (would like to reduce the bass muddiness, bring mids more forward, improve linearity and clarity)
HE-400i (seem darker, less clear and open than the M1060 and HE-560 so more detail and openness would be welcome along with more bass impact perhaps)
T50RP mkII (modded) (probably looling for the same enhancements as the 400i more or less)
Thanks in advance for sharing any settings that have worked well for you!