CanadianMaestro
Headphoneus Supremus
Can imagine what the 800 is gonna do lol.
You're gonna need a bigger house...
Can imagine what the 800 is gonna do lol.
You're gonna need a bigger house...
^ Nice overview, Damien. I agree. LCD-2.2 was my best match with BHA-1. I prefer my 650 with WA6 and Polaris; it wasn't bad with BHA-1 either, especially with my two Bryston digital sources, BDA-1 and BDP-1 (and also BCD-1 CDP). The best of all worlds, I think.
Very confusing for me..
I have BP26/MPS2 and Gustard h10. I dont know hiw BP26 differs from BHA-1 but if the sound signature is the same i would say that BP26 doesnt power 600 ohms He560 enough to make them sound delicius (thump, deep bas, trebles and highs). But BHA has additional gain which BP26 doesnt. Gustard even with no additiinal gain drives HE560 perfectly. Very tasty.
Now TH900 is very bright with Gustard h10 even sometimes burning my brains with sparkling highs.. BP26 on the other hand is very smooth and rich. Bas is good also.
Also i demoed LCD2.2F with Gustard H10 and highs were annoying and very bright. Mids and bas were forward and very good.
So my concern is whether BhA-1 is smooth as well as BP26 to drive 25 ohms TH900?
I'm thinking the HD-800's will be pretty bright with this amp - but my tastes are skewed to the darker side atm. Will find out today
The big shocker was getting a wider stage with the 650.
Anyone have a good source for a 1/4" stereo male TRS to a female 4-pin XLR adaptor? Wouldn't mind leaving all these balanced cables connected to their phones for a while and I'd rather switch around with an adaptor than at the headphone connections..... My google-fi is weak this morning and E-Bay just turned up some kinda flimsy looking adaptors once I narrowed the search....
Take Five Audio in ON does them all the time. Just email them.
Or a good electronics tech can chop and resolder an XLR connector to the HP cable. Just keep track of the amp's pin layout.
Male plug, front view:
Well you right on 50 ohms on He560 but its one the hardest to drive cans i had even comparing to HD650 which i owned previously. Mb its due to planar specifics.. TH900 is 9 am where HE560 is 2-3 pm to have the same loud..
The planars need good current capabilities from an amp, preferably driving at least 500mW into the 50ohm HE-560's, with closer to 1W giving you more headroom. Hifiman recommends even higher but they maybe went a little over the top in their recommendations of 1-4W. Check the specs on your amp. But if you're getting good levels at 2-3 o'clock you've got some headroom. In other words. don't worry that it's not the same level to drive different headphones. Worry about whether it drives them well without maxing out or distorting.
Correct. The problem is to find the right amp to drive specific headphones to get the sound you love.
So what is the right amp for 25ohms TH900.. That ts the question for me.
Almost certainly a solid-state amp or a tube amp with output transformers and a very low output impedance. If they are indeed 25ohm cans (I haven't checked) they need a very low-impedance amp which is where solid-states' usually win. The low-gain setting on the BHA-1 may still be too much for them - some have had them modified for even lower gain as mine has been. This is specifically for low-impedance or very sensitive cans like IEM's and a few full headphones to reduce the noise floor and expand the usable range.
What do you not like now with your current pairing? If you're looking for an amp specifically for the TH900 you might be best to ask at its thread.