gerelmx1986
Headphoneus Supremus
The DMP has transformed the XBA-Z5 to a very good ISM, my first impressions that it soubded dark and unresolving are now suddenly it sounds like a tuned down IER-Z1R or an IER-N7 in steroids
I hadn't seen a DMP with the volume knob pointing at 2 o'clock beforejust jumping in to report that in balanced mode and high gain output, Hifiman Susvara can be driven well, even on battery.
Even higher output on AC. (though I like the music more on battery power)
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Looks more like 3:30 pmI hadn't seen a DMP with the volume knob pointing at 2 o'clock before. I know that the HD800s, which you also have in your inventory, can be driven with the volume knob around 11 o'clock. Where does the volume knob of your DMP point to while driving the Susvara and the HD800?
just jumping in to report that in balanced mode and high gain output, Hifiman Susvara can be driven well, even on battery.
Even higher output on AC. (though I like the music more on battery power)
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You can safely max it out with the Susvara on the DMP-Z1. At that level, the unit seems fine, no overheating at all. BTW, there are people who powers the Susvara through A Class Amplifiers speaker terminals. Benchmark sells an adaptor for their class AB and D amps for this purpose, with serious legalise attached.I hadn't seen a DMP with the volume knob pointing at 2 o'clock before. I know that the HD800s, which you also have in your inventory, can be driven with the volume knob around 11 o'clock. Where does the volume knob of your DMP point to while driving the Susvara and the HD800?
I tried a few external linear power supplies. Really did not hear any difference with any of my headphones. The Sony's own is fine. It's never get hot even when I max out the power with the Susvara or Abyss 1266.Thank you for this information. This is one of the reasons why I decided to buy the DMP-Z1, the possibility to drive difficult headphones like the Susvara...
For the use of the DMP-Z1 on AC, do you use a dedicated lpsu or the Sony charger provided with the DMP-Z1 ?
The volume is quite high ?
You can also listen to the Abyss 1266 ( headphone difficult to drive too) with the dmp-z1I tried a few external linear power supplies. Really did not hear any difference with any of my headphones. The Sony's own is fine. It's never get hot even when I max out the power with the Susvara or Abyss 1266.
AbyssYou can also listen to the Abyss 1266 ( headphone difficult to drive too) with the dmp-z1
What do you think is the most suitable case of the two (Abyss / Susvara) to work with the dmp-z1
I qm wondering how is the thing going om withthe DMP from @Rob49
It’s discontinued in Japan. So it’s almost gone.The DMP gives priority to balanced if you connect a single ended HP and a 4 at the same time, thee SE output is disconnected