purk
Headphoneus Supremus
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Mm...silly, silly, silly to condemn the Z1 without hearing it first. Give it a proper audition with the best headphones you guys have and then pass judgment. First rule of this hobby.
Normally this is true, but not on the OPA circuit man. Op-amp design done right always have a discrete buffer so they clearly shortchanging the Z1 design. I have no doubt that it will sound great, but they could have made it to sound even better here. See the legendary Headroom Balanced Max for instance for an op-amp based headphone design done right. I really hope you get the chance to hear Doug Savitsky headphone amps and I think you will be super impressed. That guy always at the leading edge on dynamic headphones amplifier. His every single product sounds better than the TA-ZH1ES that I have. Search around for ECP DSHA-4 or Ravenswood to see what I'm talking about. Even Kevin Gilmore SuSy Dynalo mini easily edge out the ZH1ES that I have.
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