[atothex]

Hmmm the poll isn't as close as I thought it'd be.

 

[EddieE]

atothex,
The Slim has been on pre-order for months, the protector for a week or two. Hardly surprising more people have made the decision to go for a slim so far.

 

[Audio-Omega]

Is Pico Slim capable of driving Sennheiser HD650 ?

 

[grawk]

That wouldn't be an ideal pairing, but it's certainly as "capable" as the majority of other portables on the market.

 

[WalkGood]

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Originally Posted by Audio-Omega /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is Pico Slim capable of driving Sennheiser HD650 ?

Why would you want to pair it with high impedance (300 ohm) full size headphones o_O As the Pico Slim was designed for iem's.

 

[grawk]

The slim was designed for portable use, with sensitive headphones, not just IEMs. But yes, HD650s aren't going to be ideal on any portable amp that I know of. They're even challenging for most home amps.

 

[SoupRKnowva]

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Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif The slim was designed for portable use, with sensitive headphones, not just IEMs. But yes, HD650s aren't going to be ideal on any portable amp that I know of. They're even challenging for most home amps.

jamato says the protectors drives the 650's better than his WA6

 

[grawk]

I'd take that with a fairly large grain of salt.

 

[SoupRKnowva]

Quote:

Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'd take that with a fairly large grain of salt.

i would have till skylab stated the protector powered his balanced he-5's pretty well

 

[grawk]

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[jelt2359]

Don't take too much salt now, too much Sodium is not good for health

Besides, the general point is still valid- the Protector is a better solution than the Pico Slim, for harder-to-drive cans.

 

[grawk]

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Originally Posted by jelt2359 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't take too much salt now, too much Sodium is not good for health Besides, the general point is still valid- the Protector is a better solution than the Pico Slim, for harder-to-drive cans.

I don't think that's necessarily true.

 

[The Monkey]

Because we haven't heard it.

 

[grawk]

It's like saying a mini is better than a miata for formula 1 racing based solely on design. 1) it doesn't necessarily follow, and 2) it doesn't matter, since neither would be particularly effective.

 

[n_maher]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jelt2359 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Besides, the general point is still valid- the Protector is a better solution than the Pico Slim, for harder-to-drive cans.

I'd agree with that from purely a voltage swing perspective, I haven't heard the Protector so can't comment on how it actually sounds. But I'd add the caveat that the Protector is also a decidedly worse solution for sensitive headphones and IEMs. It introduces an extra active stage (phase splitting opamp) in addition to using a volume control that even Ray previously admitted was problematic with sensitive headphones, hence the development of the Shadow.