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My current 'transportable' rig I use daily at work. Soon to have a warrior05 cable for the Pro 900s....
Beautiful
My current 'transportable' rig I use daily at work. Soon to have a warrior05 cable for the Pro 900s....
My current 'transportable' rig I use daily at work. Soon to have a warrior05 cable for the Pro 900s....
I don't have the 580s, but do have Mogami recabled 780s... and the differences are pretty big up to the Pro 900s. First, the soundstage is a decent amount wider, and more 3D. Bass is about equal, perhaps a little bigger/fatter with the Pro 900s. But the other huge area of improvement besides the soundstage is treble and detail. They have a much more resolved and detailed sound over the 780s. It's a hair more edgy/aggressive, but it doesn't become harsh or strident (at least I don't find them that way even though some do-- and I'm one of the most critical of strident/harsh treble). Overall, they really justify the price difference, being a much more refinded, detailed, and open sounding headphone.
The one area they lose out on though is isolation. They do leak/allow outside sounds in somewhat. I suppose it's due to the velour pads over the pleather ones on the 780s. But it is more than adequate to listen in comfortable quiet in an office setting, and the leaking is not loud enough at all to disturb cube-mates.
There are a few quick comments comparing them to the HFI-580 in the last pages of the Pro 900 review thread:
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/527451/ultrasone-pro-900-review/270#post_7241936
Hi Mike your portable rig is impressive and beautiful !! Are you using a line out from your Sony to feed Stepdance or a regular headphone out.?
Quote:Further, can you please confirm what type of DA converter is used inside the PCM-M10? Is it a mutlibit, R2R ladder DAC (like PCM1704) or delta-sigma design (like CS4382)?Dear Mr. Michael,
Greetings!
We do apologize for the delay in our reply as we need to check with our counterpart.
--> PCM-M10 is using "delta-sigma design" DA converter.
Can the Line Out from the DAC deliver 96-kHz 24-bit playback to an external amplifier or is playback limited to 48-kHz 24-bit?
--> PCM-M10 does not convert 96kHz/24bit file.
So, if you recorded with 96kHz/24bit, then Line Out will be 96kHz/24bit.
Thank you for the compliments. Comments were passed to engineers and designers.
Thank you and we will wait for your reply.
Great transportable rig Mike.
Your last pic ended up being my #1,000 pic in "Evil Things"
cn11 awesome rig! Let me know, please, do Arrow properly drive U900?