thomasfdo
New Head-Fier
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My last post to the M1 is quite a while ago.
In the meanwhile I listened quite a lot to the M1, first also using the Pioneer U-05 dac and the balanced cable, what was quite an improvement compared to use it directly with my AK240 player and what was not a surprise.
At the beginning the M1 was sounding very boomy (as reported by many others before) and it took quite a while til this changed. From my experience the M1 definitely needs quite some burn in.
As the sound signature was described several times before, I will not repeat it again (as I fully agree).
For 2 weeks now I use the Audio Technica AT-HA5050H dac and headphone amp. Also using a Macbook Pro and Audirvana Plus and Aqvox usb audio cable. Compared to using the M1 with the Pioneer dac, the sound of the M1 improved in every aspect, and not just a slight improvement, but really a big improvement.
As I have experienced the importence of cables with my HiFi (I'm into HiFi for about 30 years now), I replaced a standard usb cable with the Aqvox usb audio cable. As there is always a discussion, if a digital cable can matter to the sound, I experienced: it does matter a lot and one should find out him or herself.
I also replaced the stock power cable of the HA5050 with a (probably the best available) power cable (by Schnerzinger), what improved the sound of the M1 again and very much.
Conclusion: the Pioneer SE Master 1 are great headphones which need quite some burn in. And if you really want to know what they can sound like, use them on a really good dac and amp and don't use any standard/stock cables, but high end cables (they also will improve the sound a lot).
Now, I'm really happy with the M1 (what I was not always at the beginning) !!!
In the meanwhile I listened quite a lot to the M1, first also using the Pioneer U-05 dac and the balanced cable, what was quite an improvement compared to use it directly with my AK240 player and what was not a surprise.
At the beginning the M1 was sounding very boomy (as reported by many others before) and it took quite a while til this changed. From my experience the M1 definitely needs quite some burn in.
As the sound signature was described several times before, I will not repeat it again (as I fully agree).
For 2 weeks now I use the Audio Technica AT-HA5050H dac and headphone amp. Also using a Macbook Pro and Audirvana Plus and Aqvox usb audio cable. Compared to using the M1 with the Pioneer dac, the sound of the M1 improved in every aspect, and not just a slight improvement, but really a big improvement.
As I have experienced the importence of cables with my HiFi (I'm into HiFi for about 30 years now), I replaced a standard usb cable with the Aqvox usb audio cable. As there is always a discussion, if a digital cable can matter to the sound, I experienced: it does matter a lot and one should find out him or herself.
I also replaced the stock power cable of the HA5050 with a (probably the best available) power cable (by Schnerzinger), what improved the sound of the M1 again and very much.
Conclusion: the Pioneer SE Master 1 are great headphones which need quite some burn in. And if you really want to know what they can sound like, use them on a really good dac and amp and don't use any standard/stock cables, but high end cables (they also will improve the sound a lot).
Now, I'm really happy with the M1 (what I was not always at the beginning) !!!