Chris Kaoss
Headphoneus Supremus
It's a Geekria headband cover bought from amazon.The beautiful knitted headband? Where to buy?
Fitted with a rectangled piece of foam with 1cm height underneath.
It's a Geekria headband cover bought from amazon.The beautiful knitted headband? Where to buy?
By how much the clamping force has changed with the nuggets?
Not that the Quad has much of it, but every step of the strokes will alter that, i guess.
I'm on step "0", by the way.
Yesterday during my earpads testing I realized that the slam is actually nuts with the right fit. Tested with a few electronic tunes, I couldn't believe it. And what's most amazing is I hear no bloat whatsoever. The hybrid velour pads are so polite in comparison.Strange things happen from time to time, i've to say.
Still in the process of evaluation
but
with the Chord Mojo, the Era-1 hits even harder than with my R28.
The R28 is more , ummm, mellow?!
Listen on Tidal to
Lindsey Sterlings Album "Artemis" and the song "The Upside".
Feels like the uvula hits the oral cavity on every beat. ^^
Really impressed with the slam of the Quads, again and again.
Had mine a few months now but the last few weeks I’ve been “running in” an HP8 valve headphone amp from Icon Audio ...
with the Chord Mojo, the Era-1 hits even harder than with my R28.
Class A vs class A/B is simply output transistor switching, at low output a class A/B amp works in class A where the transistors are permanently on and then reverts to class B when power out increases, a pure class A amp is then usually a lower power output due to the heat generated and the power supply needed to run “always on” and more expensive to produce, with well made examples of both the lack of transistor switching can give a smoother sound with more micro detail, by their “always on” design all valve amps are Class A, it then comes down to listener preference between the “sound” of transistors vs valves,Yesterday during my earpads testing I realized that the slam is actually nuts with the right fit. Tested with a few electronic tunes, I couldn't believe it. And what's most amazing is I hear no bloat whatsoever. The hybrid velour pads are so polite in comparison.
Do you think a class A amp adds much in terms of detail, texture maybe? I was reading about some models recently and was trying to understand how amp class impacts sound. It's actually interesting to understand how these machines work (even if I have no clue about physics in general).
Thanks for the explanationClass A vs class A/B is simply output transistor switching, at low output a class A/B amp works in class A where the transistors are permanently on and then reverts to class B when power out increases, a pure class A amp is then usually a lower power output due to the heat generated and the power supply needed to run “always on” and more expensive to produce, with well made examples of both the lack of transistor switching can give a smoother sound with more micro detail, by their “always on” design all valve amps are Class A, it then comes down to listener preference between the “sound” of transistors vs valves,
with balanced vs single ended its a trade off between ultimate transparency and noise isolation, compared to single ended RCA the balanced XLR is virtually immune to external noise in the connecting cables compared to RCA, and the longer the cable the more the difference, on the side of single ended there are less components in the signal chain which can improve transparency with quality equipment, and that’s where the cable debate starts,
good RCA cables can be relatively immune to interference in short runs, usually the “pseudo balanced” type that has 2 shielded signal conductors with the shield grounded at the source end are a good start compared to the simple coax, on the output side a standard headphone cable is usually a 2 conductor shielded cable, L and R positive with the shield as the common negative, vs the “balanced” 4 pin output that has 2 conductors for both L and R with a shield grounded at one or both ends,
In my case the HP8 is single ended which I chose as my CJ pre amp is all single ended RCA, and why I made the DIY headphone cable from 4 core shielded cable, seperate conductors for L/R, +/- and a shield grounded at the amp end plus a 6.5mm plug at the amp end so no need for the 3.5-6.5mm adapter ...
by no means the only way or the “correct” way, just my choice ..