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Is there any model amp youd suggest?No.
Requires a loudspeaker amplifier (RAAL recommends 100W) or Jotunheim R.
Is there any model amp youd suggest?No.
Requires a loudspeaker amplifier (RAAL recommends 100W) or Jotunheim R.
No headphone amp can drive them. That’s made for circumaural headphones.Would you be able to drive the SRH1A with a WA11 or WA8?
Jotuheim R seems to work very well with Sr1a after 4 hour's of listening impression.Is there any model amp youd suggest?
I got my Jot R yesterday.
Fresh out of box, it does sound veiled without enough bass
But it did not sound sibilant or harsh tthough.
I had kept playing if 4 hours then much of veil is gone with more bass coming out.
I do play pretty loud but not at the level to hurt my hearing.Do you get the same bass distortion like Satcher had:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/raal-ribbon-headphones-srh1a.890603/page-120#post-15434060
Can you test John Legend's "Everybody Knows" on youtube & see if the the beginning of the song crackles/distorts?
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Wait, so you guys will have two amps that will work without the interface box? I thought you guys will have a red amp that has the Jotunheim R parts inside it?The package deal will be available soon enough.
I can't say when, exactly, as we're trying to find the solution for re-finishing and branding as RAAL-requisite. We can't get that service from Schiit, so we'll do it elsewhere, but that's what makes the delay.
We also need to make different foam inserts for the case...
We'll deduct the value of the Interface box, if you don't need it, so there will be savings.
I’ve got a little over 24 hours on the JotR running continuously. I’m not going to say this makes the SR1a “a completely different headphone that’s better than anything.” No, the SR1a is the same headphone, but it is audibly different and, to my ears, markedly better. I’ve been listening to the SR1a/Buffer/Vidar combo for over a month. I’ve come to the conclusion that, while this is competitive with my Stax009/T2 combo, it’s not better, and probably not quite as good. But the JotR changes that. As I have noted in another post, and additional hours of break-in continue to confirm, this is an improved experience compared to the Buffer Box/Vidar. The JotR sounds:
1. More open, in the sense that higher frequencies have more air around them;
2. Conversely, those same high frequencies are smoother, less sibilant;
3. Bass is significantly better-controlled and mid-bass is very tight and authoritative; piano in this range sounds superb;
4. Mids have a depth and resonance, that makes the Vidar sound thin, though “thin” is not how I would have described it before today (maybe “less full” is better);
5. Percussion is amazing. Transients, attack and decay, are significantly improved.
In addition to the JotR, I also moved the SR1a into the MSB signal path. The Lumin A1 that was previously feeding the SR1a is a very good, musical DAC, but it is a bit veiled, less detailed, and two-dimensional even, compared to the MSB. So in fairness to the Vidar, this DAC switch has probably helped to improve the sound of the SR1a.
I should be receiving a Stax 009S before too long, and it will be interesting to see how it compares. Right now, the SR1a sounds amazing and, while I find the Stax more comfortable to wear, and its imaging and F-B depth more familiar and realistic to me, the RAAL night just sound better overall. It’s going to take some more careful level-matching and extended comparisons to have confidence in that assessment (or its rejection), though. BTW, that’s a 13x cost differential in the amps.
It is good to have choices for Sr1a users.Wait, so you guys will have two amps that will work without the interface box? I thought you guys will have a red amp that has the Jotunheim R parts inside it?
Yes. There's Jotunheim R in whatever livery and there is another one, RAAL-requisite HSA-1a.Wait, so you guys will have two amps that will work without the interface box? I thought you guys will have a red amp that has the Jotunheim R parts inside it?
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What is the volume pot in this amp ?Yes. There's Jotunheim R in whatever livery and there is another one, RAAL-requisite HSA-1a.
Some quick and dirty pics of the prototype:
The changes to what is seen here are: the volume know will be mirror-polished red anodized, the logo will have red zig-zag line.