[JLoud]

I am curious what you think?....

I will post findings tonight.

 

[jlbrach]

well, experimenting it seems this situation exists when I use the balanced outputs on my chord dave into the Jotr.....I know it isnt the tracks because when I listened to the same tracks out of other headphones and amps there was no issue....so at the moment it seems in balanced mode with the baffle on I am hearing distortion I hear no distortion when I am in balanced mode with the baffle off....in SE I do not hear the distortion with the baffle on......so it gets more interesting

 

[MrCypruz]

That’s is definitely more interesting...do you use your Dave in DAC mode (-3dB) or in preamp mode? Might want to try a bring the Dave output down to -6dB or -10dB to see if you get the same distortion with the baffle compensation ON when using balanced inputs on the JotR.

 

[makan]

well, experimenting it seems this situation exists when I use the balanced outputs on my chord dave into the Jotr.....I know it isnt the tracks because when I listened to the same tracks out of other headphones and amps there was no issue....so at the moment it seems in balanced mode with the baffle on I am hearing distortion I hear no distortion when I am in balanced mode with the baffle off....in SE I do not hear the distortion with the baffle on......so it gets more interesting

Maybe it is clipping using the Xlr. Maybe turn down the output on the Dave.

 

[jlbrach]

I have been using -3 in balanced and in SE mode......

 

[jlbrach]

for all those following along and helping out like a detective I think we might have found the culprit...I went back to the balanced connection and lowered the volume on the dave to -8 and thus far it seems to have improved the problem at least for now.....what I dont understand is my roon is supposed to tell me when there is clipping but I have never seen such an indication.....interestingly I have used the dave balanced into several other amps and never had this issue....will have to keep an eye on it for a while

 

[JLoud]

I tried switching the baffle compensation off. It seems to tilt the pitch higher. Basically the bass loses body. It does seem to open the sound stage some. But I think it is just the increase in balance of tone to treble centric.

 

[FLTWS]

Interesting indeed, I run both balanced to Jot "R" and SE into Loki into Jot "R" out of Yggdrasil and switch between the two randomly with no issue. Yggdrasil (both 1 and 2) are spec'd to a "Maximum Output: 4.0V RMS (balanced), 2.0V RMS (single-ended)".

 

[foefoe]

has anyone had a chance to compare SR1a to the Heddphone? The latter one, which I owned for some time, offers (to my ears) the best treble response I have ever experienced (never heard Abyss though). Unfortunately, the pressure of the cups was too much for my ears and neck to enjoy these cans as much as I should. Anyway, so how is treble on Raal compared to the Heddphone I wonder...

 

[jlbrach]

it does appear that balanced is too much power to the Jotr out of my dave at -3 which I was using...the problem SEEMS to have disappeared when I used it SE and when I turned the volume down on the dave to -8 balanced.....I will have to keep an eye on this going forward...danny at requisite has continued to be incredibly helpful...a real gentleman

 

[MacedonianHero]

That’s is definitely more interesting...do you use your Dave in DAC mode (-3dB) or in preamp mode? Might want to try a bring the Dave output down to -6dB or -10dB to see if you get the same distortion with the baffle compensation ON when using balanced inputs on the JotR.

I was going to post this, but you beat me to it. I'm using my DAVE via unbalanced into my Jot R and the compensation to ON. No issues. Maybe the -3dB is a bit too much for the amp?

 

[MacedonianHero]

I have been using -3 in balanced and in SE mode......

Typically the voltage is double via XLR, so it makes sense that lowering the DAVE has helped.

 

[jlbrach]

yes since I lowered the volume on the dave thus far it has been behaving well, I do hope that is the end of the issue

 

[MacedonianHero]

has anyone had a chance to compare SR1a to the Heddphone? The latter one, which I owned for some time, offers (to my ears) the best treble response I have ever experienced (never heard Abyss though). Unfortunately, the pressure of the cups was too much for my ears and neck to enjoy these cans as much as I should. Anyway, so how is treble on Raal compared to the Heddphone I wonder...

I loved the HEDDPHONES and reviewed them here:

https://headphone.guru/hedd-audio-the-new-and-amazing-heddphones-yes-i-spelled-that-correctly/

Great headphones for sure! But no question, the SR1a is a top 3-4 headphone for me, yes they are that good! Soundstaging is likely the best I've come across and they are right there with my Phi TC, Susvara, and LCD-4/4z for the very best I've heard. The HEDDphones are more on the same level with the HD800S, etc... Still great headphones, just not among the top tier for me.

 

[jlbrach]

personally I think the sr1a is the best HP I have yet heard and I own the abyss TC and susvara and love them both