Would like to hear your impression with the O2 amp. I hear impressive layering and better bass texture and attack. Mids is pushed forward just enough for my taste and rendered more natural together with the highs. It really sounds like a full sized headphone with the O2.
Would like to hear your impression with the O2 amp. I hear impressive layering and better bass texture and attack. Mids is pushed forward just enough for my taste and rendered more natural together with the highs. It really sounds like a full sized headphone with the O2.
O2 definitely gives K2 better layering as separation on O2 is really good. Personally I find O2 a bit too clean for K2 SP. I prefer the balanced ground sound of T5 and StepDance with K2 SP as it offers better body without being colored.
It is wire with gain, so it is clean, transparent, revealing, bright and resolving in nature. With K2 SP, a fairly bright and sparkly IEM on its own, I don't need it to be more than what it can offer unamped. For example, if there is already sharpness in the upper vocal, I don't need the sharpness to be more detailed and resolved than it already is. Instead, a semi-balanced amp like T5 or SD can add speed and slam to K2 SP lower notes without adding more sharpness to the undesired area. This is the magic of balanced output, so to speak.
Actually, I was very surprised that the EHP-O2 did not 'aggravate' so to speak the already bright nature of the K2. Note: I did put some foams on the nozzle of my filter-removed-MX as it was too bright for me. WIth the O2, I can listen with the K2 with foam removed. There's no harshness or sibilance, instead there's more air and detail on the highs - could be on par with DBA02's highs but I'm just guessing from memory. I can actually listen to Garbage' When I Grow Up (Ver2.0) in my normal listening level. Carmina Burana O Fortuna sounds very revealing with more detail like the vocals.
Not sure if its my amp's version but the Epiphany EHP-O2 sounds very smooth on the high end (actually not a very good match with my Fostex T40RPv2) and I think this complemented (my) K2's highs.
Hope to try it with the StepDance/T5 one of these days though.
I'm just sharing what I'm hearing with my setup: Fuze>LOD>EHP-O2>K2. Really an impressive setup already.
This thread has been dead for quit a while. I was wondering if anyone knows if I can still order these online. I live in canada ??? Please help lol or has this company disappeared ??
The company (Sensaphonics Japan) persists, but they no longer export. My understanding is that one would have to physically obtain the product in Japan.
The company (Sensaphonics Japan) persists, but they no longer export. My understanding is that one would have to physically obtain the product in Japan.
It is probably possible to buy it from e-earphone japan or directly from j-phonic japan using a forwarding service like Tenso (which gives you an physical address in Japan to deliver to).
Also, j-phonic has a higher end model now, called 'M2', costing around US$630 and based on Prophonic 2MAX
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