jamato8
Headphoneus Supremus
Listening to the Who "Endless Wire" CD, both the first studio recording in 24 years and the live CD enclosed from 2006. This amp just does an excellent job of portraying the live feel to the music.
Originally Posted by Victor Chew /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for your reply. I find that my predator sounds better at the high gain. You hit the nail on the head when you said that I will experience channel inbalances when the volume knob is set at lower end. When I use the low gain I do not get channel inbalances for the same volume but the detail seems to have gone missing. Is there anything wrong with my predator? Why is the sound of all three gains different? |
Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes, I find the sound a little brighter on the higher gain. Well on some music that works out very well. Sweet little amp it is. |
Originally Posted by Orcin /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow! I think, for me, the official "burn-in" ends at 1200 hours just because I am getting tired of the process. Of course, I will be adding an hour or two per day after that from normal use, so it should just continue to improve. I am really looking for the point of diminishing returns and I have probably passed that already. Besides, my wife keeps asking when it will finally be done "cooking". |
Originally Posted by Victor Chew /img/forum/go_quote.gif With the higher gain I find that the music is more forward and agressive and hence initially very impressive. However, on extended hearing sessions, I find that I get tired quickly and makes me want to take the iems off. Conversely, with the mid gain, although not as impressive initially as the high gain, it is more mellow and I do not suffer the hearing triedness so quickly. |
Originally Posted by cat6man /img/forum/go_quote.gif hi folks, just discovered this group recently. i'll post pics of my current portable rig one of these days but wanted to ask a question about burning in the predator. mine was shipped by ray today (yes!) and i was wondering: 1. does the predator need a load (aka headphones plugged in) or can the headphone jack can be empty during burn-in? 2. how about gain setting, does it have an impact? 3. usb or analog for the music input? (i'll be using both) 4. is it the dac or the amp that dominates the burn in process? thanks |