myusernameislove
100+ Head-Fier
I use Hd540 ref 1 with my desktop rig at home, and Hd250 lin 1 as headphones I use at work. I got some attention first with them, but now it is ok. Hd540 with replacement HD430 pads (with foam mod) and Hd250 with wang’s ebay pads (with foam mod). See hd540 thread for details about the pads and foam mod. I still have few more different sets of pads incoming, but I am more than happy with the pads I mentioned.
r2r11 got some bad reviews lately, but in my opinion it plays nicely with these kind of headphones. There is a good synergy with darker and warmer sounding amp, that gives more robust body and more lower frequencies to their sound. The pads are still the most important part of the sound, but I got that sorted. One guy suggested, that robustness of body of the sound might be influenced positively by higher output impedance of r2r11’s amp section. r2r11 was supposed to have 2 Ohm output impedance but it was measured that it has 8 Ohm output impedance. Cable can influence the amount of bass and sound sig as well a lot. I tried 2 aftermarket cables and one of them sounds more airy and less bassy while the other one adds bass and sounds aggresively. I can not recommend one over the other, it is only a side note.
Ultimate portable solution for Hd250 is yet to be found. Mojo sounds too bright with these headphones, it lacks body and bass amount. I would like to try Mojo+VorzampDuo2 stack, but it is a blind shot, which may or may not result in a thicker sound with less bright tonality. Duo2 has two positional bass boost switch, that could be of help here, but it has lower output impedance (<0.1Ohm) than Duo1(1 Ohm). Does any of you know whether extra low output impedance of portable amp goes against or towards thicker, more bodied sound? Should I try portable tube amp paired with Mojo instead? What would you suggest?
r2r11 got some bad reviews lately, but in my opinion it plays nicely with these kind of headphones. There is a good synergy with darker and warmer sounding amp, that gives more robust body and more lower frequencies to their sound. The pads are still the most important part of the sound, but I got that sorted. One guy suggested, that robustness of body of the sound might be influenced positively by higher output impedance of r2r11’s amp section. r2r11 was supposed to have 2 Ohm output impedance but it was measured that it has 8 Ohm output impedance. Cable can influence the amount of bass and sound sig as well a lot. I tried 2 aftermarket cables and one of them sounds more airy and less bassy while the other one adds bass and sounds aggresively. I can not recommend one over the other, it is only a side note.
Ultimate portable solution for Hd250 is yet to be found. Mojo sounds too bright with these headphones, it lacks body and bass amount. I would like to try Mojo+VorzampDuo2 stack, but it is a blind shot, which may or may not result in a thicker sound with less bright tonality. Duo2 has two positional bass boost switch, that could be of help here, but it has lower output impedance (<0.1Ohm) than Duo1(1 Ohm). Does any of you know whether extra low output impedance of portable amp goes against or towards thicker, more bodied sound? Should I try portable tube amp paired with Mojo instead? What would you suggest?
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