Excellent DSD album! A must haveGot my SE back after a month on the road and plugged it into my M8 for the first time...wow...incredible pairing. Once upon a time I was searching for essentially the sound of the PAW S1 in DAP form...well the M8 is that in spades. It smooths out the upper mids/lower treble a touch and adds a hair of texture and gutterality to the low end...and a whole lot of powah.
SE on the WM1A/Z is just 60mW @16 Ohm, so no surprises. The 4.4 Pentaconn fairs better at 250mW @ 16 Ohm, I'd like to see something more in the region of
I have LPs and needledrops of first UK and the Bernie Grundman pressings, but gravitate to the Japanese SACD, too
M8 has given it new life, again.
Well guys I had the wm1z and M8 in my hands along side my friend brought hes favorite headphones too the mdr-z1r with real axios kimber kable too!
So I tested 1z and M8 with my Noir and mdr...
This is 2 very high end iem and headphone they are at very high resolution capable and will show easily each devices abilities.
I was right to say that M8 was amazing and so close to 1z I was so surprised when I heard the wm1z once again! It was like aaa wow the good old sound I loved, I remember you my friend 1z hehe. What is so interesting is that when I was listening to M8 all this time I felt it had 1z dna and some how sounded very close but it was all memories! And hard to judge and conclude things to 100%
Here what I found out. While M8 is so amazing so fabulous and lovely it was not able to outdo the true wm1z. Yep 1z has won again! Everything that I was throwing at both daps. The results where 1z took everything 2 steps above, how but how? I dont know it just had more resolution and more clarity while also being warm musical and thick in the sound as we know 1z for.
1z has deeper bass and more textures and resolution and clarity.
Treble is more open and more detailed with a touch of crystal clean decay like a swarovski glass zing.
Vocals are also cleaner and more resolved.
Overall 1z sound is clean resolute with higher articulated notes, more dynamic and powerful across the whole board of the frequencies!
Ok some folks keep saying 1z is unable to run bigger headphones. Well its not true. While I hooked the mdr-z1r to M8 I had to set Turbo mode and ramp the volume up to 40 I think and on 1z I was high gain and 70 to 75 volume.
Quiet frankly I was surprised to find out that 1z drove the mdr-z1r better then M8 ! Like really 1z how you do that?
So I also found the same results using the Mdr-z1r as my noirs when compared the test tracks... I did both test in local files and spotify stream from pixel 5 via usb to 1z and all was local and internal spotify for M8.
My final verdict is wm1z is still the Lord of all daps and even after what 5 years now? He is still the true ultimate king.
Ps: wm1z was all stock sony latest fw! Us region
Well that still puts the above tier daps at 3k plus for a reason.... Not because you never heard it would mean you dont need to consider it. Yea M8 or R8 could be fine but we know the existence of sp2k and 1z... And I can get them too so why wouldnt I? They do perform on a different level so there is nothing to add they are better
I am only talking about 1z and sp2k I dont really like other daps. M8 I like it too
So If I buy Lpgt Ti I can pmeq it to sound like 1z or M8
....haven’t configured all the outlet to be Furutech and so on yet....
All this discussions about Amp/Source/players.....hurt my head. When I am bored with my large Speakers, and need some privacy with my headphones
Yamaha A-S3000, with discrete and dedicated headphones out, yes the Shanling M8 is my source and I freaking love this little player. I also have that analog VU-meters to satisfy my needs. There are big differences from M8 Vu-Meters VS real analog VU LOL!!!
Oh, did I say that all of my desktop is running a dedicated Power Outlet lines for it own ? Only the sound system by themselves
Shanling M8 is not to be underestimated!! Whether you are driving IEMS or hook it up to be analog source!!! Totally flagship and references in my words
You are lucky not to stretch it further
, just don’t be like me lol
You are lucky not to stretch it further
It is very toxic, I am telling you....it will sip and slowly be absorbed under your skins while all your sanity will start leaving you and so is your money
All this discussions about Amp/Source/players.....hurt my head. When I am bored with my large Speakers, and need some privacy with my headphones
Yamaha A-S3000, with discrete and dedicated headphones out, yes the Shanling M8 is my source and I freaking love this little player. I also have that analog VU-meters to satisfy my needs. There are big differences from M8 Vu-Meters VS real analog VU LOL!!!
Oh, did I say that all of my desktop is running a dedicated Power Outlet lines for it own ? Only the sound system by themselves
Shanling M8 is not to be underestimated!! Whether you are driving IEMS or hook it up to be analog source!!! Totally flagship and references in my words
Aaaa I see you to find hd800s stock cable very good!
Oh yeaa bandcamp is very neet 80% of my music is purchased via them. They can let you redownload it infinite times and in any file format you want!
