[Jonathan Lerner]

How good is the wm1a at driving full sized cans through balanced

 

[nc8000]

How good is the wm1a at driving full sized cans through balanced

It will drive most but not all at least quite well and many very well

 

[Jonathan Lerner]

Thankyou

 

[Quadfather]

How good is the wm1a at driving full sized cans through balanced

I really like my Shure SRH1540 headphones out of the balanced output.

 

[captblaze]

How good is the wm1a at driving full sized cans through balanced

Sennheiser HD800S through balanced work well, HD700 not so much

My planars - HE400i and Audeze Sine need almost full throttle in balanced, and don't really do it for me

update - I listen primarily to jazz, fusion, r&b, rock and classical although there isn't much that I avoid (I'm talking to you hip hop / rap)

 

[cpetrillo]

How good is the wm1a at driving full sized cans through balanced

I have a pair of V1 Th900 that have been recabled with Silver Dragon cable and they sound really good from the balanced output of my 1A. The Z1R are also very good.

 

[NaiveSound]

It will drive most but not all at least quite well and many very well

The 1z..is it stronger in power in this aspect?

 

[Redcarmoose]

i am sold. now if i could only find somewhere in the house 2000$......

Well that’s the thing..........the imagination is always bigger than the billfold. Someone found a used one once for $1500 around here.

 

[gerelmx1986]

Well that’s the thing..........the imagination is always bigger than the billfold. Someone found a used one once for $1500 around here.

It is me, but it wasn't a "Tazzy" it is a pair of Z1R's with nice cable bundles , a 3.5mm TRRS terminated cable, the normal 3.5mm stereo mini and a 4.4mm to XLR (which I inted to use on my friends Fischer audio stack analougue BALANCED IN), I already have a 4.4mm Z1R cable from long a go

 

[Redcarmoose]

The 1z..is it stronger in power in this aspect?

It’s not......both the 1A/1Z power full size headphones to the same extent, though their inherent personalities go better with some headphones. Like I thought the 1A was better with the Z1R.

Also it should be noted Sony puts the DAPs with full size headphones in their PR material, though engineering has said they were never designed for such use.

It’s nice because the music gets loud, but never are the full-size taken to potential.

 

[Redcarmoose]

It is me, but it wasn't a "Tazzy" it is a pair of Z1R's with nice cable bundles , a 3.5mm TRRS terminated cable, the normal 3.5mm stereo mini and a 4.4mm to XLR (which I inted to use on my friends Fischer audio stack analougue BALANCED IN), I already have a 4.4mm Z1R cable from long a go

That was not what I was referring too.

 

[Whitigir]

Well that’s the thing..........the imagination is always bigger than the billfold. Someone found a used one once for $1500 around here.

TA-ZH1ES can definitely be found by $1,500 or so...used

 

[sne4me]

I think when you talk about Android, Google, Amazon Echo, Facebook and then Apple you will find that Apple has the best non tracking non spying record of the entire bunch

Edward Snowden disagrees.

 

[EdibleMind_X]

Hi guys. I wanted to explore more potentials of my 1a. So I was thinking to use it as pure dac/amp sourced from my iPhone. Is this kind of setup legit? I guess iPhones only have audio out, so 1a could only act as an amp in this case, am I right?

 

[nc8000]

Hi guys. I wanted to explore more potentials of my 1a. So I was thinking to use it as pure dac/amp sourced from my iPhone. Is this kind of setup legit? I guess iPhones only have audio out, so 1a could only act as an amp in this case, am I right?

When the new FW gets released you will be able (at least we assume so) your iPhone to the WM and use the WM as dac/amp. At the moment you cant, not even as amp as the WM dont have analog in