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Dec 25, 2015 at 2:37 PM Post #9,616 of 14,771
proedros said:
i read an X7 review and the reviewer mentioned that it is sibilant , which makes it not attractive to me - plus i love my ZX2 and i have zero plans on a new DAP


speaking of ZX2, do we know anything about its output impedance ?
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Sony does not give that info and in an interview the chief designer said that output impedance is irellevant
 
Dec 25, 2015 at 3:41 PM Post #9,617 of 14,771
proedros said:
i read an X7 review and the reviewer mentioned that it is sibilant , which makes it not attractive to me - plus i love my ZX2 and i have zero plans on a new DAP


speaking of ZX2, do we know anything about its output impedance ?
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Another X7 reviewer here. X7 - not sibilant, at all.

Cheers,
K
 
Dec 25, 2015 at 3:55 PM Post #9,619 of 14,771
maybe i remember it upside-down ? 
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i remember something about the highs which really put me off - maybe he said the highs were rolled off ?(which also a no-go by me)

anyway, back to the zx2 discussion 
 
Dec 25, 2015 at 5:37 PM Post #9,620 of 14,771
http://www.brabbithifi.com/reviews-previews/product/129-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-review-high-resolution-portable-music-player-sony-nw-zx2.html
 
Before and after burn in.Biggest change in tonal balance which i agree.
 
Dec 26, 2015 at 12:25 PM Post #9,623 of 14,771
caruryn said:
  http://www.brabbithifi.com/reviews-previews/product/129-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-review-high-resolution-portable-music-player-sony-nw-zx2.html
 
Before and after burn in.Biggest change in tonal balance which i agree.
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Do you have that in English?
 
Dec 26, 2015 at 1:45 PM Post #9,627 of 14,771
proedros said:
  i read an X7 review and the reviewer mentioned that it is sibilant , which makes it not attractive to me - plus i love my ZX2 and i have zero plans on a new DAP

speaking of ZX2, do we know anything about its output impedance ?
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One cannot categorize a DAP as sibilant, we have got to be rational about this. A iem can be sibilant because it functions to produce music and certain frequencies may have unwelcomed spikes, but a DAP is just a device to transfer digital codings into actually voltage signals to the iems, if anything, the reviewer probably meant a poor pairing with his iem, and that its the iem being prone to sibilant.
 
Dec 26, 2015 at 4:30 PM Post #9,628 of 14,771
muscular said:
One cannot categorize a DAP as sibilant, we have got to be rational about this. A iem can be sibilant because it functions to produce music and certain frequencies may have unwelcomed spikes, but a DAP is just a device to transfer digital codings into actually voltage signals to the iems, if anything, the reviewer probably meant a poor pairing with his iem, and that its the iem being prone to sibilant.
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Fully agreed, a DAP, however has emphasis on different frequency....It could mean that the reviewer stated that X7 emphasis more toward trebles and higher frequency, and when paired with neutral to brighter gears would bring about the sibilant ? Who knows :D. I know I am happy with ZX2.
 
Dec 26, 2015 at 8:07 PM Post #9,630 of 14,771
Thanks all for the recommendations re: balanced mode. I ordered the Moon Audio Silver Dragon terminated TRRS for the Sony ZX2. I've never enjoyed my UERM so much! The bass is like HOLY S#!T! It's too bad they're customs, because it's too good not to share.
 
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