[boebi]

Hi

does anyone have experience with the new Terratec Phase 24 external sound card? Does it have enough power to drive sennheiser hd-595 without an amp? How about the quality? As i know it has an adjustable headphone-output!

thanks&greets

 

[ShadeyK]

the HD-595's require a headphone amp regardless.

I have the phase 24, the headphone output may drive the 595's but it wouldn't sound very good. Best hook the balanced output's directory into a headphone amp, or into a compact mixer and then into a headphone amp.

I wouldn't use adapters either.

 

[sgrossklass]

The Phase 24 FW delivered pretty good S/N and excellent THD measurements in the last c't article, btw.

 

[nickchen]

Don't know the Phase 24 actually, but I'd generally state, that (in respect of audio quality) Terratec products can't be rivaled by any competitor. I've had that famous EWS 64 XL (superb) and now run the DMX 6 fire (superb as well, easier to configure). That is the same with all the tests since '97.

If I had to do it again, I'd rather head for an external soundcard, because it's far away from interfereng devices and will still be useable when the PCI slot system has died.

The interface of my DMX 6 fire makes something like 50mW before it starts clanking. I once tested the Senn 595s with this interface (in comparison with Beyer 770s), and the Senns sounded much better from this source. Guess the 595s don't need THAT much amp power. My big amp did not do much for them.

 

[lini]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgrossklass The Phase 24 FW delivered pretty good S/N and excellent THD measurements in the last c't article, btw.

Well, yes, it did...

Personally, I like the feature-set of the Aureon 7.1 FireWire better, though. Both are built around the same BridgeCo firewire multimedia dsp, and the headphone amp section is pretty much the same, too. It sound quite alright and drives a good range of headphones, but a nice portable amp like the PortaCorda II seems preferable to me for sound quality...

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[N3v3rmind]

well i´´m still using it with a Sennheiser HD 650 and it does its job, and i think its doing it very well.
 
also worked as a DAC for my Stax set of a 404 and a T1S !