blackrain139
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Deepest and most impact. The visceral hard hitting bass without any boominess!
The JPS Labs: Abyss AB-1266 Impressions Thread
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Thenewguy007
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Let's say strongest sub-bass rumble. The one you can physically feel the most air from the bass.
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The Phi got a more neutral bass respones than the slight colored org. version, but it have got slight better after a long burn in.
Amps:
The Moon 600i dual mono 2x 250 watt 4 Ohm ( i own one)
got a sound of a big 500 watt Mark Levinson Mono block amps, with great control / viscerality / calmness / transparent. The best SS amp i have tried for headphones.
The EC Studio got that magic touch and impact but not too warm like the usual tube amps. Great choice
Pass Lab INT30
Less impact and power, sounds to me like something in between the Moon 430 and HeadAmp GSX. Little brighter and not the best combo with DAVE in my opinion.
Wells Audio HeadTrip got huge control / power / impact, but not as refined and visceral dynamic / airy / or transparent as the Moon 600i. Not the best combo with DAVE. The headtrip needs to be fed by a warm DAC like the AMR DP-777 to shine at is best. It sounding a bit hard.
The Moon 430 is a great amp also but i think the Abyss Phi needs a slight better amp if you got a DAVE and the Phi.
So my suggestion is the EC Studio o Moon 600i or Moon 700i SS speaker amp.
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If you like subbas rumble then you can buy the Ifi Ican Pro amp with 10hz , 20hz , 30hz , 40hz analog xbass control, where you can get your Abyss to rumble your chick bones all the way down your spine
Or connect a Ifi iTube II tube buffer between your DAVE and the Moon 600i like i have, and you can choose how much rumble you want with the Xbass control. Much more expensive combo though.
Another tip is to connect a subwoofer when you are listening to your open headphones.
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bigfatpaulie
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What? I agree with everything else you've said the but the Pass is a more warm and lush amp for a SS amp. It's totally not bright - the Studio, even with warmer mesh plates - has more attack and aggressive treble. To me, easily the warmest of the three amps I mentioned. I would never, ever compare it to a GSX, even on the worst of days...
Are you sure you are thinking of the INT-30A? It sounds like you are thinking of a totally different amp....
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Paule:
Yes it is lush as the Moon, and slight more transparent and i did not personally find it as great with the DAVE + Abyss Phi.
Did you find the Pass to be warmer than the Moon if i understand you correct?
bigfatpaulie
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Yes. The Moon was more lively and the Pass was more romantic sounding.
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I believe you Paulie, so i have to take it home one more time and try it out.
My friend Robert is the Pass Lab agent for Northern Scandinavia ( Europe )
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I have been using the v281 with mine since I got my Abyss and have been very happy with it. Effortless sound and plenty of headroom. Also definitely one of the warmer SS amps I have heard.
A couple of people on here are running the Milo and are quite pleased with it too. I believe the Wells Headtrip was designed with the Abyss in mind. I think it uses JPS cable internally or something? And the Milo is meant to be it's little brother so I suppose sound signature is probably similar. Haven't heard the wells gear myself though and there's a pretty big price gap between those amps. And some of the other amps mentioned on here actually. Depends what you want to spend.
drew911d
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Another week or two I get to wait anxiously for the delivery of my Abyss Phi and Milo. Can't wait! Uhgg!
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one thing i am really enjoying is the that i am finding myself listening to very busy musical passages and being able to make out words from the vocalist i have never understood in the past....i was listening tonight to one of my favorite live albums...smithereens live in concert an album i love but in the past was not able to make out many of the lyrics and lo and behold i was listening to songs and singing along to the proper lyrics...very very impressive
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I have a large head (the SR-009 and HD800 clamp very painfully), and Joe had some great solutions that did not involve surgery
The AB-1266 (now Phi) are now the most comfortable headphones I own (and tried).
Renaud
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Did it require more then bending the frame? lolI have a large head (the SR-009 and HD800 clamp very painfully), and Joe had some great solutions that did not involve surgery
The AB-1266 (now Phi) are now the most comfortable headphones I own (and tried).
Renaud
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Yes, Joe stretched the horizontal frame (by about an inch) and gave me a headband with longer elastics. So there was some surgery required... but not on me, fortunately!
Renaud
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