ken6217
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As long as it isn’t too lean sounding and lacking bass.
The JPS Labs: Abyss AB-1266 Impressions Thread
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As long as it isn’t too lean sounding and lacking bass.
The DAC can have a huge impact and can definitely be the deciding factor that can tilt the scales towards "for" or "against". I'm still learning to appreciate this fact.
I'm borrowing a friend's Terminator at the moment, which I'm enjoying a lot, and have found I like it very much with my speaker amp and the TC -- whereas I'm more ambivalent about my speaker amp with the TC with my normal DAC, which is a DAVE.
And conversely, when it comes to my tube amp and the TC, I think I prefer the DAVE over the Terminator.
I'm borrowing a friend's Terminator at the moment, which I'm enjoying a lot, and have found I like it very much with my speaker amp and the TC -- whereas I'm more ambivalent about my speaker amp with the TC with my normal DAC, which is a DAVE.
And conversely, when it comes to my tube amp and the TC, I think I prefer the DAVE over the Terminator.
matthewhypolite
500+ Head-Fier
For what reason do you prefer the Dave with your tubes/tc?
The Terminator has this really impressive free and relaxed sound. But so does my 300B tube amp. So, as is often the case, combining the two things with similar characteristics can lead to too much of a good thing. Well, I wouldn't say "too much", just that the DAVE's incisive and possibly slightly "leaner" sound (can't lie!) compliments or counter-balances the tube's warmer, fuller sound better. Both sound very nice, though.
As I am exploring high power speaker amps for my RAAL SR1a, I found another very good pairing with the Abyss TC: the NAGRA Classic Amp.
I still like my AIC-10 best with the TC, due to a lusher sound signature, but the Classic Amp has been a fantastic listening as well.
In this post there are some more details, including some comparisons between the Abyss and the SR1a.
In short, the Abyss TC is still the best all-rounder for me personally, and the headphone I prefer - to date - for musical content where the best possible rendering of the heft, depth and scale of sub-bass energy is called for. However, the SR1a provides - within its sweet spot (to me acoustic music, baroque, solo stringed instruments, vocals) - a very unique listening experience, which makes me very reluctant to let them go
I still like my AIC-10 best with the TC, due to a lusher sound signature, but the Classic Amp has been a fantastic listening as well.
In this post there are some more details, including some comparisons between the Abyss and the SR1a.
In short, the Abyss TC is still the best all-rounder for me personally, and the headphone I prefer - to date - for musical content where the best possible rendering of the heft, depth and scale of sub-bass energy is called for. However, the SR1a provides - within its sweet spot (to me acoustic music, baroque, solo stringed instruments, vocals) - a very unique listening experience, which makes me very reluctant to let them go
That is the amp that @Zhanming057 has been using with his Abyss, Raal, and MySphere setup.As I am exploring high power speaker amps for my RAAL SR1a, I found another very good pairing with the Abyss TC: the NAGRA Classic Amp.
I still like my AIC-10 best with the TC, due to a lusher sound signature, but the Classic Amp has been a fantastic listening as well.
In this post there are some more details, including some comparisons between the Abyss and the SR1a.
In short, the Abyss TC is still the best all-rounder for me personally, and the headphone I prefer - to date - for musical content where the best possible rendering of the heft, depth and scale of sub-bass energy is called for. However, the SR1a provides - within its sweet spot (to me acoustic music, baroque, solo stringed instruments, vocals) - a very unique listening experience, which makes me very reluctant to let them go
Delacaff
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Have you considered SPEC amps ? Lots of power and control + tube feeling.
gonzalo1004es
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HI, I just posted for sale my power amp, which has been modified with a direct 4 pin XLR output for headphones, in my opinion it is absolutely outstanding with the Abyss, I moved to active speakers and cannot justify keeping it solely for headphones: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/apollon-nc800sl-speaker-headphone-amp.922653/
: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/apollon-nc800sl-speaker-headphone-amp.922653/
Sage Encore
100+ Head-Fier
After almost a year and half, finally. Thank you so much sir.Damn! Nice call. Give that man a cigar. Everything you said worked for me as well.
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Sage Encore
100+ Head-Fier
Im using one. V1EX. Its just brillant, I get the best of both worlds. Lots of power, control with that tubey sound, but a word of caution, it takes quiet a while to sound its best. My case, at least 30mins.
Sage Encore
100+ Head-Fier
with this position, does the back of the cups touch the back of the skull near the ears. Asking cause for me it does, but its comfortable and sounds bloody good.Here's my config, this gives the best balance of evrything for me :
matthewhypolite
500+ Head-Fier
Never really thought about it, cause like you say its comfortable, ill see when i get home later tonight.
80 plus hours burned in, the high starting to tamed down and overall the sound is more fuller and warmer without losing the transparency and detail retrieval. I don't perceives 1266 TC as a bright HP anymore, I can even starting to listening at higher volume now. Man! I starting to enjoyed this very much.
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