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Same here, balanced works great with my Westone W40, but I have an acs Encore, sounds absolutely awful with my Pono (even balanced).
I'd disagree a bit that balanced ALWAYS sounds better than solid state. Implementation, implementation implementation! It's like saying tubes sounds better than solid state. Some things are better, some not, you make design choices. I have a Liquid Carbon, balanced, very nice sounding. I also have a MicroZOTL2, single ended more expensive), sounds much better.
My $0.02.
I'd disagree a bit that balanced ALWAYS sounds better than solid state. Implementation, implementation implementation! It's like saying tubes sounds better than solid state. Some things are better, some not, you make design choices. I have a Liquid Carbon, balanced, very nice sounding. I also have a MicroZOTL2, single ended more expensive), sounds much better.
My $0.02.