THE ULTIMATE BALANCED DYNAMIC AMP/PHONE COMBO ?

[dannyandelyse]

I am looking for your thoughts on the finest phones that can be run balanced along with the balanced amp that you would rate as king of the hill.... an unbeatable dynamic combo.

 

[mateo05]

Easy...Sony R10's off an SDS-XLR. The pair I heard off of a balanced Supra were amazing...

 

[ghiberti]

I have not tried SDS yet.

for now, K701 or R10 w/ Rudistor RP010 B1 is my choice

 

[Akathriel]

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Originally Posted by mateo05 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Easy...Sony R10's off an SDS-XLR. The pair I heard off of a balanced Supra were amazing...

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For most music types this is close to unbeatable...although I'd probably add an L3000 or PS-1 to cover all the bases. Of course if you just want one setup that can do anything HE90+ ES-1 with the ever improving tube combos is simply unbeatable but you of course know that...

 

[granodemostasa]

electrostatic headphones are balenced. because of that, i think a maxed out ES-1 with an HE90 would be the king of them all.

 

[Uncle Erik]

For a balanced amp, I like the DynaMight. I've got the boards, chips and some parts here. I'll get to it.

As for the headphones, I'll run the K-1000 off it for sure. Same with the HD-650, and might even recable the RS-1 to be balanced.

 

[Knuckledragger]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa /img/forum/go_quote.gif electrostatic headphones are balenced. because of that, i think a maxed out ES-1 with an HE90 would be the king of them all.

Quite possibly, but the OP asked about dynamic headphones.

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I have not heard nearly enough cans to comment properly on this, but I can say that the HD-650s are probably the cans most transformed by going from single-ended to balanced configuration. I suspect mating them to one of the top tier balanced amps (as opposed to all those economy balanced units, right?) would make for a contender that would be difficult to beat.

 

[dannyandelyse]

keep em coming

 

[phergus_25]

im soon to hear a balanced R10 out of a supra... needless to say im excited

 

[raisin]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa /img/forum/go_quote.gif electrostatic headphones are balenced. because of that, i think a maxed out ES-1 with an HE90 would be the king of them all.

That would have been my guess too, but at the National's, Mikhail had the R10/SDSXLR set up across the isle from Bosebuttons various HE90 set-ups.
Now it could have been the John Holmes headphone cable

that Mikhail was using, but his set-up really excelled.