- Joined
- Jun 22, 2011
- Posts
- 1,611
- Likes
- 154
Hey Head-Fiers,
Just wanted to put my quick two cents in about the Smeggy Thunderpants TP1.
In all honesty, the sounds is world-class.
I have heard pretty much every popular low to mid-fi to lower hi-fi headphone all the way up to scaled HD 650 rigs.
As far as speed and detail, the TP's are truly exceptional. Staging and separation are outstanding. Each instrument doesn't simply get its own realm, it has room to breathe, in a SEALED headphone.
They scale well. They're fairly merciful to poor recordings and truly exceptional with uncompressed codecs.
What they don't have, however, is the dark or bright label that you can apply to most headphones. They're damn near neutral for something enclosed in wood and sealed.
Most of all, they're pretty damn musical. I know, right? Musical and neutral? Perhaps it has a lot to do with how transparent the TP1 is as far as what you feed it. I feed it with ALACs from a FiiO E10 and a TTVJ Slim. The warmth and body of the TTVJ Slim with the wider staging and separation of the E10 (when compared to a standard DAP) all translate beautifully into the TP1.
The main point is that the TP1 can take anything you throw at it. It's a fantastic all-rounder with the detail and speed to ascend into what feels like a sealed headphone class all its own.
I just feel like people should understand that the TP1 really is an exceptional headphone, and not just upper mid-fi material.
Kojaku
Just wanted to put my quick two cents in about the Smeggy Thunderpants TP1.
In all honesty, the sounds is world-class.
I have heard pretty much every popular low to mid-fi to lower hi-fi headphone all the way up to scaled HD 650 rigs.
As far as speed and detail, the TP's are truly exceptional. Staging and separation are outstanding. Each instrument doesn't simply get its own realm, it has room to breathe, in a SEALED headphone.
They scale well. They're fairly merciful to poor recordings and truly exceptional with uncompressed codecs.
What they don't have, however, is the dark or bright label that you can apply to most headphones. They're damn near neutral for something enclosed in wood and sealed.
Most of all, they're pretty damn musical. I know, right? Musical and neutral? Perhaps it has a lot to do with how transparent the TP1 is as far as what you feed it. I feed it with ALACs from a FiiO E10 and a TTVJ Slim. The warmth and body of the TTVJ Slim with the wider staging and separation of the E10 (when compared to a standard DAP) all translate beautifully into the TP1.
The main point is that the TP1 can take anything you throw at it. It's a fantastic all-rounder with the detail and speed to ascend into what feels like a sealed headphone class all its own.
I just feel like people should understand that the TP1 really is an exceptional headphone, and not just upper mid-fi material.
Kojaku