noplsestar
Headphoneus Supremus
I had the M12 and then the M15 and only used the SE out, too. All I can say: there is no night and day difference. But the M15 seemed to be the one with a bit more mature tuning. Also, as @TheFritz mentioned, the manual gain is better with the M15.Everyone who has the M15 seems to like it really well. I only, and can only, use the 3.5mm out as I'm going into an unbalanced RCA tube preamp and all my use is 100% home stereo like next to my record player, home stereo....
I've heard that the M12 and m15 are different but similar I could save a hundred bucks by getting the 12 unless it's lesser... Someone responded that it's different maybe grainier but not lesser. questyle themselves responded to me that they're the same through the 3.5 out but they cited numbers - that weren't the same - for output to show me that they are the same
Of course you could also wait for the CMA18P that will be released in the next months, but that one is quite bigger and also will probably cost between $ 500-800. So I would get the M15 … maybe used, so you won’t give out more money than for a new M12