project86
Headphoneus Supremus
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I enjoyed Warren's review as well. Don't agree with everything he said but I can see the point - V281 makes sense as an upgrade from V200. V220? Not sure about where it falls. I did often wish for more inputs/outputs and a remote when using the V200, but considering the pricing I would probably make the jump to V281 rather than V220.
As for sonics..... I've often enjoyed the V200 with LCD-2, even the original darker model. HD650 too. So I don't completely agree with Warren's assessment. Which is cool, we all hear differently. I'm curious why he had a hum on the V220 though - my V200, and the SE output on my V281 have both been dead silent for me. I wonder if Warren has a mild ground loop issue or other power related gremlin. Those can cause slight noise and humming on any device and can be very difficult to completely eliminate. I will say that the balanced V281 output does have an ever present noise with IEMs because it has double the amps in play.
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Well that's weird. Must be some tolerance issue between the headphone jack on the V281 and the plug of the XC.... conditions just right on each one that they don't line up quite right. I'd try an extension plug to see what happens.
As for sonics..... I've often enjoyed the V200 with LCD-2, even the original darker model. HD650 too. So I don't completely agree with Warren's assessment. Which is cool, we all hear differently. I'm curious why he had a hum on the V220 though - my V200, and the SE output on my V281 have both been dead silent for me. I wonder if Warren has a mild ground loop issue or other power related gremlin. Those can cause slight noise and humming on any device and can be very difficult to completely eliminate. I will say that the balanced V281 output does have an ever present noise with IEMs because it has double the amps in play.
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What's tough to pin down is whether it is the XC or the V281. I get no static charge when I use the XC with my Woo WA7, and I get no static charge when I use the V281 with any other headphone.
Well that's weird. Must be some tolerance issue between the headphone jack on the V281 and the plug of the XC.... conditions just right on each one that they don't line up quite right. I'd try an extension plug to see what happens.