the relay based volume control is better than any potentiometer
This is the big one for me.
the relay based volume control is better than any potentiometer
Input impedance is 47k Ohm; clips at 18 dBu into low gain or 12 dBu into high gainAnyone knows the input sensitivity of sh9?
Thanks!Input impedance is 47k Ohm; clips at 18 dBu into low gain or 12 dBu into high gain
It's just normal 4-pin XLRHi all, new here after long time away from decent audio gear (cyrus 5 amp and mission 7 speakers about 25 years ago!).
Just purchased an SH-9/SU-9n stack with some HiFiMan Edition XS headphones to go with it.
I'm now in search of a balanced headphone cable for connection from SH-9 to the edition XS. Please forgive my ignorance but is the balanced out on the SH-9 an XLR or XLR mini?
Also welcome any balanced cable recommendations, currently looking at those from openheart on Ali Express.
Thanks!
The SH-9 is not a true balanced amp because it only has 2 power amps. However, I found it a tad better than the SP400, so it shouldn't matter.Hi all, new here after long time away from decent audio gear (cyrus 5 amp and mission 7 speakers about 25 years ago!).
Just purchased an SH-9/SU-9n stack with some HiFiMan Edition XS headphones to go with it.
I'm now in search of a balanced headphone cable for connection from SH-9 to the edition XS. Please forgive my ignorance but is the balanced out on the SH-9 an XLR or XLR mini?
Also welcome any balanced cable recommendations, currently looking at those from openheart on Ali Express.
Thanks!
Yep, both perfectly suitable but @Roland68 has a point. The 4-pin is to connect balanced "headphones" to, for convenience, but this amp is actually single ended. The SP400 is SMSL's balanced amp. So you could also simply use the provided single ended hifiman cable which will give essentially the same result.Might the lunashops cable I posted above, or the one below from openheart AliExpress, look suitable?
Yep, exactly unless you want to "future-proof". But the Hifiman XS/Ananda level of Hifiman headphones are not so insensitive they need "balanced" driving power, honestly. Single ended will suffice. Hifiman HE1000/HE6 need a lot more current than these more sensitive ones.@Veri Thanks for this clarity! The reason behind looking for another cable is reading poor reports on the included HiFiMan cables. However, from what you are saying wrt SH-9, if I indeed wanted to replace, I could just go for one ending on a 6.35mm jack, with same results as one XLR-ended.
However, the SH-9 already has a very high output power, higher than many balanced amplifiers.Yep, exactly unless you want to "future-proof". But the Hifiman XS/Ananda level of Hifiman headphones are not so insensitive they need "balanced" driving power, honestly. Single ended will suffice. Hifiman HE1000/HE6 need a lot more current than these more sensitive ones.
That is kind of a classic "mistake" if I can call it that. Ideally your application automatically sets the current rate. The one you chose in the operating system should be what is most typically used, 48kHz for games/movies, 44kHz for general purpose/music.Any recommended changes from default? Using it to stream hifi quality from Tidal running on PC, usb sound output set to 32bit 384000Hz.
Amir measures amp to the "bend in the knee" ( ie where the distortion starts to sky rocket as the amp clips)- I suspect these manuf. specs are to a set THD % (1% I have seen on others)Measurements 1.7w and 226mw. Why is that ?