OK I looked it up, sorry for quick answer.
I wouldn't know.
I wouldn't know.
Yes the headphione outI do not see any SE outputs on the CAC apart from RCA, do you mean headphone out?
Yeah I don't think it's the way it's intended to be used and it also lacks some dynamics and lower bass with the 3.5mm jack, which I think maybe gives the illusion of a wider more open stage. The RCA also sounds richer, warmer, fuller, more correct but also more intimate (like HD660s).AAh ..
I wouldn't know for sure, but technically it should be mismatch.
The RCA input on the CAN is rated at 2V input , but 3.5mm is more ssensitive at 1V.
The headphone output of the DAC can pump out over 3V!
It means you can get vastly louder output to your headphones this way, this can have subjective implementations..
There is the minute possibility that headphone output of the DAC, works better with the 1M Ohm input of the amp, but I don't think so.
Pretty much any headphone I own/have owned, there are people who claim it needs way more power than it actually needs. lolLots of assumptions, proof of the pudding is .....
Great idea!
There is no jumping anything, just about anyone who has Actual experience in using and driving EDXS, has reported it needs higher power.
True that.Pretty much any headphone I own/have owned, there are people who claim it needs way more power than it actually needs. lol
AgreeIt's the whole "more power for power's sake crowd" because they haven't figured out yet how to estimate how much power they need using impedance, sensitivity, and their preferred listening volume. Or because a manufacturer's sensitivity ratings were wrong one time, they assume it doesn't work to calculate it for any headphone.
Yeh, let's - shall we.And let's not recommend the Mojo or Mojo 2 to the other poster who got the DC05. If he wants a bigger, more powerful, portable headphone amp, the Topping NX7 absolutely slays the Mojo in accuracy (and likely the Mojo 2), although the difference may not be audible. The NX7 has more headphone amp power, and costs under $200.
There you go pushing Topping again, and you accuse others of the same.If someone wants to pay extra for a designer amp because of the name and the fact it's more expensive, nothing wrong with that.Measurements of Topping NX7 Portable HPAmp - L7Audiolab
便携设备 额……这台便携式耳放,是拓品的NX系列(之前我从没测过这个系列)即将推出的新产品。我印象当中拓品的便携就没有特别出彩的=。= (BC系列其实还行)。无论如何,这是 Topping NX7 ,一台自带电池的便携式耳放:www.l7audiolab.com
But for most regular folks who are interested in price/performance, NX7 all the way!
Reason for Ibasso DC05 as a choice, I was given it for free (haven't received it yet, next week). Well according to the amp / headphone calculator, the Ibasso DC05 portable dac / amp has sufficient power with enough headroom too. Got confused when people were saying the calculator app is bogus and you need 5 x the power it states, that's all. As for use case, for when I am on the laptop around the house or when I am using my mobile phone at the back of the house just chilling with a glass of whiskey and untethered from my desktop setup (Topping DX3pro+).You can probably run it to decently loud listening volumes but you wont get good control over the headphone.
Do you own the HP already? I can run them loud enough directly plugged into my mac but it doesn't sound good.
What do you need a portable device for with this headphone? I mean you really can't listen to this hp on the go anyways. just curious on what your use case is.
True that.
Agree
Yeh, let's - shall we.
A poster asked a straight question "Does Mojo drive EDXS correctly?" Please read previous posts before getting religious.
"NX7 slays Mojo" let's not recommend anything at all. you have one rule for yourself, another for others.
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There you go pushing Topping again, and you accuse others of the same.
Good for anyone who enjoys a Topping.
Mojo a designer amp?? you are joking! you can pick one up on eBay for £200 these days.
NX7 is just an amp, no DAC right?
Ok, I still dont Think you can use that calculator to anything but to know if it will get loud enough. If this was true why get an amp in the first place? My zen sac would be a lot more than enough going from this calculator but in reality they sound a lot better on the can on +12db.Reason for Ibasso DC05 as a choice, I was given it for free (haven't received it yet, next week). Well according to the amp / headphone calculator, the Ibasso DC05 portable dac / amp has sufficient power with enough headroom too. Got confused when people were saying the calculator app is bogus and you need 5 x the power it states, that's all. As for use case, for when I am on the laptop around the house or when I am using my mobile phone at the back of the house just chilling with a glass of whiskey and untethered from my desktop setup (Topping DX3pro+).
Zen Can single ended 1w, balanced 600mw.They probably need around 1W 18ohm to really perform. I'm running them from a zen stack and get pretty good control but im sure they will benefit from even more power. They need current and the zen is current deficient design as i understand it.
As i understand it the zen can delivers around 680mw at 18ohm.
Yeah in 32 ohms right?Zen Can single ended 1w, balanced 600mw.
It must be the output impedance being high, they quote 2 ohm and 1 Ohm, but I doubt that.Yeah in 32 ohms right?
But can someone explain to me why it has less power from balanced than SE with low ohm cans?
I tried a balanced cable with the EDXS (returned cuz was silvercoated and it fucked the timbre, -Im getting a copper replacement soon)
But it played louder than the SE when I did some AB with the EDXS. According to those measurements it should be the other way round.
In any ways the balanced sounded a lot better. Better dynamics more control of bass, better seperation and imaging and bigger soundstage.
I think this comes down to the design of the can being balanced. So the balanced circuit is just better build than the SE which i think is there mostly as a convenience.
but the loudness difference I dont get if those measurements are correct.
I'm using the similar spec'd Element II amp with my EDXS and it seems a very good match. Both these amps are rated 1.3W@32ohms (ASR measured 1.1W)They also work well with element 3 dac / amp, so not huge power required to drive them.
My smartphone sounds like mono compared to zen stack. Soundstage shrunken to center of my head. To be fair, the headphone i tried with is 250 ohm Beyer.I have the EDXS.
I have connected it to Mojo classic (clips at 700mW), Hugo2 (just a little more power) and direct to two phones, a Huawei and an LG G6.
The phones were hopeless!
Mojo and Hugo2 can drive them, but at the upper part of their power, leaving enough headroom to guard against clipping and compression.
Bear in mind I use no EQ and no -ve preamp.
Which brings me to Mojo2!
It has 4 band tone controls, and +18dB digital headroom.
If one can get away with that, no software EQ nor preamp settings would be needed.
It's at 16 ohm. It's more powerful at 32 ohm. Actually it's not easy to deliver high power at lower impedance. A lot of amps have this issue. I guess it's a power supply issue. At 300 ohm, this amp is veery powerful but at 16 and 32 ohm, it's ordinary. @JohnYang1997 can answer this best. It's more current limited in balanced for low impedance load.Yeah in 32 ohms right?
But can someone explain to me why it has less power from balanced than SE with low ohm cans?
I tried a balanced cable with the EDXS (returned cuz was silvercoated and it fucked the timbre, -Im getting a copper replacement soon)
But it played louder than the SE when I did some AB with the EDXS. According to those measurements it should be the other way round.
In any ways the balanced sounded a lot better. Better dynamics more control of bass, better seperation and imaging and bigger soundstage.
I think this comes down to the design of the can being balanced. So the balanced circuit is just better build than the SE which i think is there mostly as a convenience.
but the loudness difference I dont get if those measurements are correct.
I'm planning to replace it with an asgard 3 (if it ever becomes available again that is). It seems to be a really good match powerwise, also leaning to the warm side as I understand.My smartphone sounds like mono compared to zen stack. Soundstage shrunken to center of my head. To be fair, the headphone i tried with is 250 ohm Beyer.
It's at 16 ohm. It's more powerful at 32 ohm. Actually it's not easy to deliver high power at lower impedance. A lot of amps have this issue. I guess it's a power supply issue. At 300 ohm, this amp is veery powerful but at 16 and 32 ohm, it's ordinary. @JohnYang1997 can answer this best. It's more current limited in balanced for low impedance load.
You want to ask that here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ifi-zen-can-review-headphone-amp.25224/And do you know why the balanced output is louder than SE with the EDXS when it has lower poweroutput?
As far as i understand, it's because unity gain is 4V instead of 2V in balanced so you get different loudness but if you push the max loudness before clipping you will see SE will go louder before clip.I'm planning to replace it with an asgard 3 (if it ever becomes available again that is). It seems to be a really good match powerwise, also leaning to the warm side as I understand.
Any other good suggestions for this headphone in this price range? Was also looking at a topping l50 but I think it's too analytical.
And do you know why the balanced output is louder than SE with the EDXS when it has lower poweroutput?