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So a youtuber named Joshua valour has repeatedly said that the THX 789's biggest flaw is audible hum/noise on very sensitive IEM's like his Empire ears Zeus. I'm calling BS, and he's making some sort of noob mistake like running his RCA's close to 120V mains or his source material is crappier than he is ever willing to admit. Many recordings have a very audible noise floor.
See here:
I can tell you that I get a bit of hum (not noise) from my interconnects when they are closer to my power cables, but if I keep them clear of power cables and run my 789 at high gain at 95% volume out of my topping D50S on my most sensitive IEM (Thieaudio Legacy L3, spectacular IEM's BTW), I can hear maybe the softest ~2-5dB of noise. So, I can only hear noise and hiss while nothing is played that would smoke any IEM on the planet and distort the crap out of my 4XX's if music was actually played.
Thanks for letting me vent. It's been bothering me. So far, I'm loving the very slight upgrade from the JDS Atom (I can't really tell the difference), but I love the sturdy build and knobs, so no regrets from me.
See here:
I can tell you that I get a bit of hum (not noise) from my interconnects when they are closer to my power cables, but if I keep them clear of power cables and run my 789 at high gain at 95% volume out of my topping D50S on my most sensitive IEM (Thieaudio Legacy L3, spectacular IEM's BTW), I can hear maybe the softest ~2-5dB of noise. So, I can only hear noise and hiss while nothing is played that would smoke any IEM on the planet and distort the crap out of my 4XX's if music was actually played.
Thanks for letting me vent. It's been bothering me. So far, I'm loving the very slight upgrade from the JDS Atom (I can't really tell the difference), but I love the sturdy build and knobs, so no regrets from me.