Recent content by Chuck S

As was the Brooklyn Amp. Amir tested mine here.

I had the original version of this. It was a piece of junk as well.

I’m hesitant to reply, given the state of this conversation, but two things changed for me: I‘ve had to acknowledge that my taste may be more than a little idiosyncratic. But also, I’m sorry to say, my confidence in the value of transducer measurements - to me, given my tastes - is a bit shaken.

I love ASR. I love my Susvara

I have an Astell&Kern that I use for walking around the house with my headphones on. If you like to do that, you might want a dap. Otherwise, for listening to iems, say, my phone works just fine.

I’d love to see a test of the FiiO daps; I think the M11 is well regarded.

Had to get a pair. A real value for $50, but I really prefer a little more treble and a lot more detail. Still, that Crinacle knows what he’s doing.

Think I could run LS50s off of this?

Think they can be driven off a good (S9, say) phone dongle?

Xulonn, that’s exactly why, when Amir says he likes something that measures poorly, we might be concerned. Although I doubt he’ll make a practice of it.

Supposed to be an ironically smiling emoji at the end of that.

Creeping subjectivity. A slippery slope.

Amir, Nice review. Thank you. But I have a question. Why is headphone frequency response compared to a preference curve, when speakers are not? Should we really care whether our headphones sound the way random strangers think they should? Thanks.

More, please. Thank you.

That’s the difference between 83 and 99 dB sensitivity. To quantify what I was complaining about, my Cayin iHA 6 is rated at 5-7 watts per channel depending on current output. With the Cayin at 50% volume, the Element X volume was usually at -20 dB. On the other hand, to get reasonable volume...