Geshelli Lab Erish coming soon

[bonesy]

Good stuff. Where do you get your cables from? They look like mine

RCAs = Ghent Audio. Pretty sure they were their second cheapest but they're solid and only about a tenner each.
XLR interconnects = NoBull XLRs. Proper solid. I assume they're more pro-oriented but for the price they've always suited me. Their XLRs are metal and built to last.
XLR headphone cables (Audeze and Sennheiser) = Custom Cans (UK). They seem fine and the thread is excellent quality but for £90 each I'd have liked a toggle at the split and metal connections. Plus they took 3 weeks to send them 30 miles. I bought, returned and had replaced an amp from China in the time I was waiting for a cable to be sent to me. Geshelli have easily had the best service of any of my headphone purchases in contrast.
USB = Chord Silver. £50. Obviously I bought that before I discovered this site. It's fine but I have a very short Fisual cable which was £10 and sounds no worse at all.

That little Shure mic must have a decent DAC and headphone amp because the HD598's sound great on video calls and general internet use. Plus they're very light and great with talk/classical radio or listening to the football or cricket for long periods of time.

 

[Paperdragons]

Geno, from Geshelli, just e-mailed me to confirm the ground (shield) of the 4 pin XLR is indeed connected to ground.

So... anyone wishing to use a single ended headphone on the Erish can do so when you make (or have it made) an adapter with the following connections:

Connect XLR connector shield (metal around the connector) to Sleeve of the TRS. This can be 3.5mm or 6.35mm
Connect XLR pin-1 to Tip of the TRS
Connect XLR pin-3 to Ring of the TRS

leave the other XLR pins unconnected (open)

Thanks for doing the leg-work!

 

[Gizmo1k]

For 25 Euros I can throw in a T-shirt as well.
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converter cable using fancy connectors and cable color.

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sorry incorrect description:

This ultimate quality custom made (to owners specifications) conversion cable, constructed with the best sounding audiophile quality components, cryo treated conductors with special geometry and the finest high silver/chrome/gold/titanium alloy hand soldered connections. The red super soft and supple outer sheathing removes cold sound and warms the sound up to a warm glowy red sound without changing the tonality. This ensures a rich sound with super high qualities.
Not only does this converter cable simply converts between the balanced 4-pin XLR Erish output and 6.35 locking TRS connectors but it actually improves sound quality by at least 3 levels.

what 1/4 " female adapter did you use? I'm gonna make one also.. I could only find the GLS Audio ones on Amazon.

 

[solderdude]

https://www.neutrik.com/en/product/nj3fc6

 

[Bluess]

Received one today, it drives my Beyerdynamic T1mk1 like a champ.

 

[Jimbob54]

Received one today, it drives my Beyerdynamic T1mk1 like a champ.
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Received one today, it drives my Beyerdynamic T1mk1 like a champ.
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It drives my t1.2 really well too

 

[Jimbob54]

Received one today, it drives my Beyerdynamic T1mk1 like a champ.
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How does it compare to same out of the Topping?

 

[Bluess]

How does it compare to same out of the Topping?

I'm not really good at describing sound. But I can hear more micro details compare to dx7 pro headphone out, clean, transparent. It's not a significant upgrade that you can tell like night and day but definitely a step up for a nice price.
Though, I wish the chassis would look better, lol.

 

[Jimbob54]

I'm not really good at describing sound. But I can hear more micro details compare to dx7 pro headphone out, clean, transparent. It's not a significant upgrade that you can tell like night and day but definitely a step up for a nice price.
Though, I wish the chassis would look better, lol.

As I've said before, the looks are... Divisive.

I think if you are on a desk, make it/them a statement piece with a custom colour job. I'm on a rack, so not so fussed.

I hope for their upcoming DAC they make all I/O to the rear so it can stack cleanly.

 

[minmsee]

My Erish arrived yesterday. My headphones are Hifiman HE6se,

one of the most difficult headphones to drive, so I was concerned about the output power specification (1W @ 32ohm). But my Erish, which is connected to the DAC using an RCA-XLR conversion cable, drives my HE6se very well. (The input voltage is half of the XLR connection.) As you can see from the attached photo, a volume of 2 o'clock with high gain is sufficient. I'm very happy to get Geshelli Erish Balanced that has both high power and excellent sound quality.

 

[MalinYamato]

Design and colors are quire important for me so I wish there were a gallarty of all the combinations of cases with different colors.

 

[Jimbob54]

Design and colors are quire important for me so I wish there were a gallarty of all the combinations of cases with different colors.

If you drop Shelli @Geshelli an email [email protected] I reckon she could sort most requests within reason for you- not just what listed . Or at least send you a colour chart or similar.

 

[MalinYamato]

My Erish arrived yesterday. My headphones are Hifiman HE6se,View attachment 73964 one of the most difficult headphones to drive, so I was concerned about the output power specification (1W @ 32ohm). But my Erish, which is connected to the DAC using an RCA-XLR conversion cable, drives my HE6se very well. (The input voltage is half of the XLR connection.) As you can see from the attached photo, a volume of 2 o'clock with high gain is sufficient. I'm very happy to get Geshelli Erish Balanced that has both high power and excellent sound quality.

nice! first I thought it looked ugly like a diy project, but now I think it looks cool something very different on your desktop getting tired of all black stuff. I got myself a red M500 and I love the color and now I am leaning towards that purple box to go with it. Is there any pictures that show how it looks like with different led color settings?

 

[MalinYamato]

It drives my t1.2 really well too

if thats so, then this little box despite its 1w@32 should be enough for all my future needs. My knowledgeable in audio tech is poor so my questions my appear odd> Considering that Eirhs is enough for 600ohm phones, I am a little confused why you need wopping 6w@32 or 3w@32 such as the performance of those AAA offerings.

 

[MalinYamato]

Received one today, it drives my Beyerdynamic T1mk1 like a champ.
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Btw, why do you choose to use Erish as an amp instead of DX7 Pros amp?

 

[Jimbob54]

if thats so, then this little box despite its 1w@32 should be enough for all my future needs. My knowledgeable in audio tech is poor so my questions my appear odd> Considering that Eirhs is enough for 600ohm phones, I am a little confused why you need wopping 6w@32 or 3w@32 such as the performance of those AAA offerings.

For the vast majority of headphones, you dont. Having spare power isnt a bad thing. Also, if you start to use EQ you might have 10db or so reduction at source so again, more juice isnt a bad thing.

But I own a lot of headphones, very few of them require amps to go to higher gain settings. The Beyer T1.2 and the Hifiman HE560 are about the hardest to drive I own, and this amp and others are fine.

There is a reason that the JDS atom amp is/ was the default recommendation for newbies - 1W @32 ohm clean power . For the price , that was unheard of at remotely its price at release and it will handle pretty much anything. Now we are spoilt for choice. If you like the look of Geshelli- you might want to look at the Archel 2.5- it will take the xlr higher voltage from your M500 too but keep single ended output. I own this and that- both great.

 

[solderdude]

if thats so, then this little box despite its 1w@32 should be enough for all my future needs. My knowledgeable in audio tech is poor so my questions my appear odd> Considering that Eirhs is enough for 600ohm phones, I am a little confused why you need wopping 6w@32 or 3w@32 such as the performance of those AAA offerings.

The T1 = 600 Ohm
The Erish is around 0.4W in 600 Ohm and 0.75W in 300 Ohm.
However, when the design is really fully balanced as advertised and given it has a 4-gang potmeter changes are when connecting it to an RCA out of the source via an RCA to XLR cable the output power may well be 1/4 of the above mentioned output power in that case.

When a headphone amp can deliver 6W in 32Ohm it can deliver around 0.3W in 600 Ohm (probably a bit more like 0.4 or 0.5W in 600 Ohm).

If I were Geshelli I would also list output powers in various impedances.

 

[Bluess]

Btw, why do you choose to use Erish as an amp instead of DX7 Pros amp?

Simple, dx7 pro hp output doesn't sound and measured as good. I was planning to buy a topping a90 to go with dx7 pro but seeing this amp having what I need also saves me 300$ and their past products are well received in the forum.
So I gave it a shot without expecting much since it looks like a diy project.
Today, I had a meeting with a local enthusiast, we tried comparing the sound coming from dx7 pro balanced hp out and Erish with a LCD-2 headphone. The Erish gave a much better transparency, micro details and can be noticed right away with our test tracks. So it turns out to be a much better investment than I had expected.

 

[solderdude]

I reckon a not 0.1dB level matched and sighted comparison ?

 

[Bluess]

I reckon a not 0.1dB level matched and sighted comparison ?

Yep, we don't have the tools to do that so volumes are matched by ears. I know this isn't the accurate way of doing this but I do reckon micro details that I was not able to fathom with the Dx7 pro