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Review and Measurements of SMSL SP200 THX HP Amp

batfunk

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I bought combo sp200+m200, it works well with my 33 ohms headphones, plenty of power. Subjectively, at same volume, Bass under 30 hz and sound stage seems a bit reduced compared to my Teac Ha-501. But increase in transparency is obvious to me.
But it's much, much better, according to me, than the headphone output of my previous Topping dx7pro, with its clinical, very detailed sound, but flat and with no bass at all.

Well, I'm an happy man, my cherished Teac combo ud-501+ha-501 can rest in peace now... :)
 
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nhatlam96

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Guys I need a quick sanity check. My current setup: SMSL Sanskrit 10th MK2 -> SMSL SP200 -> Focal Elegia.
Does this song (Spotify) have poor audio? Im very bad at describing audio related things, but I feel like the upper frequencies are bloated.
Can anyone please help? :cry:
 

maverickronin

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Guys I need a quick sanity check. My current setup: SMSL Sanskrit 10th MK2 -> SMSL SP200 -> Focal Elegia.
Does this song (Spotify) have poor audio? Im very bad at describing audio related things, but I feel like the upper frequencies are bloated.
Can anyone please help? :cry:

Sounds fine to me.

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batfunk

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Guys I need a quick sanity check. My current setup: SMSL Sanskrit 10th MK2 -> SMSL SP200 -> Focal Elegia.
Does this song (Spotify) have poor audio? Im very bad at describing audio related things, but I feel like the upper frequencies are bloated.
Can anyone please helyp? :cry:

Sound mix of the track is just average :)(loudness war+ heavy distorted guitars intended) . So Smsl sp200 works fine.
And thanks to you guy, I discovered that Spotify (not only premium as before ) recognizes my Pw Link :)
I use Tidal so I will check it too.
 
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nhatlam96

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Thank you guys, I figured out it was my pc motherboard which caused these treble issues.
When audio setup is connected to my laptop, then the track has no bloated or hot treble.
Going to replace my motherboard asap.
 

Sak

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What is this, is it a copy of SP200?
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JohnYang1997

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It's reaching for international sells? Well. This is getting serious.
 

maxxevv

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Ahh, didn't know :)


I'm not sure, I think THX can't do anything to be honest. It's more like a direct clone of the SMSL, can't SMSL do anything?

Cosmetically perhaps, but it looks different on the inside though when I visually compare the photos.
 
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