solderdude
Grand Contributor
It could depend on what you consider end game and how loud you want to go with either of these headphones... ear damaging loud (occasionally) or just 'loud' every now and then ?
I am surprised that in this type of recommendation, the petitioner never indicates his or her maximum listening level. Without this information, any recommendation runs the risk of being irrelevant.and how loud you want to go with either of these headphones
Not interested in a speaker amp, more interested in having a little wiggle room and not having to max out the knob.It could depend on what you consider end game and how loud you want to go with either of these headphones... ear damaging loud (occasionally) or just 'loud' every now and then ?
What balanced solid state amp do you recommend as "end game"? Something that could easily power an HE6 or Susvara?
My RME is a great DAC so I am fine there but been on the fence what amp to get for ages.
Not interested in a speaker amp, more interested in having a little wiggle room and not having to max out the knob
You are maxing out the volume control on your SP200 with the RME ADI-2 DAC and still can't play loud enough ?
Also when setting the DAC output to +19dBU and setting the gain on the SP200 to high ?
Try a Schiit Gjallarhorn $300 using bananas to XLR from the speaker outputs. 10 wpc of very excellent sound. Need a preamp though.I thought I mentioned it earlier in this thread but not sure. I was at a meetup and got to hear the legendary HE-6, I'm not sure what specific revision. I had my SP200 set to hi gain and the volume maxed. The HE-6 had good bass and was loud but no wiggle room. The DAC was my RME ADI-2, I'm not sure I had the output volume high enough on that because I don't recall the gain setting. I assume it was locked at 7, which might not have been enough gain to get the HE-6 loud enough.
Either way, the Midgard is waaay cheaper then a Violectric amp, which is something else i was thinking of picking up.
Their sister company is actually their Parent company, where it all started...Them having a sister company is news to me.
It's doing that for Speakers, correct?Probably an adaption of the classic Kenwood Sigma-Drive or the Yamaha 'negative impedance drive' circuit used in their AST amplifiers.
Due to headphone drivers presenting a benign and relatively flat load, putting them in a feedback loop isn't too problematic IMO. The next logical step is fully automated headphone characteristic measurements and the driver amplifier adapting to that, essentially self correcting for each new pair of cans. Technics have a integrated amplifier that is already doing that I believe.
You mean you're not FLOORED by the Halo tech?I know- but I do want to try this. Just interested.
Its a reasonable price and suspect I can offload it to a UK customer in short order if I'm not flawed by the Halo tech*
*Yes, they are massively playing the consumer, but hey its a decent amp.
Is that on low gain or high gain mode?To answer the question whether the Midgard is adequate enough to power the Susvara, it does indeed power it with excellent dynamics and plenty of volume. I'm pushing close to roughly 100 dB SPL at 3pm with the Midgard
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