silver-matter
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For my use case noise cancellation is the most important feature and the WH-1000XM5's noise cancellation, especially at frequencies <100 hz, is second to none. Since nothing else really competes with the XM5's for noise cancellation I'm happy to spend more than a few bucks trying to get the most sound quality out of them.
So what would be the best dac / amp to use with the Sony XM5 (turned on, wired mode, using Oratory1990 EQ)?
I currently have a DX3 Pro+ and the XM5 definitely can get much louder on my DX3 Pro+ than when I'm running wired connected to a mobile device or pc output and this gives me a lot more headroom for EQ, but I haven't had time for any real volume matched sound quality testing. I also don't have any other dedicated dac / amps to compare the DX3 Pro+ to and it's unclear to me whether I'm actually bypassing the XM5's integrated dac / amp or just giving the XM5's integrated dac / amp a bit more power to work with.
So what would be the best dac / amp to use with the Sony XM5 (turned on, wired mode, using Oratory1990 EQ)?
I currently have a DX3 Pro+ and the XM5 definitely can get much louder on my DX3 Pro+ than when I'm running wired connected to a mobile device or pc output and this gives me a lot more headroom for EQ, but I haven't had time for any real volume matched sound quality testing. I also don't have any other dedicated dac / amps to compare the DX3 Pro+ to and it's unclear to me whether I'm actually bypassing the XM5's integrated dac / amp or just giving the XM5's integrated dac / amp a bit more power to work with.