I have been working both the 909 and 900mk2 pearl white with a soekris dac1541 + Violectric V281 primarily.
Unfortunately, I have nothing in the caliber of amplifiers that M0N suggested but I looked at your bio page and gear list - if it is current, I saw a Liquid Plat and Bifrost 2 mentioned. I have a BF2 and LP - though currently running a set of Amperex PQ gold pins and not sure how close those are to the Tesla NOS you have, or what I have in inventory that I could swap in that might be similar but, I will do a proper listening session later with the BF2 ā LP ā TH900mk2 pearl white and chime in with my thoughts for what they may be worth.
Thanks man much appreciated. I think i am chasing my tail with electronics so far. But I might upgrade in the future once I settle with hp I want to keep.
Yeah figuring out what you really want to go for is a good idea
So you currently have your burson and your plat correct? I think that would do a good job with those. Of course they arenāt on the same caliber of what I mentioned previously, but I think with the burson you should be able to get a pretty satisfactory experience, and the th900 on the plat aināt bad either imo
Asking for a friend, but what would be the minimum setup for the TH900? Mainly to deliver an articulate sub bass and retain the air up top, and not to overly change the sound signature
Heās been in the budgetary territory, best amp heās tried is Asgard 3 I think but he finds it a bit too sloppy in the bass and overly too warm without enough treble
Wow - I had forgotten how good the TH900mk2pw sounds when working from the BF2 + LP.
Bifrost 2 (Unison USB), balanced out into the LP, and balanced headphone out using a balanced (Oidio) cable with the TH900mk2pw.
I only intended to listen to a couple tracks from some known favorites on playlists and some fav albums/tracks from my local library but Iāve spent the better part of the afternoon listening. Several complete albums end to end, and Iāve lost count of the single track picks, all across various genre.
Needless to say, Iāve found the TH900mk2 quite enjoyable with the setup listed above. The LP certainly has more than enough to give, my volume ranged from 7-7:30 to no more than 8, the latter being about as loud as I could take lol. Staging, details, timbre, low and high extension, dynamics, slam all very good - a pretty decent combo (dac/amp/hp) synergy wise. I am actually going to leave the TH900mk2 on this desk and source for a while, to force my butt over here more often for listening sessions with this setup.
I am curious. Th900 is on the way I picked sapphire blue. But how come bryston come often in your recommendation with picks twice that expensive like pass? Is it that good? How does it compare to something like my soloist?
Alternatives since I know not everyone wants to or can spend as much on something like the pass
As good as letās say the pass? No, but it is less expensive, and still an enjoyable combo so I mention it as another option, didnāt mean to imply it was on the same level
Personally Iād say itās on a bit higher level in some aspects to the soloist, but itās not a massive overall leap forward from a soloist 3xp. Generally Iād say the soloist and bryston have similar quality punch and impact, control and grip, but I think the bryson handles lower level info and also microdynamics a bit better than the soloist, with a bit more coherent stage as well, slightly better timbre. But that being said the soloist is more neutral and balanced sounding, and isnāt too far off, Iād end up saying itās on a semi similar tier but I would favor the bryston a bit as long as you didnāt mind a warmer thicker signature vs the burson
Interesting and very informative as always. I really like the look of pass.
But need to stability in headphones first.
I was very excited while reading your write up on high end dacs so maybe I will wait till you do the that lower level and go after something from there. And amp to complement it nicely.
Will definitely reach to out as always about best synergy for what I will have in collection.
But who knows so far I was not very stable but at least I know some combinations I like already.
Just a few hours of owning them and listening, but this is pretty fucking epic
Have to grab balanced cable to try them on MLP but Burson drives them pretty nicely.
Also my wife was like āThose are very niceā and had them for two hours strait and comparing to Clear. She can pick her favoirtes
Iāve said it before and in borderline āFanboyā fashion - I really, really do like the Fostex āsoundā especially the TH9xxās. I know they are are not the most āTechnicalā HP but when my head and foot are bobbing and tapping subconsciously while listening to my jams - I pretty much donāt careā¦
I can just say I totally agree with you. I am by no means skilled or equipped to comment on technical performance. I can just noobly say this plays my music in way I am engaged and enjoying the hell out of it.
I can tell now those are best closed backs I have for me. Will see what I do with the rest.
the one headphone she really liked was Utopia