Iām listening now, this was an awesome suggestion and I think fixed the issue. The lower clip had come loose since there is not a lot of tolerance especially with Dekoni Hybrids.
I did notice SPL seemed to be lower in left channel but thought it was driver-related since many people have discussed this.
I check for channel balance using a phone decibel meter app and online test tone generator to switch left and right and at least get a rough idea if you have an issue. The way to correct for it would be the APO equalizer and Peace front end. In Peace thereās a hearing test where you run it and itāll correct for it and build a custom profile just for your hearing with those headphones on. A simpler way is getting a reading with the phone app and adjust the L/R balance that way. If the balance is an issue at different frequencies, then the hearing test will probably be more useful.
Iāve had them several times and great with the Autoeq profile in Peace. Just the power needed to do it gets pretty epic, worth it though.
Has anyone tried powering the HE6 with the Fossi Audio ZA3? Next time thereās a sale, Iāll pick one up along with the opamp upgrade.
If it doesnāt work well, then itāll mostly likely at least be an upgrade for my Rega Brio speaker amp
I have an HE6se and used the HE-Adapter before and it could easily power it, but distortion from a speaker amp might not be worth it. Just get a Sabaj A20h which are very inexpensive and on the balanced side and a 5 volt DAC it can handle them. If you equalize with something like an autoeq profile at -6.9b they will sound amazing, but power requirements soar. Even stock, my Topping A70Pro is at -17db to get them loud, and a preamp reduction like that during quiet recordings will push even that to itās limit with a 5 volt DAC helping.
If you donāt plan on equalizing, a lot of things can power them. Try a -6.9db reduction and the extended version of Tonight, tonight, tonight by Genesis and youāll realize just how much power you need. Even my Topping A90 was at the end of high gain. To use a speaker amp and HE-Adapter it just wasnāt worth the sound quality tradeoff.
If I recall correctly, Zeos found the ZA3 specifically (monoblock mode) to work great with the Modhouse Tungstens. So I figured it was also worth trying it on the HE6.
I have a Soloist 3X. So I donāt require a new amp for it. But it would be nice to have the extra option for when Iām in a different room.