Is my Aune X1S too bright for headphones

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there is also the loxjie tube amp. it has balanced output for 99$.

edit: not the most powerful though if you plan on getting beefier senn’s down the road.

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Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind, maybe next year on Drop as I have other gear planned out for the holidays.

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Bottlehead amps are good as well depending on budget. You can find great condition used ones for a good price if you are patient and look. Also look for used eddie current’s. used market is generally the best value market for midfi equipment.

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Yeah, I have my eyes on Argons as for my next headphones, would that be enough to drive it?

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Bottlehead amps are pretty sweet as well. The used market can definitely yield some great deals

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the lojxie would ride the struggle buss on argons, the rest would be fine.

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I don’t think you would want to drive the argon’s on a tube, as they might sound a bit strange and not be powered properly. Most tube amps I have tried a pair on didn’t sound as good as a powerful solid state

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planars tend to not like tube amps, but they can be driven by them. hybrids can be decent. I love my t60 argons on my lyr. But i also have the tungston tube wich is a very neutral tube. your aune x1s would most likely sound better with the argons than the senn’s

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Looks like my like strategy would be to fix the brightness issue for the 6xx first with a Tube amp, then get the Argons, then an nicer solid state amp.

Should I get another DAC for the Argons as well?

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I think the x1s is a great dac so I would just keep that. You could get a sp200 or something like that for the argon’s though

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you could also get an eq to fix the brightness for cheaper than a new amp.

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Also true, you could just use a software eq and see if that does what you like if the treble is your only complaint

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the new schiit asguard is another potential option to drive the argons. emotiva a100 will drive anything on the planet for 250.

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I would recommend the Asgard 3 over the emotiva because I think it’s a higher quality output that sufficiently drives the argon’s. I think the emotiva isn’t as clean in comparison

Also the basx a100 can’t drive my he6 to good quality levels lol. Not can it drive the raals either

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and with the asguard, you could get the mutlibit dac upgrade if you wanted to try a different sound. its schiit’s version of r2r dac.

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Also true, it’s a very good dac. I don’t think it’s necessary since he already has the x1s but it he wanted a more fun sounds its a good idea

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Alright looks like I have my path layed out for me. Thanks for your inputs, I’ll let you know how it goes…

Cheers!

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Not every tube amp is necessarily warm sounding. Maybe keep some budget left over to switch to high quality Russian tubes.
Personally, I would rather connect a tube preamp to the x1s and then use a powerful SS amp.

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Yes, experimenting with nos tubes can help get sound to how you like it

In this case, he has a pair of 6xx which I think would work really well with an otl amp imo, as a tube preamp and solid state amp might be more subtle imo

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Sennheiser are great with tubes, I just wanted to show an alternative way that also likes Planar.
But must admit the price of the darkvoice 336se is unbeatable.