My coffee setup at the moment is Aeropress/V60 and 1ZPresso JX hand mill beast. Lately I have biggest taste for Kenyan or Ethiopian citrus coffees for lower extraction brews, but I would admit that espresso sink is getting into my head. I am almost ready to jump into this rabbit hole (it is comparable to speaker rabbit hole I believe time and cost wise)
What about you? Bica in the morning or alternatives as well?
I tested more vocal centric songs to test out of phase but it does not seems out of phase at all…i got a perfect center image of vocals…so my S12 3D effect is good not out of phase. Anyway thanks for reply.
There seems to be a problem with my unit related to the pentacon termination that happened during the trip, despite his extensive QC tests for days.
@tgx is about to send another unit to make sure I have the right experience as it seems it affected the driver. This will delay my first impressions until next week, which will also colide with me getting my Serratus and Tantalus back from a loan.
A question Nymz. There is a lot of talk about the amount of energy needed to move the EDXS. Some say that with burn (more than 80 hours) the driver “loosens up” and needs less power.
In your experience, how much do you need (in mw)…more than 120mw…more than 200mw…more than 400mw…
If it is to “loosen up” a driver, particularly Hifiman, I’d say it happens through your normal use and the change is minuscule. Yeah sure the film does loosen up, I have a HE400se myself, and the sound shifted a bit after a few days but not much. There really is no such thing about how much mw equals how many hours to acquire a certain amount of “loose” or “final form of sound”.
As other posts elsewhere point out, why does burn in (if it exists) always improve the sound? Logically it should also lead to (if break in exists) to the sound getting worse as well. That being said, no FR measurements show that break in exists, and that if anything, the changes in sound from one listening session to another are due to many possible factors including state of mind, positioning of headphone, head pad compression over time, and many other possible factors.
The Mw is apart from the burn-in. They are different things. By mw (amplifier power) I mean the power needed to make them sound at 90-95% of their capacity.
Regarding burn-in, I have experienced changes. Also non-audiophile people testing. It may be burn-in as such or pad softening but I am 100% sure that at least the Sundara, EDXS, Arya, T20rp3 and M1060 have changed for me and my sound perception.
Generally in Hifiman it is more noticeable. More noticeable bass, more detail retrieval, improved imaging (something similar happened to the Timeless). Also, as some people’s perception indicates, I notice that it sounds louder than at the beginning.