Yeah I don’t mind missing the extra features. I think that looking at the enog, the only issue I see is that the OCD in me would go lose it with having things plugged into the front and back at the same time. Kinda wish everything was in the back. I may just tuck it under my desk or something. But thanks! I’ll look into both (of course the su-8 had to be on massdrop right now lol).
Would I get a pretty good improvement in sound/value moving closer to the 500 dollar range?
I won’t get into specifics right now, but wow just wow. This little amp makes all the difference on my clears. I’m currently outputting from the dac in my Monolith THX 788 and it sounds great, a noticeable difference over the 788 alone. Also listened briefly with my pair of 58x and it sounded very good. Can’t wait for the ENOG2pro to get here later this week.
Initial thoughts, The song so far that has shown me the refinement is Spanish Harlem by Rebecca Pidgeon.
Vocals aside there is a shaker in the background that sounds more like one of those plastic hand clappers on the THX, on the RNHP it sounds actually wooden and hollow.
Around 2:00 minutes there is a piano, it sounds like a Casio keyboard on the THX vs an actual piano in the RNHP. I took piano lessons as a kid and I defiantly know what one sounds like. The RNHP hands down sound more realistic when compared to the THX
Yeah lol, personally I think the rnhp is an upgrade in every aspect except power over thx (now you might see why I push it a bit especially with the clears or other higher end headphones lol). That amp imo is a good example of neutral accuracy but still natural sound imo
Next song is Maiden Voyage by Leny Andrade. The cymbals around 33 seconds sound worlds more refined on the RNHP vs the THX. The RNHP sounds extremely resolving and buttery smooth at the same time. The THX has a harsher , sharpness and is about 65- 70% as resolving.
There is a difference for sure. I’m about to try other headphones
I can tell a minor difference with the Hifiman HE4XX the Beyerdynamic DT880 sound pretty magical on the RNHP. Partly due to the bottom end bump along with the finesse the RNHP has
Grado sounds noticeably better on the RNHP as well. The RNHP isn’t as bright sounding as the THX.
I think I can explain the amps this way.
The RNHP is like a really well-cooked steak, it’s perfect the way it is.
The THX 888 is like having that same steak delivered and before you bite into it the server just starts shaking a ton of seasoning on it.
The THX processing is super obvious with A/B testing. Everything has extra sparkle it’s like the music went to the Oprah show and she just started giving out extra sparkle.
“YOU GET SOME SPARKLE, YOU SET SOME SPARKLE, EVERYONE GETS SPARKLE”