I have the vm-1a and love it but so reason the zahl shouldn't be excellent as well...makes no sense

everything seems spot on except the volume he listens at..63db....man you must have hearing like a bat

I have both, the charybdis is a terrific HP

I was at canjam when the susvara was introduced..when I said rather incredulously to the developer ...6000????...he replied just listen to them...I did and have owned 2 pairs and I have literally rediscovered them since I got my envy with upgraded tubes

funny you should say that satan seems to take many forms of woman because I could swear I married and divorced satan as well

actually I think the new offering is a bit easier to drive

there is a large contingent of people who revel in being reverse snobs...mocking and looking their nose down at anything that costs more than a few hundred dollars...take 10 minutes and look at the ASR website...it is kind of strange to be honest...these people will swear all DAC's and amps...

I agree, it is better than all to me other than the susvara and abyss 1266 in the planar world...to me they are in the class of a caldera with a bigger soundstage...to me a fair bit better than the utopia 22..lcd-5 and expanse and stealth...the RAAL offerings are ribbons and different so I wont...

10 yrs from now people will be asking when can the susvara be improved upon....

it would need the converter which certainly isnt portable plus I doubt a DAP would drive it properly even with the converter

interesting I bought the formula s/powerman combo years ago and used it and loved it with the abyss 1266 and thought it simply wasnt up to driving the susvara so I cant disagree with your view...the susvara needs a great chain although I think the forula s combo is top notch although not quite...

I must say reviews like this to me are comical...I own both the susvara and 1266 and love them both..the 1266 is a great HP,one of a kind IMHO and there tons of reviewers and people who love it...a review like this is so extreme as to render is useless IMHO..if he said he liked a different sound...

true regarding the 1266 but in general I have noticed that wider soundstages tend not to accentuate bass unless it is specially tuned to

at the moment I am enamored with the dave/blu2/envy combo with caldera

I think the wider soundstage tends to disperse the impact of the bass somewhat...at least that was the way I heard it but both have very impactful bass