Indeed power conditioning could be a factor too.

Following the review process of Envy by ConvinceMeAudio which is still in progress I keep wondering about the conclusions Koji and few others guys who tried his unit made so far. „Grain“ / „lack of clarity“ and lower resolution than amps like Red October but even the cheaper Cayin Ha-300b are...

Could be the Shangri La Mini that soft debuted in Munich couple of weeks ago. A banger for the price that was mentioned to the guests. I preferred it to Bravura.

Give them 150-200h. They open up a lot with burn in. If you need even more mids sweetness add Brimars D-Getter drivers or Sylvania 6sn7w But honestly We300b is peak mid focused 300b outthere, it wont get better than that. And yeah, remember to register for 5y warranty in the first week after...

This IEMs second hand price is around 2.7-3,2k :]

Very different headphones though :)

Which one?

Immanis is great, Ideally I would want to own both, but after plenty of listening sessions with Envy and Envy AE in Munich last week and already having Susvara I dont feel like I miss much and rather invest in the chain to further push Susvara to the limits than investing almost 10 grand in...

If anyone has access to both to A/B curious to read how it compares to May, stage width, depth, dynamics and slam.

yeah I think ha-300mk2 is rather similar to Envy, Envy seem to bring bit more solid state technicalities to the table, cayin is bit more tubier with its rectifiers. If slam is what you are going for wandla with those two hps is probably some of the best setups you can get sub 20k. You might...

Love mine with Envy, yet to find anything that can match it tonality and technicalities aside of 30k Aperio :) Though might want a different dac one day, when I grow up and become very rich lol In all seriousness Munich Highend fair last week was quite an eye opening experience, it became...

You might get more slam out of May than Wandla trowing in HQP with a very specific filter on a powerful pc... maybe and you might sacrifice other qualities of May doing sso. If you find Wandla lacking slam (it has a lot imho), the only upgrades I can think off is Chord Dave and Wavedream...

You are in for a ride. Replacing the driver tubes will be the next big jump. Remember to register your WE300b for extended warranty =)

Just tried with Verite Open and Atrium - zero hum.

Trying right now with Susvara - when no music is playing, its like the amp is off, its dead silent. The background remains pitch black when the music plays. Changing gain doesnt affect it in any way.

Will let you know tomorrow. But really those might the tubes? Do you have any sources interference near your amp? Like phones? Since that was the only time I had slight hum on high gain with Envy. Really doubt there is any meaningful difference between OG and PE tbh

My PE with We300b + Brimars is dead silent no matter the gain setting. Got Brimars with "holy grail" d-getter and grey plates last week. still burning in ( around 100h now) best driver pair I had with WE300b so far. Highly detailed, dynamic, holographic and slightly warm. I usually have buyers...

Havent heard Utopia with Envy, only with Bliss, Burson Soloist, Ha-3a and daps like dx320 max. The depth is there and the layering is alright. But the left right width is very low, compared to stuff like Caldera, Verite Open and even closed backs like Atrium Closed. Not to speak of current...

Thats true, I am aware. Was doing my testing with Orr and Bliss alongside with Envy.

Yep I did. Midrange is where the music happens for me to be fairly honest, what you describe as dry is likely to be the digitalness that I perceive. If you can hear a wide and deep stage on Utopia, we definitly have a very different perceptions of audio to beginn with :)

Really cant second this. Guess we must have very different ears / rest of the chain / headphones / library. I suspect the differences in stage are not as apparent on Utopia (which barely has any stage to beginn with) and on Abyss (which has a giant and deep stage and doesnt need much "help" from...

Its a great dac that sounds much more like Chord Daves little brother to me with hypsos, which is pretty great on its own, especially in that form factor and for that price. But I wouldn’t compare it to R2R stuff, its a very different tonality imho (this includes r2r advantages and...

I mean can you compare Envy OG vs Envy AE A/B? If so, I am very curious about your report. Since you are talking about AE being a huge step up over OG. To be honest, I couldn't hear that step up in show environment in Munich, even preferred OG PE with Fullmusic tubes to AE with Elrogs with...

Yep everyone has his/her own preferences and everyone has different usecases, Wandla filters are very convinient. Still if you like tinkering with sound, you will have far more "features" with an R2R nos capable dac and a modern PC, if you are ready to dive into HQP. Thats where stuff like...

Immanis is more holographic 3d than Susvara. The stage reminded me somewhat of Verite Open but grander and with far better layering. In addition to that the sound is "manifesting" not from the driver like its the case with plannars and dynamic driver headphones but in just in the space, you cant...