linntroika
pfm Member
My current system is HD800s ifi ican pro and mk1 mojo . It boogies along nicely and i really like it , however lately ive been listening to headphones quite a bit and am contemplating changing the Sennheiser or the Dac to see what improvements i would gain
I love what the HD800s do ,just lack slightly in the bass extension . I was talking to a friend in work who has agreed to lend me his Audeze LCD xc and hugo 2 to see what i think of them in my system
Last Sunday night they arrived so i sat down for a very long good listen and i was quite surprised with the results
Im not going to do a long review but this is what my experience was like
Audeze - hmmm - honestly did like them one bit , way too heavy and to be honest not a huge difference in the bass department , sounded more compressed than the Sennheiser and the most annoying aspect was the highs - just didnt sound sweet at all and didnt do it for me at all
Tried them on mojo and hugo 2 as stand alone and yes the hugo was much better .The Sennheiser sounded pretty good on the hugo 2 but the little mojo just couldnt get the most out of them
Attaching the Ifi to the hugo is alot more revealing with better separation and a punchier bass . The big surprise here was just how much better balanced cables are over the single cable - big difference using both sets of headphones
The Audeze sounded better on solid state amplification and the Sennheiser sounds lush on the tubes
After listening for hours both dacs sounded better through the headphone amp
Im happy i got the chance to demo these items and yes i will admit the hugo is a far more revealing dac and does better the little Mojo in every area , however the Mojo has a boogie factor , its really hard to explain but its just soo appealing and the more i listen to it i think i actually prefer the Mojo
So there we have it , i just dont think spending all that extra money justifies it , but i wouldnt mind hearing the Mojo 2
I love what the HD800s do ,just lack slightly in the bass extension . I was talking to a friend in work who has agreed to lend me his Audeze LCD xc and hugo 2 to see what i think of them in my system
Last Sunday night they arrived so i sat down for a very long good listen and i was quite surprised with the results
Im not going to do a long review but this is what my experience was like
Audeze - hmmm - honestly did like them one bit , way too heavy and to be honest not a huge difference in the bass department , sounded more compressed than the Sennheiser and the most annoying aspect was the highs - just didnt sound sweet at all and didnt do it for me at all
Tried them on mojo and hugo 2 as stand alone and yes the hugo was much better .The Sennheiser sounded pretty good on the hugo 2 but the little mojo just couldnt get the most out of them
Attaching the Ifi to the hugo is alot more revealing with better separation and a punchier bass . The big surprise here was just how much better balanced cables are over the single cable - big difference using both sets of headphones
The Audeze sounded better on solid state amplification and the Sennheiser sounds lush on the tubes
After listening for hours both dacs sounded better through the headphone amp
Im happy i got the chance to demo these items and yes i will admit the hugo is a far more revealing dac and does better the little Mojo in every area , however the Mojo has a boogie factor , its really hard to explain but its just soo appealing and the more i listen to it i think i actually prefer the Mojo
So there we have it , i just dont think spending all that extra money justifies it , but i wouldnt mind hearing the Mojo 2