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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #340 on: April 03, 2015, 02:23:05 AM »

You should be very pleased with Rag!
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #341 on: April 03, 2015, 02:48:25 AM »

Bass is overall leaner and cleaner on the rag with HD800 compared to Mojo, but highs are more refined. Add resistor in series with HD800 if you want more bass.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #342 on: April 03, 2015, 02:56:49 AM »

The MJ's bass rendition is my favourite aspect of its presentation. I love the weight and impact of it. My least favourite aspect is the shape of the soundstage. There's good space in terms of width but that often serves to accentuate the compressed centre stage. I want more space out front, or a greater sense of depth. The impressions I've read points to the Ragnarok addressing this minor gripe.


Have you guys heard the Rag driving Kef LS50's?
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #343 on: April 03, 2015, 04:13:11 PM »

The MJ's bass rendition is my favourite aspect of its presentation. I love the weight and impact of it. My least favourite aspect is the shape of the soundstage. There's good space in terms of width but that often serves to accentuate the compressed centre stage. I want more space out front, or a greater sense of depth. The impressions I've read points to the Ragnarok addressing this minor gripe.


Have you guys heard the Rag driving Kef LS50's?

I haven't personally heard it, but someone over on HF was raving about it a few months ago.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #344 on: April 06, 2015, 06:33:42 AM »

I heard the Cavalli Liquid Glass at the SoCal CanJam and I loved how it paired with the HD800 (I'm guessing those were stock tubes?). I'm now wanting a tubey sound but I'm wanting to just stick my toe in the water instead of going for a $3-4k model. I have the Schiit Vali, but I find it to be lacking in the the amount of power and slam and sound compared to the Glass.  I also have a Rag, but I find that it really doesn't fill out the low end the way the Glass did. I think I've fallen in love with the tubey sound. Any recommendations in the $300-700 price range? Or is that just nearly impossible?
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #345 on: April 06, 2015, 07:15:03 AM »

Doc:

Check out the Valhalla 2, The BH Crack with speedball and Project Ember in that price range.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #346 on: April 06, 2015, 07:18:39 AM »

You can also try adding resistance in the signal path to your Rag like Marv has suggested in the past.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #347 on: April 06, 2015, 07:56:16 AM »

You can also try adding resistance in the signal path to your Rag like Marv has suggested in the past.
As a software guy and not so much of a hardware guy, I'd love to try this, but I wouldn't know the first thing about how to set this up. And from googling, there aren't really any 4-pin impedance adapters prebuilt that I can find, but it is a tough thing to google for. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #348 on: April 06, 2015, 09:17:38 AM »

It is very easy to make yourself and a good way to learn a new skill like soldering. Get the proper tools, like a soldering iron with a small standard or a station, wirestrippers and a decent multimeter. Then you get some 3 strand or 2 strand with a shield cable, a stereo trs jack and counter trs jack(neutrik is good) which you can plug your headphones into and some resistors of various values, like 20/40/60/80/100/120 ohms. Make sure to get more then 2 of each resistor, 5 or 6 should do imo. Since there are always variances between them, you can use your multimeter to see which ones match each other. You need one for the left and one for the right channel.

Connect them in series with the signal wires so inside the plug you solder one resistor to the tab that connects to the tip and then the wire to the other end of the resistor. You do the same for the first ring after the tip and then you connect the third wire(or shield) which is ground straight to the shell. You do the same on the other end of the cable on the counter plug. Make sure there are no shorts between left/right and ground by using your meter and you should be good to go. You can try the various resistors to tune the bass to you liking, the higher the resistance the more bass you get.

Good luck!

Edit: Just saw you wanted a 4 pin, same deal only connect a resistor to 3 which is Right, and the ground from right to 4 and the resistor for left goes to 1 and the right ground goes to 2. For this you should you use 4 wire cable.
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Re: Best Amps for Sennheiser HD800
« Reply #349 on: April 06, 2015, 04:34:45 PM »

Or you can get the Hifiman HE-adapter prebuilt for $99 if you really don't want to make one yourself.

I'm a DIY guy, but going down that path is a bit of a dark side of the hobby. Oh yeah sure you start off with just a soldering iron and a few tools. Then you start accumulating parts and projects and it begins to take over a corner of the basement. What should have been a $30 project winds up with... a lot more than $30 at the end of the day.
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