Hello to everyone...I am new here... Belgian male painting artist living in the Black Forest in Germany.... Have been reading through a lot of postings here lately. Very refreshing! And of course some questions arose... My headphone listening setup at the moment: Macbook Pro (or sometimes tube cd player) - Concero HP - Violectric V200 - ATH-W3000ANV + decent cabling. Ears are still in reasonable good shape. Finished Philips Golden Ears training relatively easy.Music preferences: Indian Classical, Acoustic, some World, New Age (not the dentist waiting room stuff), Jazz and Classical. Mostly slow paced, even though such things as tablas and sitars can be tricky and I like good dynamics...Guess twice what I would like to change: the V200 amplifier, it just doesn´t do much except making the sound thicker. A Resonnecense Herus+ by itself actually sounds different but as good, but with some hiss (ATH-W3000ANV seems quite sensitive to hiss)Now that Liquid Carbon is teasing me... but:1) Concero = SE (should be not so bad from what I read)2) Headphones are SE (with such a beautiful wooden-golden jack! Hard to cut that off...) The ATH-W3000ANV doesn´t need much power at all, but why pay for all the balanced goodies and than not use them....3) Shipping costs + import duties make the Liquid Carbon quite a bit more expensive to get hereSo, does this make sense? Would it be a substantial upgrade? Are there any better alternatives? I don´t mind buying used (luckily I got the V200 used for a good price, so I won´t loose money there).(Other amps which are luring are the Svetlana 3 (Korean tube amplifier) or the new to be released Unison Research Simply SH. These are quite a bit more expensive, and I would have to save up even longer, but I generally do like tubes actually...).I would be happy with any feedback / comment / suggestion!thanks...
Is this new offering silent with sensitive phones like ciems?
Hello to everyone...I am new here... Belgian male painting artist living in the Black Forest in Germany.... Have been reading through a lot of postings here lately. Very refreshing! And of course some questions arose... My headphone listening setup at the moment: Macbook Pro (or sometimes tube cd player) - Concero HP - Violectric V200 - ATH-W3000ANV + decent cabling. Ears are still in reasonable good shape. Finished Philips Golden Ears training relatively easy.Guess twice what I would like to change: the V200 amplifier, it just doesn´t do much except making the sound thicker. A Resonnecense Herus+ by itself actually sounds different but as good, but with some hiss (ATH-W3000ANV seems quite sensitive to hiss)Now that Liquid Carbon is teasing me... but:1) Concero = SE (should be not so bad from what I read)2) Headphones are SE (with such a beautiful wooden-golden jack! Hard to cut that off...) The ATH-W3000ANV doesn´t need much power at all, but why pay for all the balanced goodies and than not use them....3) Shipping costs + import duties make the Liquid Carbon quite a bit more expensive to get hereI would be happy with any feedback / comment / suggestion!thanks...
On your side of the woods, maybe CORDA Classic: http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-online.de/amplifiers.htmGood x-feed implementation too. We don't see the Meier stuff here in the USA anymore, but last time I heard the Corda, I liked it quite a bit. The -2db gain factor on the low setting should do help a lot with the super sensitivity of the W3000.
The Classic offer a better implementation of crossfeed and a Tonal balance settting. That could matter for you
The Corda Jazz sounds interesting. That would make for a nice small setup next to a notebook. But I did read the volume might be hard to adjust with sensitive phones (too little travel). Anybody has first hand experience?
