I have the Sennheiser HD600, Neumann NDH-30, Audeze LCD-X.

I use these with my SSL2 hp out, and with Qudelix 5K.

I spoke to someone about my impressions and his first question was: which dac/amp? and when I told, he just winked.

So my question is: is the difference this obvious with a more expensive dac/amp combo? Should I spend another 6-800 euro to get one? Do your headphones open up/perform that much better?

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    1 year ago

    Why would I blind test? If I am not biased at the beginning and the differences are obvious as can be why wouldnt I just trust my ears?

    Blind testing doesn’t mitigate only conscious biases, but subconscious ones as well. Simply saying “I’m not biased” is insufficient; otherwise there would be no point in double blind experiments.