I don’t see what’s wrong with what he said. I’d rather own a very expensive, low-distortion headphone with extremely good technicalities that I can EQ to my liking whenever I want, than 5 mid headphones that sound different.

In fact I’ve done this, with the time I spent with an Arya. Worked utterly wonderfully.

Not likely to, no. It might, depending on how distorted the GoXLR’s head-out is, but pretty much any clean source will do the trick.

You might get some people telling you how much sources affect the sound; It’s pure punk. Modern amps and DACs are very good, and they all do the job they’re designed to.

Unless you’re looking for esoteric stuff like R2R or Tubes, expect to hear nothing different. Unless you really expect it, then placebo and expectation bias will kick in to change things up. Hell, even a 0.5 dB volume difference can make you prefer one over the other.

TL;DR, if you have a good clean source, which is very easy to get these days, expect it to sound the same as all the other good clean sources.

Ah, fellow Ananda enjoyer. You’re doing good then, mine have lasted about four years now and still going strong.

Don’t toss them around, don’t push your finger into the diaphragm, don’t drop them, gently put them on and off your head, don’t get them wet, always put them in a place where you know they won’t get bumped or moved around roughly when not in use.

Other than that, nothing. Just be nice to them. I’ll be real, I don’t think Sennies sound very good, but you can basically play catch with them and they’d probably be fine. Planars aren’t like that.

The most honest answer is “not really, no.” Obviously tubes and R2R stuff exist, but overall, modern amps and DACs all sound the same.

Some amps will distort when pushed too hard, or even exhibit weird nonlinear behavior with very low impedance loads, so having a bit of headroom is helpful.

But this is all outlier edge cases. You likely wouldn’t run into it.

I’ve never heard of the DC03 or the DAC X6, so I can’t say if you’re running into those issues. But if you aren’t, it’s likely just in your head. Simply knowing what gear you’re listening to will affect your perception of what you’re hearing.

I have one too! I’m sad though, because the USB port is finnicky and I have to position it in a particular way to get it to play nice, so I can’t use a USB-C DAC with it or anything.

I also switched to T-Mobile so I’m having problems… I might just say fuck it and find a T-Mobile LG V60 online and buy a new one of those, lmao

None of what you described has a real, audible effect on an audio signal. It would have one on signals of a much higher frequency, such is in the mhz or ghz, but audio is not transmitted at those frequencies.

Everything you said is completely bunk when it comes to what you can hear. The ONLY time cables matter is for speaker-wire, and it is very specifically gauging of the wire based on the length of the run and impedance of the transducers themselves. Choosing the wrong gauging can cause very measurable, detectable high-frequency roll-off.

Any other situation, there is 100% no difference whatsoever.

None of what you described has a real, audible effect on an audio signal. It would have one on signals of a much higher frequency, such is in the mhz or ghz, but audio is not transmitted at those frequencies.

Everything you said is completely bunk when it comes to what you can hear. The ONLY time cables matter is for speaker-wire, and it is very specifically gauging of the wire based on the length of the run and impedance of the transducers themselves. Choosing the wrong gauging can cause very measurable, detectable high-frequency roll-off.

Any other situation, there is 100% no difference whatsoever.

What’s defective about the original A90? I’ve had mine for a little over 3 years and it’s okay, now you have me worried, lol