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TheMisterTango t1_ixyu1he wrote

Reply to comment by SennMassa in What does it mean to properly “power” a headphone? by soldkeyboard57

What headphones? I tried my sundaras plugged into my phone and I couldn’t really tell a difference between the phone and my amp apart from not getting quite as loud as I’d like.

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mtndewritos t1_ixyvnbr wrote

My R70x sounds thin and piercing on my laptop. It gets loud, don't get me wrong. But the louder it gets the more piercing it become. On my Topping DX1 or LG V60 the R70x sounds like it should be, neutral-warm with a relaxed treble.

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Floofernutterfox t1_iy08drk wrote

Just got the R70x. Have to say it's a great sounding headphone. Definitely a difference listening on my Schiit stack vs my Sonata HD. Also the Sonata was actually getting warm driving them, that can't be good.

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mtndewritos t1_iy1ryeh wrote

Awesome, enjoy your pair! They really are underrated. It doesn't help that most reviewers out there prefer to rec the Sundaras or even the 6xx' over the R70X'.

>Definitely a difference listening on my Schiit stack vs my Sonata HD.

What difference did you hear? I'm curious.

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Floofernutterfox t1_iy31bb7 wrote

The Sonata really seemed to be struggling with heavy bass. It sounded like there was distortion and that along with the dongle getting warm was enough for me to stop using it pretty quickly. I have not noticed this behavior on my ksc75s or he4xx.

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scrappyuino678 t1_ixz4ekq wrote

My Diokos when plugged into my phone sounds like it has half the subbass it should've had as well as not having the same sense of airyness or soundstage I get when plugged into my moondrop dawn dongle. Sure it is at an listenable volume when plugged into my phone but my Chus literally sound better than the Diokos without the DAC dongle

Granted my phone is a 2018 Xiaomi so the hardware certainly isn't the best, but I'd recommend OP to go to a local audio shop and try out how does his headphones sound like with an amp first, if it still sounds the same to him then his source is good enough

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