Headphones thread (show us yer cans)! [2018-09]

[AndersVinberg]

I recently got Hifiman Susvara, fabulous but demanding to drive.
Discussed in detail here:

How I revised a long held belief, part 2: Chord and Hifiman

I have previously written about changing my views on the impact of a good headphone amp, and the THX AAA 789 and later the Benchmark HPA4 (with DAC3B). https://community.roonlabs.com/t/how-i-revised-a-long-held-belief/65376?u=andersvinberg But I needed to set up two rooms. I was happy with the Benchmark stack and could have replicated that, but in the interest of science I decided to try another system. Chord gets most attention for their DACs, but Rob Watts also has an interesting perspective…