"You are obsessed with headphones" my wife says. And she is right.
Since the WiiM is only in use with different headphone-amps/dacs I am playing around. Today it was kind of a cheap(est) trick. Reason is simply that most of the headphone sections in affordable integrated amps are waste of the socket.
A Pro-Ject HeadBox S2 was here and I first picked the RCA out from the WiiM to the RCA in of the S2. Partnered with a Beyerdynamic 990 it was already simply brilliant.
Next instead the WiiM's internal DAC the cheap SMSL C100 into the S2. No listenable (as always: for my ears!) difference. I felt in fact a little advantage for the internal. Again with the 990.
Last try replacing the C100 with the Cambridge Dacmagic M200. Even with this 600 € DAC the difference to WiiM's internal dac is extremely small (and for me not worth the price difference in such a setup). No difference also when using the headphone socket of the DAC. With the 990 again. For me another proof that the internal is much better than often asserted.
If one likes listening with (different) headphones and accepts it as a totally different listening than that with speakers, adding the S2 (140 €) could be great fun. May be a reason for a second Pro. But of course one can loop in the S2 between the WiiM and an amp.
Since the WiiM is only in use with different headphone-amps/dacs I am playing around. Today it was kind of a cheap(est) trick. Reason is simply that most of the headphone sections in affordable integrated amps are waste of the socket.
A Pro-Ject HeadBox S2 was here and I first picked the RCA out from the WiiM to the RCA in of the S2. Partnered with a Beyerdynamic 990 it was already simply brilliant.
Next instead the WiiM's internal DAC the cheap SMSL C100 into the S2. No listenable (as always: for my ears!) difference. I felt in fact a little advantage for the internal. Again with the 990.
Last try replacing the C100 with the Cambridge Dacmagic M200. Even with this 600 € DAC the difference to WiiM's internal dac is extremely small (and for me not worth the price difference in such a setup). No difference also when using the headphone socket of the DAC. With the 990 again. For me another proof that the internal is much better than often asserted.
If one likes listening with (different) headphones and accepts it as a totally different listening than that with speakers, adding the S2 (140 €) could be great fun. May be a reason for a second Pro. But of course one can loop in the S2 between the WiiM and an amp.
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