In Reply to: RE: Raal SR1a Ribbon Headphones posted by sisterray on April 25, 2020 at 18:19:58:
is definitely needed for Raal SR1a. Raal recommends a 100 watt speaker amp with the adapter box, but I would recommend the $799 Schiit Jotunheim R direct drive amp, which was designed to drive the Raal's 0.2 Ohm impedance directly and sounds superb.
I can't really decide what I prefer because they all sound very different from each other, so I rotate among Raal SR1a, Abyss 1266 Phi TC, and Stax SR009...
P.S. The Jotunheim R is a better deal than people realize, because it can drive the Abyss 1266 well via DIY/special 4-pin XLR female-to-female adapter (with baffle step correction turned off on Jot R).
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Follow Ups
- Special amplification - Jon L 15:48:55 04/26/20 (5)
- Raal vs Stax - Budrew 08:34:33 05/03/20 (4)
- RE: Raal vs Stax - Jon L 13:45:30 05/06/20 (3)
- RE: Raal vs Stax - Budrew 19:52:19 05/11/20 (2)
- Congrats! Now try the Meze Empyrean off of Jotunheim R - Jon L 21:21:47 05/11/20 (1)
- RE: Congrats! Now try the Meze Empyrean off of Jotunheim R - Blueoris 20:26:06 09/26/20 (0)