My m920 has arrived in my hand. Thanks Massdrop. (It took 7 days...)
Still a short period of time,I was compared with the m9xx.
Not proportional to the difference between the price but, m920 at all is better than m9xx.
M920 is no sound colored in neutral as well m9xx, this is a product of Grace Design.
Sound stage space, focus, clarity, is better than m9xx. and the background is very darker and darker than m9xx. I can not be measured, but noise floor is very low. may be.
I think Sound quality improvement and growth of the ultra-bass by AC power supply and a larger transformer.
Exterior of the quality of the m920 is great. This is commensurate with the price difference.
Enclosure is small but Hefty, it seems of the precious metal.
After that, I worry because the top plate is very hot .
Is m920 not a class A amplifier?
Tomasz2D>So both m9xx and m920 have similar sound signature just m920 a bit better?
Yes. I feel so.
m9xx is a good product, but it is the category of USB DAC/AMP.
m920 is desktop (or rack-mounted) product that using a large toroidal transformer.
Bass of the m920 is deeper than m9xx, and treble of m920 will feel silky than m9xx.
But there is no difference of as well 3x price.
GraceDesignLovehow did u install? Literally I just plug it in and its works... for m9xx, sometimes I need to adjust the sound by scrolling mouse on right bottom corner of the windows, seems I can only adjust from knob from m920 only, I assume because m920 takes over all the time while m9xx isnt ?
Jas260Since the OS such as windows does not put out a sound only from one of the sound device, m9xx, m920 was using to switch exclusively to each other.
GraceDesignLoveno joke, I paid $458 additional for it. and I dont have a choice, as if i dont declear it, 2 days later custom will charge me storgae fees daily...
Jas260Long time no see.
Enjoying the m920? :)
>r u gonna buy hd6xx coming up?
Perhaps. ...But, it is impossible because the person who requests has exceeded 10,000 people.
GraceDesignLoveI think its better than 9xx, clearly the difference is not as much as price.
Be honest I have really compare it yet, once I had the unit, I just simple put 9xx away and use 920.
Since there are more than 10,000 people requested, I am sure they have more than enough unit spare to sell. at least 5k units for this time.
I have hd 800, hd 650, k812, k701, k702, pandor vi and two version of th x00 etc, but still tempted by hd 6xx, even i knew it is not close to 800 and 812.
Jas260You have all these headphone! I envy you.
I use a beyerdynamic DT1770Pro(be crazy about) and ULTRASONE 900Pro and B&W P7.
I use only closedback headphone because it does not put out the sound around.
So, hd6xx will want but sound leakage is anxiety.
GraceDesignLoveI think with limited budget, I more prefered to upgarde headphone than dac & amp.
When you listen lossless files, good headphone with shit dac and amp still perform better than a average headphone with good dac & amp.
Even with mid tier dac &, those top headphone wont perform 100%, yet still better than mid class headphone with a good amp dac.
GraceDesignLovenow u have a decent dac & amp, so you can upgrade your headphones :)
I knew, but I recently compared closed headphone with open, there are so much that open headphone can offer while closed is not even close.
Still a short period of time,I was compared with the m9xx. Not proportional to the difference between the price but, m920 at all is better than m9xx.
M920 is no sound colored in neutral as well m9xx, this is a product of Grace Design. Sound stage space, focus, clarity, is better than m9xx. and the background is very darker and darker than m9xx. I can not be measured, but noise floor is very low. may be.
I think Sound quality improvement and growth of the ultra-bass by AC power supply and a larger transformer.
Exterior of the quality of the m920 is great. This is commensurate with the price difference. Enclosure is small but Hefty, it seems of the precious metal.
After that, I worry because the top plate is very hot . Is m920 not a class A amplifier?