Morning Chings,
Recently i've bought i5 as my DAP and Phatlab Sassy Tube Amp as my setup
when im using this setup with my IE800
i felt that background noise is quite obvious
i forgot which lineout cable im using, will update it when i got back home...
but any recommandation on how to reduce noise? or if i can do anything to it?
I am also using few portable tube amps ALO CDM, Fostex HP-V1 and THA-8. They all have background noise, though ALO CDM's is not significant. It seems that background noise of portable tube amps are inevitable. However a less sensitive IEM or headphone with higher impedance would help a bit by sacrificing sound pressure.
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