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Best praise vs top criticism for Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Noire
“Since, remarkably, no one has clarified for you - These are Aeon 2 Closed - a neutral bright planar headphone from DCA; the dacamp is a Chord Hugo 2 (a neutral warm R2R dac and amp with punchier rounder bass response than most). Very nice portable setup - just fine to get the "full experience" away from home Without reading any further in what I'm sure is a dreadful thread overall, any hate op is getting likely comes from the idea of taking that much money into a cafe - The Hugo 2 sells for 2200 usd (1900 euro) on it's own.... and then they have the 2Go (a wireless streaming module for it) connected, which is another 1500 usd / 1300 euro) and then the headphones with are another 800 usd/ \~700 euro. Sitting in a cafe with \~4500usd / 3700 eur worth of audiophile toys is not a particularly good idea anywhere in my experiences- and it's a bit douchey to make a flex post about it but to each their own.”
“My Dan Clark Aeon have horrible sensitivity, 78db/mw. So there are plenty of high end headphones that require a strong amp, especially if you boost the bass and have negative pre-amp value. I currently use a Topping A70 Pro and it can take the full 10v at 12ohm that it delivers.”
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