Donald North Audio (DNA)

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See relevant posts below.

@M17XR2B

1.8W in 50Ω, Susvara might be out of reach otherwise I haven’t met a headphone it can’t drive including the HE6se, Abyss 1266, HEDD.

@Polygonhell

DNA Stratus >> Pendant for Planars - My general preference here is Low Gain, Low Impedance, SE Out, which has the lowest output impedance, can’t comment on the Starlett, since I haven’t heard one, but Donald made the distinction to me when I ordered my Stratus, that the big difference was with more difficult to drive planars.

Even the Stratus doesn’t have enough power to drive the really hard to drive planars well, specifically it’ll get the Susvara loud enough, but it sounds just OK when doing so (but the Susvara’s are a lot harder to drive than most planars).