The Envy is an outstanding amplifier!
Last weekend I had the pleasure of getting a kind of private demonstration for the headphone and amplifier range at a friend, which is my hi-fi dealer, all Saturday.
The Envy effortlessly drives every headphone on the market, and really lets every connected headphone shine.
In the Meze collection, the Empyrean and Elite really do benefit extremely from this interaction in terms of sound, the 109pro to a lesser extent, probably due to its efficiency.
The complete ZMF portfolio, for example, sounds incredibly light-footed in combination with the Envy, as if they were designed for each other from the start.
And up to this point in time I had also never perceived the Susvara to be so fluid.
Incidentally, the dCS Lina was used as the DAC, it doesn’t get any better than this at the moment.
It’s a pity that I can no longer wear headphones over my cut auricle for a longer period of time, as this really causes pain.
That’s why I decided to go for a high-end in-ear solution in the future.
For me, in my situation, the 109pro is a comfortable, well-sounding short-term solution for 20-30 minutes.