Questyle CMA18 Portable Review | The Best Portable for Headphones?

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 30

  • @theodorezurla496
    @theodorezurla496 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Shout out to Steve rocking the ZMF shirt !! Much respect :) love my atrium

  • @radiofreealbemuth
    @radiofreealbemuth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that it can be used as an amplifier like the topping g5 makes it very appealing

  • @joshuastephens3926
    @joshuastephens3926 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So I heard him talk about the hissing and such with sensitive iems. Earlier in the video he talks about putting it to max volume and adjusting via your connected device. I’m wondering if that might be the cause for that interference. I usually max my phone and use my dac to adjust the volume to my liking. I’m not hearing any hiss with my hype 4. I would definitely say, play around with it.

  • @steelbiker70
    @steelbiker70 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Would love to see this kind of product from hiby like a fc8. I do own the fc6 and would really admire a stronger and more refined version.

  • @forsakenedzero
    @forsakenedzero 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    with the hissing you observed would then not recommend it much for iem use mainly?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, I definitely would not recommend for IEMs with impedance under 32ohm. Higher impedance IEMs like Kinera Nanna 2.0 sounded good to me.

  • @Rezzzn0r
    @Rezzzn0r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for comparing it to Mojo2 ❤

  • @aryankhan1985
    @aryankhan1985 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waiting for Noble audio XM-1 IEM review.

  • @ArefinGamingandWork
    @ArefinGamingandWork 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    in terms of price to performance ratio would you prefer this over cayin ru7 for easy to drive headphones?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      RU7 is a little more "bang for your buck" but CMA18 is definitely stronger in terms of performance and sound quality.

  • @cheddaslice5332
    @cheddaslice5332 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I rock my Dali io12s and Hifiman HE1000SE with my Questyle M15. Is it worth upgrading to the CMA18?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      CMA18 Portable will definitely be an upgrade for the HE1000SE. You're going to get both more detail and dynamics out of it with the 18 over the 15.

    • @cheddaslice5332
      @cheddaslice5332 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BloomAudio Thank you 😊

    • @joggometer5393
      @joggometer5393 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Cannot speak of M15 but M15i. Should sound roughly the same I guess.
      Biggest difference between M15i and 18p is soundstage size. With M15i soundstage is cohesive and likeable, voices are slightly forward in the mix and I feel like the midbass is bumped up.
      Switching to 18p you get a much wider and also deeper sound field. More holographic. Naturally there is more space to place layers of the frequency range in it, so instruments, voices, all sound more distinct and not as melted as it is listening with M15i. Detail rendering goes up a step too.
      I feel subbass and midbass is more evenly weighted than m15, but still feels slightly boosted, for me this is good. Or it is due to the cma amplification, could also be the case.
      In the mids 18p doesn't sound as forward as M15i but still lovely and not dry or thin at all!
      Treble is more extended, sounds clearer. In comparison M15i sounds slightly veiled.
      At the end it's all about synergy with the used gear (headphone, iem).
      For what it's worth I really like IBasso DC Elite with my Meze Audio Elite headphones.
      M15i sounds lovely with my ZMF Vérité - but so does the 18p.
      I'm still on the fence with the mojo 2. It sounds great but sometimes to fatiguing, a little to sterile and sometimes a little too "bloomy" to my ears. I feel like notes often get this rounded character which can sound really good but also the other way around.

    • @ryanscanlan9875
      @ryanscanlan9875 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joggometer5393how would you say the cma18 compares to the dc elite?

  • @syanhc
    @syanhc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So it’s recommended for full sized cans rather than iems?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, I'd recommend just sticking with the M15i for IEMs in most cases. CMA18 does sound better, but the background noise is going to be an issue, especially for classical music.

    • @syanhc
      @syanhc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BloomAudio perfect.

  • @nicholaskahoun9563
    @nicholaskahoun9563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s finally here! 😅

  • @masterazlan6999
    @masterazlan6999 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Told u, iem indeed the most sensitives transducers currently.. Peace!
    Btw how's bout Muse m4.. it has aesthetics match indeed.. Peace2!

  • @sleepyrhythms6668
    @sleepyrhythms6668 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ZMF 4 LIFE

  • @iveritnet
    @iveritnet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sidetone with the interface as a headset?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't think that it supports Sidetone or anything similar for connected headphones.

  • @ReverendDr.Thomas
    @ReverendDr.Thomas 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    SHABBAT SHALOM! 🕎
    HAPPY SABBATH! ✡️

  • @WRedblack
    @WRedblack 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so mojo 2 > cma18p > griffin?

    • @BloomAudio
      @BloomAudio  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In terms of pure sound quality, yes, I'd say that's accurate.

    • @eboboboy
      @eboboboy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BloomAudio, I think Mojo 2 also has more beautiful musicality.
      I don't know how, but it sounds different from other DACs.

    • @mariorock76
      @mariorock76 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The Mojo is excellent but it lacks detail with the planar headphones a little greedy. I have the Mojo 2 and the CMA 18 and the CMA 18 is better with my Dan Clark E3 headphones. A better details in instruments like the piano, guitar, violin etc... For the soundstage and the three-dimensional it is quite equivalent but I feel a better balance with the CMA 18. It is more powerful than Mojo 2 with 1 watt output and 5 watt peak. That's what makes the difference imo.It's a question of synergy between two devices because normally the Mojo 2 is excellent.

  • @aRc11-11
    @aRc11-11 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's a swing and a miss (IMO).

    • @mariorock76
      @mariorock76 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What is a missed shot is a comment without any explanation...Can you tell us why..?