Sound Quality NH900 vs RH1?

[schugh]

Hello,

I was thinking of purchasing the RH1, and I already have the 1st gen NH900.

For those that might have experience, I am interested in sound quality and was wondering if there a difference in sound quality and is it enough to maybe justify the expenditure?

I don't care about MP3 playback. For the most part I just normally rip my newly purchased CD as PCM onto the minidisc so I can listen to them at the office. At the office I will be using my newly bought Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro or the Shure E500 and the Headroom Micro Amp.

I would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,

-- Sanjay

[smkranz]

Hello,

I was thinking of purchasing the RH1, and I already have the 1st gen NH900.

For those that might have experience, I am interested in sound quality and was wondering if there a difference in sound quality and is it enough to maybe justify the expenditure?

I don't care about MP3 playback. For the most part I just normally rip my newly purchased CD as PCM onto the minidisc so I can listen to them at the office. At the office I will be using my newly bought Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro or the Shure E500 and the Headroom Micro Amp.

I would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,

-- Sanjay

I have both machines. I haven't done a lot of comparison, but I have tried a casual side-by-side playback comparison of a Hi-MD of CD's downloaded onto disc with the NH900. To my non-technical ears they really, really sounded essentially the same, with maybe a slight edge to the RH1 in bass. I did the comparison using my Sure E3C canal phones, which are a little thin in bass response, and the RH1 just seemed to give it a smidge more bass.