Posts by xnor

I'll give it a listen if I find some time.   Download links are in this post.

Are you sure those are just coffee splashes? :P   The best cable won't help if there's no strain relief to protect the solder joint.

Dunno if these can be disassembled and how skilled you are but you could try to re-solder the cable. There's probably no strain relief .. a cheap way to fix that is to make a knot with the cable inside the earcup so if you're pulling...

scnr,  

Quote: Originally Posted by jaycee1  LOL, I just find it so odd when people get defensive and angry in discussions about headphones. OK, so you are upset that someone disagrees with you and/or had a different...

My guess is you're using Windows with DirectSound. If the sample rates don't match the sound engine will resample it accordingly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Carpe530  It's real, but minor or not depends on your headphone. I'm more focused on the IEMs so I can only give you some idea with reference to them. I've owned a SE535 Red for more than a...

Quote: Originally Posted by jaycee1  This is a great post but my igrado's sound signature did change very noticeably after 60+ hours of burn-in. It was not a subtle difference.  How should I know? Can you...

Let's assume you have an ideal op-amp with 0 ohm output impedance. The amp designer adds 50 ohm resistors inside the amp on the outputs for whatever reason, which increase the output impedance to 50 ohms. Even if you short the outputs...

1) Some amps are just not very happy with low impedance loads. Some op-amps are for example designed to drive 600 ohms min. but that doesn't stop some people from using them to drive headphones directly. Another problem could be a...