Nope. Plugs right in and looks great too:

Oh thanks! Somehow I missed that. He also mentions that the sound is highly position dependent, which is surprising to me. Maybe if you get the driver too low something gets in the way. I know that Grell mentioned the driver is low so that it doesn't rest on your cheekbone and cause any bone...

Nice review. Are you going to review the 6SN7 Reserve though?

Yes. I was honestly surprised at the difference considering the Lyr+ is a hyrbid tube amp. Still not as good as my other non-hybrid tube amps, but noticeably better than the stock tube.

I have one in my Schiit Lyr+. Sounds great but I am experiencing issues with microphonics, especially in high gain mode. I have not run anything else in the Lyr+ except the stock tube. Definitely more tubey than stock but I'm not one to write a more extensive review. I decided to keep it. Do let...

THIS. I saw Axel Grell's presentation at CanJam SoCal 23 and this is essentially what he spent the hour covering, distilled down to a short blog post. The drivers are not positioned in front to simulate speakers in front of you. They are there because it is the optimal position for the lowest...

Drop's FR graph is off of a B&K 5128. So you'll want to find graphs off of that same rig if you want to compare. Listener's 5128 database is here: https://listener800.github.io/5128.html Here's his graph of the LCD-5: I don't see an MM-500 graph :frowning2: It looks like your point is still...

Just for giggles, I pulled Drop's published FR into WebPlotDigitizer and then uploaded it to Listener's B&K 5128 graphing tool and overlayed his (Headphones.com's?) preference bounds. NOTE: The OAE1 measurement has been compensated to 5128 DF in the above graph in order to make this comparison

The offset and angle of the driver makes no difference to the desired FR measurement. I made the same mistake thinking about the HD800S measurement but was corrected by an expert. When you think about it, the desired FR at the ear drum is the same regardless of how it is produced. I preordered...

If we agree that IEMs (and OE headphones) are minimum-phase and therefore the FR contains all of the IR information, then it seems to me that FR contains all of the information that describes how an IEM can sound. And if that is true then it follows that two IEMs with the same FR at the ear drum...

I was thinking/hoping the same thing 😎

32 Ohms There is a specifications section near the bottom of that page just above the Media Gallery.

Agreed. Luckily I briefly heard a pre-production model at CanJam SoCal 2023 and was impressed. In the video DMS mentions that they will be at this year's CanJam SoCal and Dallas. There are many things I like about this project and the product: it is designed to be durable and fixable yet...

For most headphones I would agree with everything you said. But my experience is that the HD800S are truly special on tubes. I have the HD6XX and tubes make little difference to my ears. But I didn't even like my HD800S until I tried them off of a Schiit Vali 2+. They seemed to gain a...

After a long 3 week wait, I finally got my replacement 6SN7 Reserve last week. I'm using it with the Schiit Lyr+ and returned the first one because I experienced loud microphonics in the left channel. The replacement also has microphonics, this time in the right channel, but at a much lower...