Simon Patten's latest activity
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SRME clearly stated somewhere that any "better" PSUs will not improve sound quality of their DACs at all. They even said in their forum...
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SAs I mentioned before the ADI-2 is a well balanced package and the perceived difference to the V222 is small, the limiting factor is...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.I agree. It's a remarkably competent device that does more than I'll ever need but it's good to know that whatever I throw at it, it can...
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SVery true, there are sonic improvements but as the price goes up there will be diminishing returns with the investment. The RME ADI-2...
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SYou need to double check what model you have. Sounds like you have the RME ADI-2 DAC FS, not the RME ADI-2 FS. They are different...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.Ah yes, of course, thank you. They're too similarly named for having such a significant difference. I think I was caught out by that...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone.Short of spending several thousands more, mine too.
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SSimon Patten reacted to Slackaveli's post in the thread Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone with Like.Those are Stealths. The two stickers tell you that it's both Nanometer diaphragms and Stealth Magnets. Best ones pretty much hands down imo.
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread Exceptional in Every Detail: Say Hello to the IE 600.I had a similar problem with mine; after a few weeks (with very little cable swapping) the left bud became intermittent. I swapped the...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.I'm confused. I was just reading https://rme-audio.de/downloads/adi2fs_e.pdf and on page 6 it says, "The ADI-2 FS has two analog line...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread Hifiman HE1000 Planar Dynamic Headphone.The only marking I found was on the box where it says 'Stealth Magnet Edition'. (Edit: Oops, 'Stealth Magnets Design', I was going from...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread Exceptional in Every Detail: Say Hello to the IE 600.You're welcome. I've been impressed by Richer, their customer service is excellent and they will price match even if you find a price...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.It works nicely for me:)
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread Exceptional in Every Detail: Say Hello to the IE 600.Contact Richer, they're very good with things like that.
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..I agree, I'm sure they have excellent smoothing in the ADI-2 but even so, switch mode power supplies are horrible noisy things.