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    Music from the '60's & '70's

    Hako Yamasaki - Tobimasu (Flying)
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Wang OK -Moon River -City of Stars
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    Feedback by 'tigon_ridge' on listing 'Schiit Vali 2+ (w/ Socket saver, stock + after market tubes, and converter)'

    Was a quick and friendly exchange of words, and transaction went smoothly.
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    I'm still on the original pads, three years in. It has more mileage on it than most 6 yo pads, probably, because I use them a lot. Well, as you might presume, it completely deteriorated at some point. With some sewing, I repaired the parts that was originally glued, and now they're actually even...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    Read many great things about that amp. For me, the 2wpc limitation is a deal breaker (beside the price being way out of my budget), although I'm sure it's more than enough for most users.
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    That's interesting. Can you attest to whether those amps have the stereotypical SS analytical sound? My Crown XLS doesn't, as it's rather musical, but thankfully it's also very affordable. My HD600 also sounds excellent with it, and it actually sounds very much like my EQ'd Sundara, except...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    I've had the same experience with several SS headphone amps (Schiit Asgard 1, Asgard 2, Mjolnir 1, Vali 2++, and THX 789); they all sounded pretty much the same to me, more or less, after level matching. I plug these into my Crown XLS 1502 speaker amp, and the difference is immediate! The...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    Definitely a matter of taste, but also a matter of gearing. With a typical SS amp, which has a stereotypical SS sound, the Sundara could even come across as too fast, analytical and thin.
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    So, I'm always keeping an eye out for the HE-500 on the used market. What a huge surprise it was for me to see this: So, the same person who put up a listing to buy a used Sundara that I was referring to a while back here has just now put up their legendary HE-500 for sale, citing the Sundara...
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    Best headphones for watching movies

    I have the HD600 and HD650. These are NOT movie headphones, at least not action movies, due to their lack of subbass. You want either a closed dynamic headphone, or a planar that is well-amped. If any of them has a bass roll off, you'd want to fix that with EQ as well. I'm using a Sundara...
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    Why don't more people use EQ to get the desired sound?

    Oh, absolutely. Closed headphones are a different category. I've always been more interested in open headphones, so I forgot to account for the closed ones, but yes, a good closed dynamic can indeed shake your skull. To be fair, Susvara was never known for having the thickest bass, and if you...
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    Why don't more people use EQ to get the desired sound?

    "EQ is free and doesn't distort or clip the signal if you know what you're doing." This is especially true. I think the vast majority of people experiencing distortion from EQ are those who try to get more bass, particularly subbass from their dynamic drivers. Dynamic drivers, unless they were...
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    Why don't more people use EQ to get the desired sound?

    I'd highly recommend using one's own ears, rather than those measurements repository sites. There is significant variance between headphones of the same model. Your own ears impart their own unique variation to the FR received by the eardrum. I personally have found my headphones varying...
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    Why don't more people use EQ to get the desired sound?

    Are you me? Sorry, it's an old post I'm replying to, but you just copied many of my thoughts about EQ and pasted them there. I'll tell you why some people dislike EQ. Ignorance. They don't know what they're doing, and some of them assume manufacturers designed their products to be 100% the way...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    The Piety + cheap standalone DAC would be quite a bit cheaper than the Pietus Max + onboard DAC option. Based on your PM, your DAC/amp is one of those dongle types meant to be used with portable devices. I guess since that's the case, the Piety + standalone DAC would still be a big step-up, and...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    $500 standalone. The Pietus Maximus has two options for integrated DAC boards. The delta-sigma will cost an extra $150, or the multi-bit one $250 extra, which totals to $750. I guess that's way over your budget. You can always keep your current DAC in your DAC/amp, and use its line out. Then...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    If you can stretch that budget a bit more, have a look into the Pietus Maximus. Haven't heard it myself, but any powerful, tubey-sounding solid state amp should theoretically sound very nice with Sundara. Someone said it's 85% what the Mjolnir 3 is.
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    A good upgrade would be to pair it with a different, perhaps "better" amp. Too many people think they know the Sundara and have heard all that it's capable of when they in all likelihood really haven't; just as many people think they know their Sennheiser HD6xx, even though they haven't even...
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    Hifiman Sundara (HE400i upgraded, around $500)

    Well, so far there are at least three people who agree with me that the Sundara, when driven right, is TOTL-tier sound quality. I can provide one testimony that was a PM sent to me years ago in response to my first post about the Sundara + Crown XLS 1502 combo: replies: I was curious as...
  20. For Sale  Schiit Vali 2+ (w/ Socket saver, stock + after market tubes, and converter)

    Price
    100.00 USD
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United States of America
    Included are: Vali 2+ (new condition), /w power supply Stock tube Socket saver x4 6N1P Voskhod Rocket tubes 6SN7GTA Sylvania tube tested 100% Converter for the Sylvania 6SN7 tube $100 shipped
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