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Question :- Do powerful headphone amps still need some volume... ?
... to work their magic on higher impedance headphones? Case in point, I use a FiiO A5 to feed my Sennheiser HD700 with 150 Ohm impedance. I usually have the volume pot @ 1/4 the way around to get about ~70 dBr which is comfortable listening volume. However if I increase the volume pot to...- ceemsc
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- amp current detail headphone amp impedance soundstage voltage
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New Rockbox Sound Settings
Hi, Among all the new sound setting options on the latest Rockbox builds; there are 3 of particular interest : 1) Haas Surround Apparently it is supposed to improve surround sound experience; almost like adding reverb. I've set this to the lowest delay of 5ms leaving the other settings as...- ceemsc
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Free U2 Album : Songs Of Innocence
From my point of view although this has been controversial : 1) It's free music from a World headline Band. 2) I'm not a diehard U2 Fan but it is still a good album. Plenty of PRaT (take that how you will). 3) The music files are good quality 256+ KB AAC files & comes with the digital... -
Audio Joke...
Did you hear about the lawyer who turned up to a WHAT HI-FI review with 12 random strangers? He took the purpose of a Jury too literally: "Trial by Twelve Men Good and True....is a Sound System."- ceemsc
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Hi-Fi @ Low Volume
I was wondering whether this happens to anyone else... My Portable Rig allows me to listen to Hi-Fi music at lower volumes as I don't have to play it loud to hear the detail. I think my ears got used to this because when I went for a run with my Sony NW-003 Walkman; even with the Sony AVLS...- ceemsc
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FiiO E6 as a Headphone Preamp
Dear All, As an experiment to reduce the FiiO E12 hiss on louder volumes, I've inserted my old(Jan 2014) FiiO E6 between the Zip Clip DAP & E12 : What do you think? Would that work or just add another step of noise/distortion or is this plain old overkill? Thanks, Mark- ceemsc
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- fiio-e6-headphone-amplifier
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps