To be honest it may be placebo. There's something about MP3 that doesn't feel right. I'm running a Beyerdynamic T5p v1 hooked to a dedicated amp and DAC. Anyhow, I wished GPM offered FLAC

  For me it's not that the differences are very apparent, but I do get tired of hearing lossy much quicker than lossless. But then again, my source for lossy is Google Music which uses the horrible Mp3 format. So if you're using Apple Music (AAC) or Spotify (vorbis) differences could be less...

I'll share my experience playing bit perfect music on Tidal on Ubuntu 14.04   1. Create a web app from google chrome out of Tidal 2. pulseaudio -k (kill pulseaudio). Before this, disable auto respawn 3. Do your browsing in Firefox (Firefox recently dropped support for ALSA). There will be no...

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I'm finding a very strange thing using my (awesome) Polaris amp. My setup is as follows: Ubuntu 14.04/Tidal Hifi/Master > Wyrd > Modi 2 Uber > Project Polaris > Beyerdynamic T5P (v1)     Noise: very low without adapter, disappears with adapter.   If instead of streaming from my laptop I...

The Polaris amp is not the quietest amp out there. You might be able to get it to work using an adapter that Jeremy sells for very efficient/sensitive cans.    I heard some hissing with my current setup to give you an idea.  Ubuntu 14.04/Tidal Hifi/Master > Wyrd > Modi 2 Uber > Project...

So let me share my experience with the beyer T5P first gen :)   The sounded overly bright, analytical, shouty with the Magni 2.    I then got a Project Polaris amp that sounds absolutely wonderful. Larger soundstage, sounds are fuller, much more precise. Sounds to die for. It's definitely a...

Didn't get the Lyr 2 at the end. Decided to go for the project polaris.   So let me share my experience with the T5P first gen :)   The sounded overly bright, analytical, shouty with the Magni 2.    I then got a Project Polaris amp that sounds absolutely wonderful. Larger soundstage...

So let me share my experience with the T5P first gen :)   The sounded overly bright, analytical, shouty with the Magni 2.    I then got a Project Polaris amp that sounds absolutely wonderful. Larger soundstage, sounds are fuller, much more precise. Sounds to die for. It's definitely a warm...

Selling my Magni 2 on ebay. Pristine condition, lightly used for 3 months. :) Listing starts at $50.   http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/142337155357?

Hi there!    I'm selling a pair of matched Tungsram PCC88/7DJ8 made in Hungary. platinum grade. Completely new, unopened. Bought from upscaleaudio for $100. Ebay listing starts at $50 plus shipping :)   http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/142337147223?

Has anyone tried the adhesive felt mod on the Beyer T5P? I've heard that it does wonders to the sibilance and decreases harshness in the treble

Hi Icasadonte,   So just to clarify, you didn't get to hear the Lyr 2 with the T5P, correct? I'm thinking on getting one next month.

What would the nice folks here say of paring a LD1 to a Beyerdynamic T5P (32 ohms, 102db, a bit bright) vs a Lyr 2

Hi, which schiit amp would you recommend for a slightly bright Beyerdynamic T5p (32 ohm, 102 dB)? Thanks folks :)

Anyway, I'm getting a Schiit Lyr 2 next month! I'll post a brief review here :)

I'm getting a Schiit Lyr 2 with Tungsram PCC88 tubes (platinum) next month! I'll tell you all about when I get those. Kinda wish to tame the highs a little bit and make the midrange more pronounced.

Thank you for your answer!   I haven't been able to get google-chrome to output sound to ALSA (tried: AE_SINK=ALSA google-chrome in terminal) I did manage to get Kodi to output to ALSA, but sadly the Tidal plugin seems to be broken

Tidal to the best of my knowledge can only be streamed in FLAC in Google chrome and I haven't been able to get sound from Google chrome when pulse audio is disabled

Plugged my T5P first gen, thought there was something wrong with them, googled Come away with me Norah Jones clipping sound. Et Voila! 

Good news folks running Linux:   If you disable respawn from pulseaudio and then kill it (so that the OS uses ALSA)   you can actually hear Spotify bit perfect using the Linux client. I know this isn't ideal since Spotify isn't lossless, but according to rumors, Spotify lossless is coming...

Update 2. There might be something wrong with my pulseaudio settings... or pulseaudio sucks.    Using my PC ubuntu  14.04 USB > schiit uber 2 uber > magni 2 > beyerdynamic T5P (1st gen)    Songs sound thin, clippy when using pulseaudio in rythmbox. It's very fatiguing to listen. In files...

Thanks! Option b seems to be a bit complicated. I found a different way by connecting my nexus 9 tablet to my dac using UAPP, but this isn't idea since I lose the ability to scroble 

Hey Mightygre, thanks for your answer!   I realize that the Lyr 2 has power to spare for the T5P. It's not so much that I'm aiming at more power, but better SQ.  The Lyr 2 is also a hybrid, do you think it's going to warm things up?   Also, any idea how the LD1+ compares to the Lyr 2? I've...

Apparently you can play bit-perfect audio in Rythmbox!   This is what I did:   - I disabled respawned from pulseaudio - log out and back in (so that pulseaudio wasn't running)   That's it!   I played a 24/192 file in rhythmbox and checked the output in /proc/asound, also 24/192.   As...