Nobody needs speakers for personal listening because portables are audibly transparent. Well there are stationary headphones that do things which no portable is capable off. I view this hype about audio transparency as a well marketed and widely used term in current age, I have no doubt there...

I can not twist my brain to ignore external noise. Even closed backs that do not isolated well is a no go outdoors. I mainly choose cIEMs or airpods max with the only downside to stay extra careful when crossing streets. If I'm visiting village or mountains at this stage in life nature beats music

Openback as portable for outdoor activities is just no

There are many ways to tackle USB noise coming from PC. I'm using USB intona isolator with great success.

Thanks I will look into that option. Do i need just rub that paste onto frame and leave it ? In current times I don't feel attracted to the idea on spending mega buck for a headphone frame. Have a feeling that Focal would come up with some ridiculous number. At least drivers survived my...

I could imagine...workshop guy would probably think I'm trolling... Did anyone tried to dissemble Utopia or any other focal. I can't find any videos and sending just a frame would be a better option for me and for bicycle repairman

I won't be surprised, but if it's carbon fiber it should be fixable. Maybe I should contact a workshop that fixes carbon fiber frames for bikes...lol

Does anyone has any experience with replacing Utopias frame ? Sounds crazy but I accidentally sat on right earcup...Seeing how much focal charges for new earpads I have little hope for a budget fix here...

Amazing thank you. I'm visiting Vienna this summer would love to audition higher end zmf's

It's very hard to get listening session with ZMF's and after hearing Auteur I don't see myself buying one of their headphones blindly. I'll scratch the itch with stealth this week curious what else might be there

I'm eyeing again for D8000 OG. Anyone knows any other planar which is worth to consider and does bass so well ?

Sony MDR-MV1

Not everything that we perceived as sound can be measured and many of these DAC's with perfect measurement charts from LAB environments will yield different results when varying conditions will be involved. While some DAC's will sound identical, others can offer totally different experience.

Hopefully it sounds better. I was not impressed with V30 against Cayin Ru7 which offered much better sound. Not sure if V30 could compete with bluetooth dongle like UP4. I'm doubtful, but if this product could push to mid-tier or dongle sound as Mojo/Ru7 this would be a no brainer for me

none of dynamic driver headphones can match subbass of good planar with very low distortion.

Well my goal is not to beat high-end tier sound of current turntables, but to make it enjoyable and good for my own preferences. I know it's achievable as when I owned TD166 with very lightweight toneram TP62 which many disregards I had great results using Ortofon NF 15 XE MKII cartridge. While...

I don't think Optical cable makes a different, just buy a generic one from your local store. Mojo2 handles noisy sources better than M1 in my experience, but if source is bad both of them benefits from optical input.

When properly set-up and taken care of at least sound-wise I don't think new TT are that much superior. Of-course you need to have a good starting point, but I remember when I got things going with TD166 It didn't shy from Rega P3 at all.

At the moment I'm leaning towards warmer cartridge which seems MP-110 to be the case. Once and if I feel the itch for an upgrade will look into 150 stylus. Closed the TT lid and will wait for new belt & MP-110 to arrive :)

Hey folks, I'm back to the vinyls as bought vintage TD160 and blew the dust of my tube phono-preamp. New tubes arrived and excitement was through the roof till I pressed play. Bold, in your face type of sound with lots of sibilance in treble and female vocals.This is not even close how I...

Utopia and Mojo2 doesn't have the right synergy to me. Tried to love this portable combo and it doesn't click. On the other hand I enjoyed OG Mojo with Utopia much more, but lack of desktop mode was an annoyance. Some folks say EQ will get M2 sound like M1, but I can't get there. Closest...

With Utopia I usually go green/orange filters. Very nuanced differences, but presentation gets a bit warmer. This DAC is rotating in-out of my setups for many years now

Anyone had any luck finding a case for ru6/7 with a clip ?

Yep Utopia's strengths are definitely not within bass, though it's quite decent and superior to something of what hd600/650 produces. I felt even that OG Clear bass was slightly better in bass than OG Utopia. Utopia 2 is stronger contender here, but even new release can't compete to...

No surprise here as D9200 is very remarkable headphone for someone whose interested in qualities it can offer. a smallish stage compared to openbacks with focus on left/right presentation, but nevertheless accurately placed. Add very good detail, timbre and superb bass which to me is close to...