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Help Diagnose my Problem please!

post #1 of 5
10/10/07 at 2:39am
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Well, needless to say I was a bit gung-ho when I got my DT880s in the mail today (cardas recabled as well) and started trying them on all sorts of sources. Straight out of a NAD stereo receiver and lame KOSS DVD player source they already sounded quite amazing. Good soundstage, resolution, clarity, depth, all of that. Im sure with a better source they could sound great.

I have planned to run the sound out of my Ipod 60g 5gen through my Headstage portable amp and out the cans. The thing is, so far I've only got a regular radio shack style interconnect for the ipod to the amp, and i've got a radioshack adapter for the large headphone connector to convert it to a small one for the little amp.

Now here's the problem (please bear with me, Im sure some of you are cringing at what I've put together here- I was excited to get the system together!) : the soundstage got super narrow and the sound became decently muffled- where'd that awesome treble and detail go?

My question: is this the connectors? Would they mess up the sound that much??

If it is those, anyone have some suggestions?
PS: I am running out of the headphone output of the Ipod and not the dock - I did some research and found that the output is quite clean through either the HF out or the port. Ran it at 75% volume.

Thanks for help!
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post #2 of 5
10/10/07 at 3:11am
I doubt I'll be much help, but I don't think it's the connectors unless they're not stereo to stereo. Even then, it shouldn't do what you describe.

Sounds like a problem somewhere between your source, input or output of your amp.

Sorry I'm not more help.

Ps, Does your Ipod run on batteries?
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post #3 of 5
10/10/07 at 4:15am
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ipod running on battery
amp running on 9V battery
can be plugged in for charging/playing, but havent done so
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post #4 of 5
10/10/07 at 10:27am
Are you using the ipods line out?

Edit, didn't read all =/.
Try getting a line out dock, should improve the sound. Otherwise your just amping an already amplified signal.
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post #5 of 5
10/10/07 at 8:49pm
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changed the adapter and input cables for nice gold plated units and the sound improved A LOT. Up to the level I was expecting, they are making my Beyers sing!
Case closed!
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