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NOTE: The clamping factor will obviously differ from person to person, but I'm surprised to find little mention of it, as it is the sole reason I'd never think twice about...
When I listened to the sound for the 1st time, I was hit by it. I was punched by the not-punchy-bass. I was hoping it would offer much better bass response than SE315.. equals to Klipsch Image...
Synopsis: The Aurisonics AS-1b is a very nice custom-fit monitor with a sound tuned for the needs of professional musicians performing on stage. It gives the listener a mid-centric sound that...
HiFiMAN HE400
By now I think most of us are familiar with the history behind the HiFiMAN HE-series headphones. What started with a single model has grown into a full...
I was in Japan and was looking at headphones to buy. I had a cheap budget of about 4000 yen or circa $40. I bought this headphone because it was on sale for $30 and was very good looking. It was...
Are all these other dacs that much better than the Benchmark Dac1, or a Bryston CD Player?
The only Separate Dacs ive played with here are the Alien Dac and one by Creative.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Levinson yet...
Good to see some love for vintage DACs in this thread. I'm real curious about the old Pacific Microsonics and BIDAT, especially compared to the Berkeley Alpha and EMM offerings.
McIntosh MDA1000 or MCD500, this is based on hearing older versions (like MCD301, and their higher end preamps with/without digital inputs, I've no personal experience with the MDA1000 itself though, nor its transport partner)