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I had a customer who bought a Lyr and had tons of hiss from the high output. He bought a 100Ohm impedance adapter from me to make the headphone harder to drive and it worked fine for him. So far it's been 4 months and his headphones are alive. He said the adapter got rid of all the hiss entirely as well as give him more range on the volume knob.

The Lyr itself is insanely powerful and can trash many headphones, so be careful guys! Don't end up with magic smoke coming from your drivers. It can drive a lot of headphones well and some headphones can't handle it. The D7000 is 25Ohm and incredibly sensitive so that's a big factor in how a headphone will blow. If you have low impedance and high sensitivity headphones, do not use them on the Lyr. I would recommend the Asguard instead as it has a fraction of the power.
 

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Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

The D7000 is almost IEM efficient. Pairing it with a powerplant like the Lyr was a bad idea to begin with.
At the time that the Lyr busted my first D7000, I believe two other people with Ed. 8s had their drivers blown by the Lyr. This is from knowledgeable people with plenty of headphone experience.
I'd just advised against it for safety's sake.

That Schiit looks quite frosty, almost Bifrosty...

How is that DAC? I'm intrigued by it somewhat.
 

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Originally Posted by Uncle00Jesse 

I got my Objective2 amp today. It's so small and adorable - it's also a serious performer!

Here's my temporary setup while I burn-in the D7000's and test the O2 with my Peachtree Nova. The Nova has a 30 ohm output impedance and the D7000s bass is definitely looser than when hooked up to the O2. On some poorer recordings, the Nova does warm up the sound nicely - kind of rounds off the harsh edges, but the O2 is definitely tighter and more accurate.

I'm completely sold on <1 ohm output impedance amps. More photos when I get my Violectric!

I really want an O2.

I'd like to try one myself. They look quite interesting.
 

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Originally Posted by MorbidToaster 

I really want an O2.

I'd say the O2 is almost as good as palmfish's wonderful headphone stand

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Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Too bad its wearing the headphones backwards.

Well, he was deaf after all...

Actually, he wears them backwards so I don't have to flip them around every time I want to use them.

You do have a good eye though - good job! Nobody ever noticed it when he used to wear the Sennheisers

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Originally Posted by kingoftown1 

I'd say the O2 is almost as good as palmfish's wonderful headphone stand

Thank you. But as you know (from your signature), the O2 is pretty wonderful too.

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Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Too bad its wearing the headphones backwards.

What tipped you off?  The pads?  Or the hinges?  Or something else?
 

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Originally Posted by Lurkumaural 

 

What tipped you off?  The pads?  Or the hinges?  Or something else?
 

 

The pads are pretty obvious.