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May 2, 2014 at 4:10 PM Post #23,491 of 48,566
martin vegas said:
 
We want to know what's in those little packages..put us all out of our misery!
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Ditto... TELL US!! 
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May 2, 2014 at 4:13 PM Post #23,492 of 48,566
There are only 2 mystery items. One being the optical DAC (probably a Modi) and the other being a mystery headphone for review (probably the K612 Pro). Everything else was stuff he was getting back. That is unless I completely misread his post before. 
 
May 2, 2014 at 4:14 PM Post #23,493 of 48,566
martin vegas said:
We want to know what's in those little packages..put us all out of our misery!
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All Head-Fi related gear :wink:
I haven't even been able to open the boxes yet, just got 'em safely inside. Wouldn't want to say one thing, open the boxes and find out I was wrong :p
 
May 2, 2014 at 4:16 PM Post #23,494 of 48,566
murder mike said:
  There are only 2 mystery items. One being the optical DAC (probably a Modi) and the other being a mystery headphone for review (probably the K612 Pro). Everything else was stuff he was getting back. 
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evshrug said:
All Head-Fi related gear
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I haven't even been able to open the boxes yet, just got 'em safely inside. Wouldn't want to say one thing, open the boxes and find out I was wrong :p
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I just wanna find out what DAC you got and how it works with the Omni. I'm holding off my Schiit purchase until I find out! No pressure! 
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May 2, 2014 at 4:18 PM Post #23,495 of 48,566
I heard he's beta testing the Ragnarok and Yggdrassil.
 
 
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May 2, 2014 at 6:10 PM Post #23,497 of 48,566
evshrug said:
Tubes aren't inherently warm... Cheap ones can be kinda wooly, but good NOS ones (steals are available on eBay!) can have a superior sense of detail and soundstage separation... But there's a lot more variety in tubes than in SS-amps.

Sometimes, you don't have to reduce the treble (via EQ or a dark amp) to avoid fatigue; sparkle isn't mutually exclusive from sweetness and smoothness.
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That is true, it's not warmth that separates tubes from solid state. Tubes do have a different sound though. Best way to describe tubes is that tubes have a more analog sound. Cheaper tubes can be a bit wooly like you said. And some tubes are extremely transparent and very clear sounding with sparkle but also sweet and smooth sounding.
 
May 2, 2014 at 8:04 PM Post #23,498 of 48,566
It's the sweetness, liquid mids, and natural feeling soundstage that I've heard with my favourite tubes that I enjoy most about tubes.

The famous bugle boy 6DJ8 I tested actually was harsh, I used it for a few months but ultimately it wasn't what I wanted.
 
May 2, 2014 at 8:07 PM Post #23,499 of 48,566
evshrug said:
It's the sweetness, liquid mids, and natural feeling soundstage that I've heard with my favourite tubes that I enjoy most about tubes.

The famous bugle boy 6DJ8 I tested actually was harsh, I used it for a few months but ultimately it wasn't what I wanted.
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Quit stalling and open your boxes!
 
May 2, 2014 at 8:21 PM Post #23,500 of 48,566
evshrug said:
It's the sweetness, liquid mids, and natural feeling soundstage that I've heard with my favourite tubes that I enjoy most about tubes.

The famous bugle boy 6DJ8 I tested actually was harsh, I used it for a few months but ultimately it wasn't what I wanted.
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That's the analog sound. The sound has a certain body, depth, and roundness that I just haven't heard on a SS amp. The closer sounding something is to analog the more natural and real it sounds. I've heard a full analog system, it's so real and smooth sounding with the best soundstage I have ever heard. It was the closest I have ever heard music to the real thing on a headphone. I can't really use SS amps anymore for gaming because the soundstage doesn't sound right.
 
I know how that is. When I switched to my Siemens 6AK5W tubes a while ago the sound became so smooth, clear, and transparent.
 
May 2, 2014 at 8:28 PM Post #23,501 of 48,566
All this talk of tube amps has me seriously considering making one a priority purchase. First I've got to figure out where along the audio chain my problem is coming from.
 
May 2, 2014 at 8:56 PM Post #23,504 of 48,566
napalmhardcore said:
  PC (USB 2.0) > Omni > headphones
 
I just don't know if it's something wrong in the chain of components in the PC before it gets to the USB port, rather than the audio chain from USB onwards.
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Well the only part of the audio chain that is on the PC is the software for the soundcard and the audio files. Something I learned is that always have the sampling rate of the sound card or DAC at the highest or near the highest setting. USB audio can be a little iffy, I had to hook my DAC up to one of my USB 3.0 jacks on my computer to avoid the clipping I would get otherwise.
 
May 2, 2014 at 9:12 PM Post #23,505 of 48,566
kman1211 said:
  Well the only part of the audio chain that is on the PC is the software for the soundcard and the audio files. Something I learned is that always have the sampling rate of the sound card or DAC at the highest or near the highest setting. USB audio can be a little iffy, I had to hook my DAC up to one of my USB 3.0 jacks on my computer to avoid the clipping I would get otherwise.
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I'm almost certain that it is digital clipping that I've been experiencing. I've just gone into my sound settings. The strange thing is that last time I tried the test button, above 48,000 hz it said that the audio device was being used by another programme, so I left it at 48,000. This time the test worked fine at 96,000, so I'll try running it like that and see how I get on.
 
BTW, every time I've tried the WMA pro Audio test it's told me that it is being used by another programme. Should I check that box?
 
Thanks for prompting me to test again :)
 
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