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Derp moments with Audio

post #1 of 11
4/18/11 at 5:40pm
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Moments where you Derped with audio.

One of mine was today. I got the RS-2 about a week ago and LOVED THEM IN STORE, got them home and was listeing and still love them, but I felt that something was a bit off. I thought it was just my source as at the store I was running it off a dac.I open up my EQ today to see if I could  get it to sound PERFECT.

MFW I see the EQ bars

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I had everything from the uppermids to the highs EQ-ed down from my previous Grado SR80i and forgot about it. Everything sound exactly as I remember it in the store.

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post #2 of 11
4/18/11 at 5:49pm

I spent about 5 minutes the other day freaking out that my DAC was broken, checking all the connections, pressing the power button a couple dozen times, pulling out my hair. Turns out that my power strip was turned off. Doh.

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post #3 of 11
4/19/11 at 1:12am

My son tripped over a headphone cable, sending the 'phone flying off of its stand and crashing to the ground.  Turning on the amp, I discovered that now only the left channel was working.  Crap I said, thinking a broken wire in the 'phone, and started searching Head-fi on how to open it up and fix it.  After 30 minutes of agonizing research, I suddenly realized a simpler solution: just push the plug all the way into the amp, and voila, there's the missing channel.

 

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post #4 of 11
4/19/11 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by lbj View Post

My son tripped over a headphone cable, sending the 'phone flying off of its stand and crashing to the ground.  Turning on the amp, I discovered that now only the left channel was working.  Crap I said, thinking a broken wire in the 'phone, and started searching Head-fi on how to open it up and fix it.  After 30 minutes of agonizing research, I suddenly realized a simpler solution: just push the plug all the way into the amp, and voila, there's the missing channel.

 

Haha this happened to me two days ago. I was completely tipped my biscuits thinking my cans were toasted. biggrin.gif

 

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post #5 of 11
4/19/11 at 1:23pm

^^ a very welcome facepalm moment. L3000.gif

 

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post #6 of 11
4/19/11 at 2:16pm

When I first got my W10vtgs I put them on and after listening to few tracks I realized something sounded kind of weird, rather off, but I couldn't put my finger on it... Then I realized I put the headphones on backwards.

 

One of those "was I dropped on my head as a child?!" moments.

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post #7 of 11
4/19/11 at 2:30pm

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... I thought my DAC died, I was freaking out... nah, I just forgot to plug in my interconnects.

 

 

Then I made this face:

 

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post #8 of 11
4/19/11 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by Mad Max View Post

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... I thought my DAC died, I was freaking out... nah, I just forgot to plug in my interconnects.

 

 

Then I made this face:

 

HURRRRDURRRRRRR.jpg


Thanks for the picture! I think it will come in handy at some point. 

 

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post #9 of 11
4/20/11 at 4:57am


How can you put them on backwards, the wing system doesn't go that way. tongue.gif

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Originally Posted by Landis View Post

When I first got my W10vtgs I put them on and after listening to few tracks I realized something sounded kind of weird, rather off, but I couldn't put my finger on it... Then I realized I put the headphones on backwards.

 

One of those "was I dropped on my head as a child?!" moments.



 

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post #10 of 11
4/20/11 at 3:27pm

Replaced a few components in a tuner last weekend and after finishing the tuning was far worse than before.  The antenna was not connected :)

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post #11 of 11
4/20/11 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by tk3 View Post


How can you put them on backwards, the wing system doesn't go that way. tongue.gif



 


The wings won't do anything to stop you from putting them on wrong! However, the cable on the right side should have been a strong indicator.

 

Also, it was in the morning and I was hungover, so leave me alone! :(

 

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