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How to smooth my harsh portable setup?`

post #1 of 3
10/2/11 at 4:29pm
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My current portable setup is

 

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FLAC/320mp3 -> Rockbox'd 5.5G Ipod 30gb -> Custom Lod -> AMB Mini^3 

 

The harshness I'm talking about is a noisy/distorted treble, it's really easy to pick up using my DBA-02s. Some days I just can't stand it. It's something I never have from my Audio-gd NFB-12 or the standard headphone out on my pod and wanna solve this before I move onto nicer headphones or a DBA-02 reshell. 

 

The simple excuse would be to say it's the iPod and it's crappy caps. If so, will the diyMod help ?

Or could it be the Lod (i.e. the ground is to pins 1 & 2, sound ground and digital ground) or the mini^3 amp ?

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post #2 of 3
10/2/11 at 4:59pm

What does it sound like without the amp?

 

Maybe use the rockbox eq to bring down the highs?

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post #3 of 3
10/2/11 at 5:37pm
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Yes, It's less harsh coming from the headphone out.

 

Messing around with the eq a bit but it still seems shrill/harsh in the high end when I drop the 14khz to -3db.

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