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Headphoneus Supremus
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Yes, I actually have both products. I use the battery at work and the LPS at home. Both work great!
What cable are you using?
Yes, I actually have both products. I use the battery at work and the LPS at home. Both work great!
What cable are you using?
At home, I'm using the Light Harmonic Split 1.6M which is EXTREMELY expensive. At work I'm using a cable that came with the TeraDak and a JPlay JCAT 1M. The cable that cam with the TeraDak is used for the power leg and has a female type B, that accepts any USB cable of your choice and then that teminates into a male type B. I also use a female type B to female type A that the GO plugs into.
|---------------------TeraDakCable---------------------------------------------------| |----------Adapter---------------|
TeraDak cable hardwired to ------------------>Type B female -----> Type B male -----> Type B female -> Type A female -> GO
^
|
USB of your choice -------------------------------|
Pic of cable supplied with TeraDak (you only need to use the cable with the yellow heatshrink)
Yes, $44 USD plus your choice of shipping (EMS = $28, Registered Mail = $15) and it includes the cables.
to mikemercer, and others, apology in advance for slightly off topic question about using laptop as a source:
I won't know my real budget till July. With some luck it will allow me to afford top quality gear - probably starting with a headphone system , since I don't have a dedicated room, but must the home office which I share with my wife. I have heard Audeze and like the LCD-x's a lot. I'm reading, and seeing great pairings of DAC/amps from head-fi'rs like you and Leesure, and Jude.
My office computer is a 2013 iMac. many feel that you shouldn't use your office computer as a source, but should come up with a dedicated computer or renderer. But for now, that's all I have. I was intrigued by your reviews - using your laptop or even ipad as sources - apparently with immensely satisfying results - very encouraging !
1) do you mostly rip CDs (using XLD) to your laptop or download HDtracks , and just keep all your audio files on your laptop? do you use external drives? is it easy to move files over to your ipad ?
2) until I know if I will be able to spend some serious money, I may start with Mad Dogs or Alphas headphones for a system in the <$1000 range, would you recommend the GeekOut , or something more well known, such as the Schiit Loki/Vali ? also not sure how long it would take me to get a GeekOut if I 'pre order' now.
my main concern is actually point 4.
to my knowledge, I know of people who have experienced 1, 2, 3 and 5 before, none so far with 4.
can any technical gurus please lend your expertise to diagnose the fault?S
my main concern is actually point 4.
I posted this on LHLabs forums on behalf of a friend's unit which was lent to me brand new:
Hi everyone. some of what I'm writing here, many of you have experienced the same as me. some of my problems however, I believe to be unique so far.
1) I believe there's something wrong with the power output of my GO450. My Q701 plugged into the 0.47 ohms can only go up to volume 20 on my asus laptop before things get too loud. My hardest to drive IEM can only handle a volume of 4 before it starts blasting my ears
2) this doesn't actually happen immediately. when I plug in GO450 immediately, say with my Q701, I can actually reach the volume 40-50 level on my laptop. after 1-2 mins of playing however, the volume instantaneously goes many notches higher and annihilated my ears. it has happened every single time I've tried
3) problem with the volume buttons. same as many here. the convex volume up button and concave volume down buttons feel uneven and loose. pressing EITHER resets the volume to a certain level where it destroys my ears. even when my computer volume is set to a dead 0, the same issue occurs.
4) there are times where upon plugging it, the following unnatural characteristics are observed: pressing the volume down button has no effect at all. pressing the volume up button 3-4 times engages/disengages they awesomifier, the volume when first plugged it is alright, but then starts to automatically gradually get softer till it's 0. attempting to turn up my computer volume up does not change anything
5) without touching any of the buttons, increasing the computer volume from 0 upwards seems okay initially. when it reaches close to maximum however, the volume starts to decrease rather than increase.
I am really disappointed with this issues and hope my unit is not defective. it'll be costly to RMA since I stay in Asia. can anyone advise? and has anyone encountered the same set of problems as I?
Sounds like another case of the Geek Out blowing Out people's eardrums. You would think they would have addressed this issue by now...or we can let people go deaf. :x