So, now that it won’t influence anyone, is it okay to say now that I’m also getting one so that I’ll have one to keep once Drop asks for this review unit back? 😁

What is the AI-1? To be honest, I’m in the same situation… looking for a dedicated DAC. Part of me really wants the Mojo 2 because Chord added the EQ and crossfeed features, also the option to stop charging the battery while connected to USB power, so I think it would suit me really well. I...

Probably via Airplay only, seems Apple is very picky about letting people take full advantage of their HiRes service for some reason.

@Apos Audio Any good Bluetooth receiver dongles on sale? My Bluewave GET died, and I can’t decide between FiiO BTR15, Qudelix 5k, or something higher end like an Astell & Kern HB1 or iFi Go Blu. Got any suggestions for a pocket friendly Bluetooth receiver?

I’ll make sure to read it! May the words flow easily for you 🙌 The first sentence is always super hard for me, for some reason 😂

True, it was! People were stoked to get the well-loved 13 year old headphone for about half off the going rate at the time! But grell audio is still a new company, this is the first full-size headphone for the brand, and from the headline a lot of people wouldn’t know who Axel Grell was nor that...

To be fair, “excessive” is a subjective term, and elevated may be excessive for you even if it doesn’t hurt the perception of something else such as soundstage. With that said, Bose, Sony, Sennheiser and others typically boosting the midbass for consumers, I think a bit of extra saturation is...

It’s elevated bass, but I think excess would be more drastic and start to mask other aspects of the sound. Excess would indicate a problem, a detraction from the rest of the performance or something painful IMO.

I did not perceive any significant lack of soundstage or separation, perhaps the bass is not excessive.

I don’t have an NDH-30, and while I think I would prefer the Grell’s mids over a HiFiman HE-560 and lower, I have not bought any (I did get to borrow an HE-400, 400i, 500, and 560 at home, but that was some years ago). Can’t confirm if the Sundara mids are like the HE-560 either because I...

Compare and contrast between the OAE1, HD 650, and HD 800 added to my review, under the “Gear Testing” spoiler section: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/drop-grell-oae1-signature-headphones.27216/review/33836/ I will reiterate: all these headphones are enjoyable once you get used to them, no EQ...

Oh, also this thread made me realize I need to clean the tarnish off my connector, suggestions welcome 😅

Sorry I didn’t see this thread before… I have a Wireworld NPE for my HD 800 series headphones, and I love it. Once upon a time, I actually didn’t believe cables made a difference noticeable enough to be worth the upgrade prices. Then, during my bachelor’s party (look, it was a more quiet thing...

I picked up a couple AKG’s along my journey; Q701, K712 Pro, and I still have my pair of K612 Pro today! I sent them in to Tyll so that he could add them to his measurements database. I agree they’re pretty fantastic. They scale up really well with better gear upstream too… when I got my Cavalli...

FYI, that Ultrasone WAS unusual and… most people wouldn’t like it, but as a brand they don’t tune everything the same and I quite like their S-Logic on a couple of their cans 😁 Your signature is literally two iPhone screens worth of scrolling 😂 Do you know there’s a “gear inventory” section of...

Yeah, and it’s positioned forward of your ear canal and angled back. That, plus the unusual % of how open the baffle is, are the major innovations/unique things about this headphone. Thanks for the shout out! With a driver that’s “flat,” firing directly into your ear canal, pretty much the...

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Oh, and @maegnificant , some people just totally prefer the intimate sound of headphone playback of plain regular stereo regardless, and I respect that. I just think it’s cool to have both options.

https://www.strax.com/ He had to buy back the rights to use his own name for his company. It was a very difficult ending. Most music is recorded and performed with the intended playback on a pair of stereo speakers. Some DVD and BluRay 5.1 mixed recordings do exist, and what you get there is...

Some of the details you’re asking for are already in the listening notes section, just expand that section of the review by tapping on the blue button that says spoilers. I’m going to add some headphone comparisons under the appropriately named spoiler tag, I’ve just been so exhausted after my...