Recent content by jacobgolden
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Official 2014 Bay Area Meet - SUNDAY - Feb 16th, 2014
Wow! Please count me in as well. This is going to an amazing meetup. I will be roaming around with a dacport and some hd650s/600s so i won't need table space. Yahoo!- jacobgolden
- Post #234
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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SF Bay Area Meet on Sunday February 17, 2013 (the one which is really going to happen)
Wow! This is gonna be such a sweet meetup. Really looking forward to this!- jacobgolden
- Post #180
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
Quote: Thanks for the update. I was just wondering about that. I might just have to order me a set to experiment with. I just put in an order to parts express to try out some of the their full range 2 inch speakers. I'll let you know what I come up with. Keep us posted on those ribbon drivers!- jacobgolden
- Post #20
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Dummy Head Microphone for Headphone Frequency Tests?
Good tip thanks I'm gonna order a pair of those.- jacobgolden
- Post #8
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
Thanks for posting the link to your build process please keep us updated with how they are turning out. I was having some really good results recupping a a second hand Grado Prestige Series SR-60i last night- doing a sort of thunderpants treatment that seems to be working well. So...- jacobgolden
- Post #15
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Dummy Head Microphone for Headphone Frequency Tests?
LOL! Didn't mean to start a war of which is the 'best' headphones. Engineering aside these things are pretty subjective. I was just looking for a way of getting a slightly more scientific 'snapshot' if you will of my incremental mods. As Listening, Adjusting, Listing, Adjusting is great but can...- jacobgolden
- Post #6
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Dummy Head Microphone for Headphone Frequency Tests?
Nice one! Thanks for the insight. I guess what would be really helpful after building such a rig would be to try and get a hold of some "good" headphones and to make my own measurements, that way even if the mics aren't as amazingly accurate as something really high-end dummy head at least I...- jacobgolden
- Post #3
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
So after much scouring of the interwebs I found this magical page - http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/audio-products/speakers/720966 Lot's of really interesting headphone driver options for cheap. Now I'm excited to do some building!- jacobgolden
- Post #13
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Dummy Head Microphone for Headphone Frequency Tests?
Hey Guys, So I'd really like to have a way to start taking measurements of my DIY experimental headphones. I know a lot of the pro's use this beast - Neumann KU 100 dummy head (which runs about $6000) ..... I was wondering if anyone has had any luck building their own with a couple...- jacobgolden
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- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
Quote: Did you git the ribbon tweeter? Let us know how it sounds.- jacobgolden
- Post #11
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
Those look cool but the frequency response is 6000 - 25000 HZ which is only the very high plus air frequencys which is great for for a tweeter but wouldn't work in headphones. That's why I was looking at 'full frequency' drivers/speakers like these - HiWave BMR5 Compact 2" Full-Range...- jacobgolden
- Post #9
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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SF Bay Area Meet on Sunday February 17, 2013 (the one which is really going to happen)
Sweet. I'm so looking forward to this! I can definitely kick in a donation towards the cost as well. Don't know what we are doing for coffee but I would be happy to bring some of those Starbucks (13 cup) boxes so we can all stay nice and caffeinated while we talk about and listen to some mighty...- jacobgolden
- Post #73
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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DIY Headphones and Driver Options. Any Suggestions?
Hah. Love the coat hanger headband! I'm gonna do some experimenting and if I don't die in the process ill report back!- jacobgolden
- Post #7
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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SF Bay Area Meet on Sunday February 17, 2013 (the one which is really going to happen)
Super interested in attending. I've got a benchmark dac1 and some interestingly modified shure 1840's. would love to be a part of this.- jacobgolden
- Post #60
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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APEX PINNACLE OR TWO OF THESE : ECBA & DNA STRATUS/ CAVALLI LG/ RSA DARK STAR
Wrong thread.- jacobgolden
- Post #100
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum