Recent content by rain_uk
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Review by 'rain_uk' on item 'Beyerdynamic T51P'
I had heard a demo of these years ago and instantly liked their insightful sound signature, years later and heavily discounted I finally got around to purchasing, they are revealing without having hot highs, bass is quite good for their size and well controlled. Light weight but sturdily built...- rain_uk
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HD558 Spares
Hi, I have small cracks appearing in each side of my headband on the top of the sections which are connected to the driver enclosure. I believe this to be either because of my very fat head or maybe falling asleep with them on to many times The cracks are located right where it says...- rain_uk
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- sennheiser-hd-558
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Graham Slee Novo Grounding Advice
Hi guys & girls, It's been a while since I've posted on this forum (past.. http://www.head-fi.org/t/211831/little-dot-2-tube-rolling ) and I'm a little out of touch. The advice i seek is to do with 'grounding' the Graham Slee Novo headphone amplifier. Im not hearing any nastys by...- rain_uk
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Cambridge DACMagic, anyone?
I feel kinda guilty just walking into a UK store on a whim and buying the DacMagic for the equivalent of $286 over the counter a few weeks ago- rain_uk
- Post #777
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Cambridge DACMagic, anyone?
I've been using the Dacmagic for some time, I'm using the Marantz CD63 Mk3 KIsig as a transport. I'm wondering which is the prefered filter/phase selection from those who own one? BTW for or me its the min setting.- rain_uk
- Post #666
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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What volume setting for iPod Classic using LOD?
I turn my iPod vol all the way down, in my opinion it can only save battery life- rain_uk
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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I'm off to Belgium tomorrow. Does VISA Electron work there?
My brother had no luck with an ATM with Visa Eletron card, my Visa debit card was fine..- rain_uk
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- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Upgrade/sidestep from HD600? I want more forward vocals
Quote: Originally Posted by joe_seattle What I want though is to pull the vocals just a little bit toward me. It's not the mythical veil, it's just that vocals are treated the same as drums and guitars and everything else. I had a similar need, I acheived this by changing DAC...- rain_uk
- Post #9
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Creative X-Fi + HD600 + Nothing. Need Amp?
Quote: Originally Posted by tizer2000uk If your using an X-FI card I can say that from experience you would be better off using the digital output into a better dac (Beresford or Cambridge) and then getting a headphone amp I second that!- rain_uk
- Post #10
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)