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    Mod House Audio Tungsten - Planar Magnetic Headphones - Impressions and Discussion

    Tungstens changed my whole audio world. They are my #1 favorite and I've gone through every planar in the game, with Susvara not far behind and occasionally preferred. Amp pairing can take some experimentation but they do really well with the $400 for two, 60 pounds of Thomann S150 T.amp, a...
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    ZMF Caldera - New Planar Magnetic from ZMF!

    Will cross-post my impressions posted elsewhere. ZMF Caldera By Peter Bradstock, Double Helix Cables Welcome everyone to my early impressions of ZMF Caldera. As a long-time ZMF owner, I was given the opportunity to try these pre-release. I paired them up with my May KTE > HPA4 > AHB2 stack...
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    CanJam SoCal 2022 Impressions Thread (September 17-18, 2022)

    This was an experiment cable I built (15awg x 8 = 12awg x 4) to determine the relationship between cable gauge and SPL on the Raal transformer box. Not a retail product.
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    Holo Audio Bliss

    Yes, it’s imminent, as an actual working unit is doing its thing at a dealers house.
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    Holo Audio Bliss

    Bliss is 3x cheaper, if it's even close, and I suspect it will be, it'll be an exceptional value. A dealer with a Bliss right now has stopped using AHB2 with Susvara in favor of the Bliss, which says a lot; I may just be using the AHB2 as a speaker amp if the Bliss is competent enough with...
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    Dead Susvara mystery

    Apparently it gets destroyed by air conditioning and paused music
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    Dead Susvara mystery

    Definitely no music overnight, Roon was paused; everything else, other headphones were working normally and nothing looked amiss, but the Susvara that were plugged in were totally dead. I switched to another headphone and they were playing music so that's when I knew.
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    Dead Susvara mystery

    Yep they're less than a year old. I don't get how loud music doesn't BBQ them but paused headphone amp did.
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    Dead Susvara mystery

    Well, my Susvara was connected to Ragnarok2 for the night, music paused, amp on (not doing that again, just for peace of mind). The system has a PS audio power plant P3 for clean power (we hope) and protected by a rackmount Cyberpower UPS. Dac is Holo May. Susvara fine in the night. Only...
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    Feedback by 'scootermafia' on listing 'SOLD - Meze Empyrean'

    Great buyer, fast payment! Look forward to future dealings.
  11. For Sale  SOLD - Meze Empyrean

    Price
    1700.00 USD
    Condition
    Good
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United States of America
    Meze Empyrean in excellent working condition, clean and sound and great performance. A few light wear marks on the aluminum frame; light scratches on the carrying briefcase (its travel case is painted aluminum and won't hold up to any sort of travel in terms of scratch resistance, but still...
  12. For Sale  Dan Clark Audio DCA Stealth Headphones MINT

    Price
    3000.00 USD
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
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    Firm
    Ships to
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    Flawless DCA Stealth. Only a few hours on these, identical to a few hours ago when they were new! Includes everything a new one includes, including original shipping carton/leather box/foams (not pictured, they're big and don't fit well in my photo setup). Price includes Fedex shipping...
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    Double Helix Cables Thread

    Not partners, or one business, although our headphone cable industry has underwent a certain amount of convergent evolution. Businesses figure out what works and adopt it. Sometimes one company figures something useful out and the rest go with it, or figure out a way to improve it. As an...
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    Double Helix Cables Thread

    If there's anyone I missed, I'll keep at it, just been going through everything to see.
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    Double Helix Cables Thread

    Hello fellow quarantiners, We're still here in the long-lost land of Texas, catching up so wait times should be a lot quicker.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    It seems that some people still aren't getting it with respect to mods. These mods, while they have some prolifically posting adherents, are still used only by a few. Those few each prefer a few IEMs/headphones. iBasso has to come up with an amp module that pleases a broad userbase with broad...
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    @Whitigir, I can confirm there's only one type of 4.4 female ever made by NDICS. So AMP8 has the best jack possible.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    Trying to figure out if those two listings are different or if they just re-priced it. They look identical and I know they are only able to make these from gold-plated brass. They don't have two molds or something. They both have the same item number, NBA1-24-001. When the page is...
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    I'm inquiring about the cable mount 4.4 they sell. It's threaded with a barrel so it could screw into a panel.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    Perhaps Whitigir is thinking of the male 4.4 plugs, which come from NDICS in two flavors, brass and OFC copper. I spoke with NDICS (I think their actual factories are in China, and company HQ/R&D is in Japan) and they said there's only one type of 4.4 female pentaconn - and it's gold plated brass.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    I saw in an earlier post someone said their AMP8 didn’t have a genuine Pentaconn female 4.4 jack so they replaced it and got a better fit. Well, I investigated and compared a genuine Pentaconn from Japan to the Chinese knockoff and the one on the AMP8 and the AMP8 one appears to be genuine. I...
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    I’ve never had a need for the line out - most line outs are a fixed voltage level and the volume control has no effect on it. Others are a direct DAC output that bypasses the amp. Paul will know.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    Line out is not volume controlled, it’s for hooking up to an external amp.
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    DX220 A new view to your music. *** LATEST FW: 1.19 Local *** Link for User Guide 1st Page.

    Single 9038pro DAPs have not been widely beating DX220. The only dual 9038pro DAP is the enormous Kann Cube. The new A&K SP2000 has dual AKM 4399 chips which are very high power consumption, which cut 1/3 of the SP1000's battery life, but still impressive they managed to do it. DX200/220 is...
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