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  1. bobfa

    Review by 'bobfa' on item 'Questyle CMA Fifteen DAC/Amp'

    I have been doing too much work lately, and this review got caught in the middle. My notes and processes fell a bit. Also, I have been putting off writing this review because I was not sure where to go with it. I might be getting jaded, or something else is causing my brain block. With...
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  2. bobfa

    Watts Up...?

    I had a Hugo 2 and found it very nice, but I sold it because it is not a portable DAC, nor is it a Desktop DAC. I still have my Mojo and use it "some", and more lately, I am working with the way. The Mojo 2 is of great interest using my iPhone as the computer. Yet I am tempted by the new...
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    Comment by 'bobfa' on listing 'HD800 Headphones'

    Yes I am selling my headphones. Yes I am real, Yes they are real.
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  4. For Sale  Rosson Rad-0 #255

    Price
    1900.00 USD
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United States of America
    I am the original purchaser of these. I just do not use them enough to keep them.
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  5. bobfa

    Comment by 'bobfa' on listing 'Soekris 2541'

    The Dave was a loaner. The personalities are amazingly different. The Soekris is sort of smooth and sweet??? The Dave is uptight??? The TT2 with a Farad 3 sits further in the sweet spot. I spent a lot of time not finding the right XLR cables! I no longer use DACs in my main system the...
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  6. For Sale  HD800 Headphones

    Price
    800.00 USD
    Condition
    Good
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United States of America
    I am selling my HD800 headphones. These work fine and have had no modifications. Original box!
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  7. For Sale  Soekris 2541

    Price
    1050.00 USD
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
    Negotiability
    Firm
    Ships to
    1. United States of America
    I have not been using my Soekris 2541 lately So I would like to sell it.
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    • Category: DACs
  8. bobfa

    New Loaner Program - Chord Hugo TT2

    The TT2 is a pretty big step up. It can fill multiple needs better. I was pleasantly surprised by how much better it sounded. What this actually leads me to is to look at the Dave and the M-Scaler. I do not spend a lot of time with my headphone system. For my current needs, the Hugo 2 is...
  9. bobfa

    New Loaner Program - Chord Hugo TT2

    Many thanks to Todd from TTVJ Audio for setting up his loaner program. Just a little background to start. I have two Chord DACs, the Mojo and the Hugo 2. They both perform very well, and while they target the same use case, I use them differently. I use the Mojo for portable situations...
  10. bobfa

    Epic Headphone Event! Chicago - October 27th

    Audio Consultants hosted a headphone event in the Evanston store on October 27, 2018. I was able to attend and thought I would share my experience. I have only been to a few headphone events, and this experience was different. The in-store event was more personal and a lot quieter. It was...
  11. bobfa

    Epic Headphone Event! Chicago - October 27th 10-6PM

    Nice event. Thanks to Evan for his expertise. I was able to listen to the LCDi4 for the first time. I was very impressed. I did a little "show report." https://www.head-fi.org/threads/epic-headphone-event-chicago-october-27th.892087/
  12. bobfa

    Lyr 3 - The new Coherence™ and Continuity™ hybrid amplifier from Schiit - Impression & discussion thread

    WOW, what a thread! I finally decided to order a Lyr 3. Schiit has just shipped my Lyr 3 with the MB DAC and both of their tubes. I also have a WYRD in the order. My primary use case is desktop operation connected to my 27in iMac. I also plan to use it as a headphone amp in my "big"...
  13. bobfa

    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Jason, I am sure it has been said before; but we really appreciate the work you do. I mean that not only from a customer standpoint but for the industry. It is hard these days to avoid the always on world! You can almost never get away from that stimulation. I received my first Schiit...
  14. bobfa

    What a long, strange trip it's been -- (Robert Hunter)

    I am very interested in what you might do with a transport. I am waiting on my first product from Schiit a Yggdrasil and I would love a "matching" transport. I think that the CD market is in a pretty great place to buy used right now. But as I have been purchasing used CD's and I am starting...
  15. bobfa

    Mytek Brooklyn Thread

    I have not heard the booster but I have the JS-2 that the second rail is running my MacMini and the combo is darn impressive. I would not go back. The improvement on the DAC+ was welcome but the improvement to the system cleaning up the power to the Mac mini is nothing short of a miracle! I...
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    Mytek Brooklyn Thread

    OK My bad the x-14A (for amplified) so the DAC is direct to the speakers. You have to have some sort of volume control. The DAC + has three modes, (see their manual). One is a digital volume control the other is an analog volume control. But you can bypass the volume controls in the DAC and...
  17. bobfa

    Mytek Brooklyn Thread

    I assume you have a power amp in there! Between the DAC and the speakers... Something has to control the volume. If Roon controls it then you have to get the settings right before you turn off the control in the DAC. I use my DAC+ and control the volume with it. I have played a little bit...
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    Mytek Brooklyn Thread

    The experience with the Yggy is very interesting. I have done some casual testing against and Ayre Codex and QX-5 and the Brooklyn is right in there with them.. The Brooklyn is just so much of a "Swiss army knife" I have the original Brooklyn in my main system as DAC/Preamp. I have an order...
  19. bobfa

    24-bit audio a con, according to Gizmodo

    Well to add fuel to the fire.  HD Tracks newsletter yesterday said something about a "big" announcement next week.
  20. bobfa

    Re-cable to balanced for headphones. Wondering if there is a standard way to go back to SE

    That is what I was thinking about.  I have not found an inline female connector for the Hirose types iBasso uses.  (I have not looked that hard).  It would be good to have a "Head-Fi" standard so that we could all use them at meets, etc.....    rjf
  21. bobfa

    Re-cable to balanced for headphones. Wondering if there is a standard way to go back to SE

    The headphones will be plugged into a iBasso PB2 and an RSA SR71B so i need two connectors for that and one for singled ended.
  22. bobfa

    Re-cable to balanced for headphones. Wondering if there is a standard way to go back to SE

    Where do you find the 4 pin xlr?  I have not found them.
  23. Ibasso Balanced Portable System

    Ibasso Balanced Portable System

    Developing a portable listening system that has the ability to provide balanced and single ended audio to headphones.  The purpose for this setup is to have a system that "approaches" desktop performance and provides a learning playground.   Using a portable DAC that has balanced output to a...
  24. bobfa

    Re-cable to balanced for headphones. Wondering if there is a standard way to go back to SE

    I am in the process of re-cabling my headphones for a balanced amp and I am thinking about building an adaptor into the cable so I can do balanced or singled ended.  I would need some sort of inline connector sets to create short adaptors.  I was wondering if anyone has developed a "standard"...
  25. bobfa

    Preliminary Impressions of the New 2006 Total BitHead

    I have a few computers, but my main laptop is a Dell M20. If I put the TBH06 on the back surface of the screen on the Dell there is a lot of electrical noise transmitted to the Amp. This appears to only happen when I have my Sure E5c's connected the DD770 does not show this. YMMV I have only...
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