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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Heya, The HE-400's are easy to drive, so I would put a pretty significant resistor on there if you wanted to use a receiver like the TX8020 on its speaker taps. I used a 500 ohm resistor on my Denon D5000's that are super easy to drive and that did the trick for me on all my amplifiers that I...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,818
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Same! I'm still using my HE500 on my Tubemagic D2 tube DAC and the Emotiva mini-X A-100. I've never bothered to change it. And it's amazing to just enjoy listening and stop searching for "gear." :beerchug: Very best,- MalVeauX
- Post #3,811
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
:beerchug: Thanks! And I do miss good discussion, I likely need to catch up on what's changed in the past couple of years! I thought it was really cool that Emotiva updated their A-100 to have a headphone port so that you don't need speaker taps and you can use a jumper to use the full...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,808
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Agree, I struggled letting go of all the headphones you just mentioned. I liked having them and used a different one for a different genre, etc. I realized I was just hording though and collecting and so I finally let them go. I bought a DT770 literally like 4 times total because I just enjoyed...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,805
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Thanks! I dare say it was easier when there were less choices! Now, everyone and their uncle has a headphone line. Add to that the market has heavily shifted and literally everyone buys and trades DROP (Mass Drop) dealed headphones from mass crowd funding purchases. And the market for DAC/AMPs...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,803
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Thanks; I lurk but ultimately after going through the process and finding something that just does the job, I found it a much better endevour to just listen instead of constantly looking for the next good deal or next better option. The DAC, AMP and headphone(s) have been going non stop for...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,801
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Agreed, and I'm here now almost 9 years later still doing it. Every now and then I log in and see what people are talking about. But really, I found the most value in simply getting something good and then just listening to the music and stop chasing the gear. I realize for many the gear is the...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,799
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Heya, 7+ years later, I'm still running the same setup. Just wanted to report in for anyone who ever read all this and wondered about the idea of end-game. With all things audio, we are often tempted to chase the last 1% as new things are released over the years. I've tried new things here and...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,797
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
I'm still using the same setup. HE-500, re-cabled, straight into the Emotiva. It's so good, I let go of virtually everything else and have not felt the need to upgrade since I started this thread many moons ago. :) Very best,- MalVeauX
- Post #3,794
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FiiO M3, Ultra-Portable|8G+64G|2.0" 320*240 TFT|50mW|FLAC/APE/AIFF|In line control|OGG, MP3, AAC, WMA |24 Hours|HiFi Earbuds
Well, I retired my old portable setup (Fuse!) and moved to the M3 now that it's plenty mature. I picked it up for $40 on Amazon. Inexpensive and good quality is hard to find these days, but Fiio just keeps pushing out great stuff. I'm not a total stickler when it comes to a portable device...- MalVeauX
- Post #1,831
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Headphones under $250 and DAC AMP
Heya, Correct, but the point is, you can mismatch either. Putting a 32ohm on a high impedance output amp (OTL tube) would also be poor. While putting a 600ohm on something with next to zero output impedance does nothing other than drop your overall volume, it doesn't help performance...- MalVeauX
- Post #6
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Headphones under $250 and DAC AMP
Heya, Sounds like the Beyer DT880 would be more up your ally. The DT990 has a lot of mid-bass, but not much more sub-bass. The DT880 has good bass anyways. Overall a better generalist. Get the 32ohm or 250ohm and call it a day, whatever it cheaper. Impedance does not dictate...- MalVeauX
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Video editor on the field in need of crisp closed headphones for difficult situations
Heya, So a couple of things. First, colored headphones (bassy ones for example) will influence your video edits if you're also editing sound. Much like production in music, if you mix and edit on something very bassy, the result on someone else's end will be... very different. It's best to...- MalVeauX
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Soundscape in headphones
Heya, You'd probably get a little better explanations and activity in the Sound Science forum. What you're referring to compared to a speaker system has to do with physical location of drivers, direction of the sound waves/pressure, and the location of your two ears relative to source...- MalVeauX
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Best headphone without amp?
Heya, I'd say try something like a Beyer DT880 32ohm or an AudioTechnica AD900X or similar. Very best,- MalVeauX
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Is the Hifiman HE-6 clearly a league above the Hifiman HE-500?
To an extent yes. You will be able to listen to it on high gain with the volume knob turned up quite high. But will it be fully driven? Maybe not. The Asgard 2 is more appropriate for the HE500, or successors to that particular line. Or any modern Hifiman, as they're more efficient these...- MalVeauX
- Post #431
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Reply to review by 'malveaux' on item 'SR850 Professional Studio Reference Headphones'
Heya. I would not use these for production. The warmer and pronounced bass is not ideal for mixing. You could of course equalize them down to be better for mixing (to achieve a much more neutral signature on them by equalizing). But if that's not something you want to do, I would look to another...- MalVeauX
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Heya, Brian over at BTG Audio can make you a custom cable that is directly from the headphone to speaker taps termination without an adapter. I think he's running a new discount right now too. Google him up. He does excellent work. I had him mod my HE500's to XLR posts and made all my...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,722
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Did Sennheiser just reveal the Orpheus successor?
I can't get over how... silly it looks to me. Marble. The case that holds the phones themselves. The lack of symmetry. It screams tacky to me. I think stone could have been really nice, if it were -all- stone, and not just blocks of stuff stuck together looking like any other mess of things...- MalVeauX
- Post #433
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Reply to review by 'malveaux' on item 'SONOS PLAY:1 Compact Wireless Speaker for Streaming Music - (White)'
3.5" driver. There's no way this fills the room with any kind of low frequency response. You need a sub. And why are Sonos exclusive media being recommended over something that... well, any audiophile on this site should have? Too much glow here.- MalVeauX
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Cable purity
Heya, There's really no real significance to tell you that something is 99% pure, versus 99.9999% pure in the real world in regards to audio. They're the same number in a sense, one is simply showing more significant digits. Sure, you can try to argue that the first number allows for 1%... -
[DISCOUNT EXPIRED] In An Ambient Way, from Jazz super group, POWERHOUSE
Heya, So just did my listen through (full listen through, beginning to end, no breaks). Impressions thus far, very chill album, nothing zany and crazy going on, just relaxing, mellow flow. Very nice to sit back and relax to. The instrumentation is fantastic, definitely see where the name...- MalVeauX
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HE-500, LCD2, D5000, DT770, SR80, on a speaker amp (Emotiva mini-X A-100) Project
Heya, I did, bought the Lyr twice actually. Sold it each time. It's a good amp, but it's not a tube amp, it's powerful for sure, but ultimately I just wasn't impressed with it for the $350~400 price tag with it lacking a lot of additional features (at the time Lyr 1 for me, these days...- MalVeauX
- Post #3,694
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[DISCOUNT EXPIRED] In An Ambient Way, from Jazz super group, POWERHOUSE
This thread lead me to buying the CD, thanks! I've tried some albums at 96/24 and higher, and really didn't notice any real difference from 44.1/16. But, if someone else does, more power to them! Very best,- MalVeauX
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MalVeauX has got to be the nicest most clued up headphone enthusiast on here, Such a nice guy
Heya, No problem, I'm always available via PM even if I don't post as much these days. Happy listening to all. Very best,- MalVeauX
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