Hi folks. The title says it all really. My budget is €100. My background; I used to be here a lot, years ago. I've owned many headphones over the years and still have a few pairs, however, I'm looking for something for work. My preferred sound is my go-to rig, FLAC / ODAC / Project Ember Mk2 /...

Hi folks. It's been a long time since I posted here. This was home for a long time. I've been busy. Those who knew me knew I lived in Scotland but now I live in France. It's been an upheaval, to say the least. My hearing is crap now. So much so that I generally listen to music via YouTube...

That may well be the case today but when I first tried True-Fi (when it first launched) there was a world of difference between it's sound and that of Ref 4. In fact Ref 3 - which I was using up to that point - was also better with my HD 650 than True-Fi. True-Fi was thin, as though they'd...

It sounds better, so there's that.

Me too.

Excellent! Only 3 hours and 12 minutes until my pair are ready.

I also have my speakers set to the French theme. It works wonders beefing up my Dali's in a tiled room. In France too, coincidentally. :beerchug:

I used Ref 3 since it's release & gave True-fi a listen. It did nothing for me. Then I tried Ref 4 and it was so much better. Interestingly, it wasn't the same sound as I got from Ref 3 so something has changed in the algorithm. Whatever, for me, using HD 650's, Ref 4 is clearly superior.

I'm sorry but I stopped using JRMC a year ago because of their continuation with porting. Youre looking for the Sonarworks .VST file though and you load it by clicking 'Manage Plug-ins' button in the screenshot above. Navigate to the folder and Bingo!

It works fine in the Mac port of JRiver.

That's how it should be set. When I used to use heavy interconnects that dropped down behind my desk I could occasionally cause a hum if I moved the cables. I only use high-impedance cans these days but even so I also find w/am to offer more than enough gain.

What gain setting are you using?

Wrong!

That lot's worth more than my car. And my bike, my dogs & possibly myself as well. My wife would divorce me even if it were an option.

I have no idea regarding the hi-res aspect (although I'm surprised it makes any difference) but you dodged a bullet with True-Fi. I thought it sounded pretty awful & night & day different to the full Ref 4 product when used with my HD 650.

I don't use Tidal so I can't help you with that I'm afraid but if your System Settings are set to use Sonarworks Systemwide then surely it's irrelevant what Tidal is doing? That's just a guess btw, I don't pay for music playback software.

When you go into your OS X you should see this or similar... Highlight Sonarworks Systemwide & that's it.

I understand where you're coming from because I also found it confusing. I must say I do really enjoy the system-wide aspect of it. We're currently living in a rented house and so can't make many alterations to the listening room. Consequently the sound in this room is very 'lively', to say the...

I initially used the VST component of Ref 3 in JRiver and then switched to Vox and used the AU plug-in. The sound was pretty much exactly the same. I've now switched to the AU plug-in supplied with Ref 4 and the sound is very different. To my mind it's better but it's interesting that it's...

I didn't like True-Fi at all to be honest. I thought it sounded rather anaemic. Ref 4, on the other hand, is fabulous with my HD 650's.

Strange, my experience is the complete opposite. Whereas Ref 3 stripped the body out of the mids in search of neutrality I'd say Ref 4 retains the character of the HD 650 mids far more accurately.

I tried True-Fi but didn't like the sound at all. On the other hand I also tried Sonarworks Reference 4 (including Systemwide) and I couldn't be happier. Fabulous sound.

Are you absolutely positive it's a full hour?

It's also a completely different animal. I'd advise extreme caution.

Or you could buy something from a manufacturer who treats your country with the respect it deserves?