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  1. daronharvey

    Sony NW-A40 Series NW-A45/A46/A47

    Hi - As I don't have £100's to burn for the sake of it, I have been chewing over whether to buy a Sony NWA45, which currently retail in the UK for £179. However, I have recently come across a retailer who is selling the Panasonic DP-30R (similar to the Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato, I believe) for £199...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    Thanks for the reply. This is a bricks and mortar retailer, so I'll see if they'll be happy for me to the Onkyo/Pioneer side my side with DX50. They don't stock the Sony A45 though. At the "sale" price, the Pioneer is just £20 more than the Sony, but at the original price of over £300, the...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I hadn't considered the balanced facility as a possible deciding factor, but maybe I should. I don't have a balanced cable for my phones, I'll see if the retailer will let me try before buying, so I'll make sure I have some tracks on a spare microSD card so I...
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    Onkyo DP-S1 Rubato / Pioneer XDP-30R Private

    I have recently come across a retailer who is selling the Pioneer DP-30R for £199 which previously sold for £300+ and was wondering if any of you have heard this alongside an iBasso DX50. As I don't have £100's to burn for the sake of it, I have been chewing over whether to buy a Sony NWA45...
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    HD380 Pro VS Momentums

    Hi   I realise that your original posting was a long while ago, but I was wondering if you did eventually make the switch from the HD380 Pro's to Momentums.   I am in a similar position, in that I have been using the HD380 Pro's in the office for a few years, as my Grado's are way too leaky...
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    Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear sound leakage question

    Thanks for the feedback. I'd also be keen to see how they compare with HD380 Pro's which are really good at sound isolation, but can also sound quite lifeless depending on what I'm listening to.
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    Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear sound leakage question

    Hi   I'm hoping that someone may be able to advise on the sound isolation of the Sennheiser Momentum On-ear and Off-ear phones.   I'm looking for something to use in the office. My usual headphones of choice are Grados (I have SR225i's, 325e's, and RS2i's) but they're no good for the office...
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    Grado Fan Club!

      Just a quick follow-on from the earlier postings regarding the differences (or lack of) between my Graham Slee Novo and XCan v2. Having spent some more time with them, but this time with only headphone amp hooked up at any one time, I feel at last able to tell the difference!   The Novo is...
  9. daronharvey

    Grado Fan Club!

    The Grados I have float my boat nicely, so I'm happy to stick with them, and despite the impressions I might have given in m earlier posting, I'm actually really happy with the results of both the SR325e's and RS2i's plugged into either of the two amps mentioned. What I'm wondering is that if I...
  10. daronharvey

    Grado Fan Club!

    Thanks - I'll give that a try.   Just to be clear, the two pairs of outputs from my CD player usually feed (1) my main system of Naim amps and Monitor Audio GR60s skrs, and (2) a headphone amp. So are you suggesting that when I have both headphone amps hooked up to the CD player at the same...
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    Grado Fan Club!

    Something is puzzling me.   Over the past few years I have progressed through Grado models, having started with SR80s, through SR225i's, and I currently have both SR325e's and RS2i's. I certainly have no grumbles to make about my headphones, and I'm happy switching between the SR325e's and...
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    Graham Slee Novo Review (Disappointed)

    I recently purchased a Novo as (so I thought) an upgrade from a Musical Fidelity XCan v1 tube amp. The XCan has live with me for about 3 years, fed by my Arcam CD92 and into my Grados (SR80s, then SR225i's, and now into SR325e's). After 3 weeks with the Novo, I was expecting to have sold my...
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    Should I get a Graham Slee Novo or a Graham Slee Solo SRG?

    A week on from my last post, and with 80ish hours more on the Novo, I'm still trying to find a significant enough improvement the Novo offers over the XCan to justify the purchase. In no way am I saying it's not worth buying a Novo, but I bought mine as a un upgrade to my system, having owned...
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    Reply to review by 'daronharvey' on item 'Grado SR325e'

    In the past 18 months I upgraded from a pair of SR80's which I had owned for 4-5 years. I went to the SR225i's, having read comments about 325's being harsh and heavy. But for the past couple of months I have been the proud owner of a pair of SR325e's, and I absolutely love them. In my view, the...
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    Should I get a Graham Slee Novo or a Graham Slee Solo SRG?

    I have just purchased a used Graham Slee Novo, and really like it. It was bought as a step up from my Musical Fidelity XCan v1, but I'm struggling to decide which of the two amps (XCans and Novo) is better. I'm using Grado SR325e's. I thought that by now my X Can would be up for sale, but I'm...
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    Grado Fan Club!

    I'm following up on my post from about 10 days ago where I was asking about buying a Graham Slee Novo to feed my Grado SR325e's, as an upgrade from my X Cans v1. I have since purchased a used Novo, and really like it. However, I'm struggling to decide which of the two amps (XCans and Novo) is...
  17. daronharvey

    Grado Fan Club!

    Budget? If I'm in a hurry, about £250 ish, but if it would be better to save and wait a bit longer for the right amp, I'd do that.
  18. daronharvey

    Grado Fan Club!

    Having upgraded gradually over the past couple of years from Grado SR80s, through SR225i’s (which I still have), and now on to Grado SR325e’s, I would appreciate some views on upgrading my headphone amp, and ultimately whether any such upgrade would be worth whatever additional money I would...
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    XCan feeding my Grados. What next? Graham Slee Novo?

    Having upgraded gradually over the past couple of years from Grado SR80s, through SR225i’s (which I still have), and now on to Grado SR325e’s, I would appreciate some views on upgrading my headphone amp, and ultimately whether any such upgrade would be worth whatever additional money I would...
  20. daronharvey

    Graham Slee Novo

    (I have moved my post to what I believe is a more appropriate thread)
  21. daronharvey

    Grado SR225 Thread

    I still have my SR225i's, having also bought a pair of SR325i's a couple of weeks before Christmas.   The 325's are now my first choice, and I'm happy listening for long periods without any discomfort. They're heavier than the 225s, but not uncomfortably so. Overall I would say they're better...
  22. daronharvey

    MP3 vs. FLAC

    I have recently taken the time to compare FLAC to MP3 with what turned out to be… in my view… some pretty extensive testing for my own purposes. To provide some background, I recently purchased an iBasso DX50 as my main media player had become temperamental, and with Xmas on the way, the DX50...
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    Grado SR225 Thread

    I'm currently using (and really enjoying) my 225i's, having upgraded about a year ago from my SR80's. I'm now getting that urge to upgrade, but within reason (money being that reason). So now the SR325e's are out, and from what I have read, they're not as harsh as prevsious versions of the...
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    Reply to review by 'daronharvey' on item 'Grado SR325e'

    About a year ago I upgraded from a pair of Grado SR80's, to the SR225i's. At the time, despite not having heard them for comparison, I was put going for the SR325i's due to the comments about them being more 'toppy' than the SR225i's, plus the 225's were two thirds of the price of the 325's.  ...
  25. daronharvey

    IBasso DX50 vs Fiio X3 comparison thread

    Having recently suffered a failed Sony NWZ-A845 where the sound fizzled out to silence, I now need something else of a decent enough quality not to leave me wanting. And given that Sony’s approach to protecting us grown-ups from ourselves by imposing a lower than reasonable volume restriction in...
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