Have the same Benchmark stack as you except in silver. I’m running the Quads balanced via a silver lavricables.

Which pads are you using, people in this thread often do not mention that. I love the angled pleather pads myself, feel like it puts out the proper amount of bass and very open speaker like presentation.

I would agree on the angled pads being superior and what makes the Quads more desirable, but the $300 price gap is pretty steep. If Massdrop price was MSPR I think more people would be trying these out.

It appears that the Brainwavz Alara may be from the same oem template. Wonder how they would compare to the Quads, and especially highlight if there was any custom tuning performed by either brand or they are just straight off the shelf.

Interesting, for what it’s worth: https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/innerfidelity-product-year-2018 They never did a full review, only a “part 1” a few months back

Front of the box states: “Designed & engineered in the United Kingdom”, Back: “Made in China”

This is the review I read a while back that had me interested in these: https://headphone.guru/quad-era-1-planar-magnetic-headphones-a-classic-in-the-making/ It is pretty spot on regarding the pads, which I don’t really see mentioned in this thread when reviewing/comparing to others.

$569.99 is a great price for these. Thanks for the mention, joined the drop.

I guess I was wrong, there is a small comparison between the 2 here: http://headfonics.com/2017/02/the-dac3-hgc-by-benchmark-media/

As a dac, it probably is, but for the same money, the ADI-2 PRO also has a AD and much more functionality, whether the additional processing and the AD is needed is entirely personal preference. The Benchmark is a very very good DAC, when they announced the DAC3, I reached out to Benchmark...

I just picked up an ADI-2 PRO myself. Not sure what you mean by "maybe" sounds better than the Mojo. I have a Benchmark DAC2, which IMO blows the Mojo away fairly easily. With that said, the ADI-2 PRO will be replacing my Benchmark DAC2 and ADC1 USB combo. I am very impressed with RME's work on...

Received mine today as well. Sadly the sound doesn't impress me much. Also driven by a Mojo. I personally prefer my Sony MDR-7520 to these, and what I consider neutral. The SINE are definitely high resolving, just not engaging enough for my taste. Even if the 2 headphones cost the same, I would...

Isn't pointing to one or two sentences of what he said, rather than the entire statement bending the truth ?

What Bill Low said: "Home Entertainment was contacted immediately, and was informed that there were legitimate questions about the veracity of the video. We asked that the video be taken down, and that we learn everything possible about the production of the video, and that AudioQuest be given...

I am fully aware they are, no argument there. For me they simply raise awareness of new products that I may not have otherwise known existed/came to the market.

Fair enough

With the above said, are you implying that theres is a possibility that cables can sound different, there just hasn't been any currently utilized test/method to show those differences if any, or did I read that wrong ?

I am not trying to avoid the argument, I am simply stating that someone with actual experience of a cable has more right to claim whether it's good, bad, or doesn't do anything different at all than another cable vs. someone that had read numerous whitepapers and has a clear understanding of...

Since you were quoted, I couldn't help but read your amazingly scientific reply, and reply one last time. The whole problem is you, not this discussion, I seemed to have carried on with others just fine, but you, trying to insult and belittle people in your replies makes it smart ass, not my...

The vmoda cable fits this headphone just fine. Its a bit of a squeeze as the rubber around the termination is haxagonal and the opening on the headphone is oval. I will post a pic when I have a moment

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/high-end-pc-audio,3733.html That was also an interesting read, I am sure many here have been through it.

This is more on topic than my failed attempts. Knowing more about the author gives better background to the article vs just jumping on the lets bash high end cables wagon

I tried to be polite and have simple discussion with you, but you forced me will to just ignore you and your smart ass comments

HDMI 2.0 which is present on some newer video cards and monitors although it is not advertised. I don't recall, but believe the cable has to be 1.4 spec in order to support the additional bandwidth. 2.0 spec was made for 4K if I am not mistaken.

Unfortunately they are no longer in my possession, and were bought/borrowed to simply allow me to pick a product I deemed worth the cost, there was nothing scientific about it.