Thanks for the video. What metal mini xlr connector did you use inside the headphone? Any brand will fit?

Yeah I think that's the problem. I have heard quite a bit of setups and also went to canjam and honestly the only setup there that actually made me feel like I was listening to an actual upgrade over my akg were the Sennheiser hd800 on an enigma athena a1 amp. Nothing in the past year has truly...

I am getting the itch to upgrade my AKG's but don't know what's new out there. Basically looking for another open can but they have to be extremely comfy like my AKG K7XX. I work from home so I wear my headphones 8-10 hours a day.

Far and away the JBL LSR305.

Kind of weird why a reverse passive preamp in this hobby isn't a normal thing. Tons of people that use headphones also have speakers they use from time to time as well.

So is using the SYS in reverse as simple as plugging the amps in the inputs and the dac on the output?

I am in the process of redesigning my office and I am looking to add a speaker system to the setup. As of now I have been using O2/ODAC combo and of course it's superb. I am basically looking for a similar performance DAC/head amp but that also has balanced outputs to go to speakers. I want...

At canjam the Athena A1 was paired with the hd800 and it was amazing. My favorite setup of the whole show. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Speakers with giant woofers and wide bandwidth compression driver on a waveguide or horn. Then use even larger woofers for the low end. Classical never sounded so good. Large orchestras can be incredibly dynamic and sad to say a speaker with small drivers just can't keep up.

So here's a dumb question but the website does not say. Are these cans open or closed? By the pictures I am inclined to think open but not sure.

So I take it they haven't been improved since their prototype at CanJam? At canjam they sounded super muddy with overblown midbass. I then listened to them again at RMAF and it was the same exact thing so I thought they were still in prototype stage. If those were retail units then the nighthawk...

Can anyone recommend a linear power supply that is pretty much plug and play that I can stick in a case to power a rpi2 with volumio and also power a nano idsd with split data and power? If not, I was just going to go with a 5V/5A meanwell medical grade SMPS unit.

What if you connect a Jitterbug into another Jitterbug into another Jitterbug? Will it do inception on itself?

There really was only one headphone under $400 that caught my attention immediately and that was the Oppo PM-3. I already own the K7XX and those are just very hard to beat at $200. Am I the only one that though the EL-8 sounded really bad? The open version was ok but at $700 there is no way. At...

The PM-3 is a lot of headphone for the price. Controlled bass and crisp highs. It's the kind of headphone that I could listen to for hours with no fatigue and it's pretty comfy. The EL-8 in it's current form is pretty bad IMO.

To me the gear of the show was the Oppo HA-2. The price to performance ratio is off the charts. The Audeze EL-8 were a huge disappointment. The closed version were absolutely horrible while the open ones fared a little better. Not very comfy either. Another disappointment were the audioquest...

My one plus one. Recognized the DAC of the ha-2 with no issues.

@canjam HA-2 with PM-3 is sooooo good.

Got my ticket and can't wait until Saturday! I have a question though. Do direct vendors like Schiit tend to sell gear at these shows? Looking for some instant gratification Schiit.

Did I mention how stupid comfy these puppies are? They are AD700 levels of comfy unlike my brain crushing Q701. Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

Something like that would get flagged by their system rather quickly. Did you guys file a complaint with Amazon?

BTW massdrop has the JBL LSR308 speakers right now for a really really good price. I have the LSR305 and they are fantastic for the money. The LSR308 are huge but if you got the room you won't find a better speaker for $360/pair.

Agree with the majority of the post except the return policy rant. The whole point of Amazon and Prime is to make purchasing hassle free both ways. That is why I pay Amazon $100/year for the Prime service. Amazon has never tried to hide their liberal return policy and this is why they are...

Just got mine in and my oh my the comfort. My Q701 took a long time to stop pinching my brain but these feel just sublime. Too early to tell but so far they have a little more bass than the Q701 which is a good thing. Can't beat the sound for $200.

Shipped!!!!! Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk