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    Android headset for oneplus 3

    Thanks for the reply.  Your opinion on how the OP3 sounds is pretty much consistent from the reviews and others out there.  Do you have any suggestions on a good dynamic driver IEM that has android capability?  The only one that comes to mind is the Shure SE215?  Do you also have any insight...
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    Android headset for oneplus 3

    Just got the new oneplus 3 and I was hoping to get a nice iem with an in line mic. Hoping to stay under 200. I was looking at the shure westone and ety . Could someone also educate me on the difference between iPhone and Android headsets and what can be controlled why the buttons? I've owned a...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    I believe you are thinking the opposite.  The line out on a headphone output has a much lower voltage than a typical preamp line out voltage.  You need less voltage to drive headphones than a typical line out voltage of lets say a cd player.  But that shouldn't pose a problem for most amplifiers...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    That's correct.  What would the disadvantage of using the headphone output to drive the line outs if Oppo had decided to jump the headphone output to RCA's for example?  The headphone output would suffer from a poorer SNR but it should be negligible seeing that they are >100db.  Also, the...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Sorry my brain was thinking hifi tube preamps, while the preamp needs to be muted while the relays are switching.  A mute circuit: http://www.transcendentsound.com/Transcendent/Mute_Circuit.html.  They are pretty darn common.   If you were to jump the line outs from the headphone output, both...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Well I'm not intimately familiar with the HA-1's circuitry so I can't give you definitive answers.  But if you were to have the HA-1 have the ability to switch between the line out and headphone amp, you'd have to implement another circuit.  Then to have a mute function, you would have to...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Mhhmm.  So the question is:  can you hear the difference between the two?
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Actually I have not.  My main system is fully balanced and I use balanced interconnects whenever possible.  Usually when you hear 6.35mm or 3.5mm to RCA it's antithetical to "audiophile." However, I think you may have a good point since the headphone output is discrete when compared to the...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    I've had experience with the Burson Conductor SL and the HA-1 but never with the top of the line Conductor.  It's tough to compare because I used them as headphone amps and also preamps, never through the DAC alone.  But to the point, I just liked the Conductor better.  I had never been a fan of...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Headphones with 5 cups? No.  But there have been attempts to emulate the sound of speakers in rooms even surround sound: http://www.smyth-research.com/   High definition digital audio has been around for decades as CD's.  Everyone wants convenience more and thus the MP3 found its place as a...
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    Oppo HA-1 Impressions Thread

    Why not just get both :P? But yes, the HA-1 and BDP-105 have different priorities.  I happen to own both and I use my 105 for my HT as a preamp, the HA-1 for a pair of passive speaker and headphone setup.  I've tried the headphone output on the 105 and it's not anywhere near the same quality...
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    USB DAC No sound When Computer Wakes up from Sleep

    Thanks for all the tips. I currently run on Windows 8.1.  I tried jiitteebee's suggestion and both windows audio services are working.  I also attempted to restart the service manually to see if that would fix the problem.  It did not.   Power management seems to be fine as with my...
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    USB DAC No sound When Computer Wakes up from Sleep

    Whenever I put the computer to sleep and wake it up there is no sound through my USB device.   For background, I purchased a Burson Conductor SL which uses a different driver, C Media USB 2.0 High Speed True HD audio driver than my previous device a Topping TP30.  All drivers are up to date.  ...
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    Over-ear Headphone discomfort

    Hmm... The momentum's do have deeper cups but they still bother me after an hour or so.  The NAD's bother me much quicker with their shallower ear cups.  I checked out the thread, and my ears fit into the ear cup but in terms of depth, that's the problem.  It seems that the momentums are 20mm...
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