Recent content by Andrew Jones
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Hearing loss prevention
Quote: There are many causes of tinnitus (from illness through to "it just happens"), not just exposure to extreme noise. A sound level meter can help with full-size head phones, keep the peaks in the 75 - 80 dB range (or lower), make sure you give your ears plenty of rest from noise and...- Andrew Jones
- Post #12
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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YOUR Top 10 Albums
Tough to reduce the list to 10 and unlikely I'd get exactly the same list tomorrow! Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won Arcade Fire - Funeral Barenaked Ladies - Gordon Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room Jah Wobble - Take Me To God...- Andrew Jones
- Post #231
- Forum: Music
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Comfort over sound, what pair of headphones should I get?
It's really hard to be certain that you'll find a pair of HPs comfortable because someone else does, but of the ones ones I own, the most immediately comfortable are the Denon AHD2000s, but they do get uncomfortable after a couple of hours, or less if it's warm - my ears start itching and I just...- Andrew Jones
- Post #26
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Headphones with detachable wire?!
AKG K271 MK II have cables that are easy to replace (the HP comes with 2 cables & 2 sets of pads). Isolation is pretty good for when you're travelling. Not sure how well the do without an amp with most portable devices, they sound fine from a HM 601, but that has a more powerful amp than is typical.- Andrew Jones
- Post #12
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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I don't want to see a live show ever again.
Over the years I'd got used to the idea that live rock concerts often wouldn't sound that great, but that changed a few years ago when I saw The Who. The volume was too loud (as you'd expect!), but there was no distortion at all and it sounded fantastic. I assumed that they had simply invested...- Andrew Jones
- Post #53
- Forum: Music
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D2000 vs HD650 | Comparison & Review
When I first received the 650s they were very uncomfortable, it was only when I bent the metal part of the headband (quite firmly) to release the grip, that they became comfortable. I now prefer them (comfort wise) to the D2000s, which feel a bit too loose (I don't always keep my head still when...- Andrew Jones
- Post #218
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Portable amp with HIFIMAN players : is it necessary ?
I'm happy with the way the 601 drives both a pair of HD650 and a pair of AH-D2000. I haven't yet compared with a portable amp (I have a Predator) because I'm happy with the way it sounds without one,- Andrew Jones
- Post #3
- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
Quote: Top to bottom. Doesn't affect the sound, so I'm not going to worry too much about it. I may get some transparent tape to make sure it holds together. It's not as though the display is a work of art on this device.- Andrew Jones
- Post #600
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
I've managed to crack the glass in my 601. There was no impact, but the device was stored in my car while camping at -6C (or possibly a little lower) and that appears to have caused the crack. Still seems to play OK though.- Andrew Jones
- Post #589
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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HM-601 losing the SD card's songs
The 601 behaves like that with some SD cards (e.g. for me a Sandisk 16Gb Class 4) and it behaves properly with others (e.g. for me a Kingston 16Gb Class 4)- Andrew Jones
- Post #8
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
Quote: My Sandisk 16 type 4 had the same problem, replaced by a Kinston 16 type 4 and it works. Some cards just aren't fully compatible- Andrew Jones
- Post #488
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
Quote: All the tags are set either with EAC when the music is ripped (one reason why I keep a Windows PC around) or FOOBAR2000 (running on XP, or on Linux using Wine). I've set up a separate library for the files to go on the 601, some albums are combined into single files (where gapless is...- Andrew Jones
- Post #419
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
No issues with Ubuntu 10.10 either- Andrew Jones
- Post #413
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Is the Hifiman HM-601 worth getting?
Lack of gapless is unfortunate, but if you have the disk space to spare it doesn't take too long to convert separate FLAC files into a single file which will play seamlessly. There is no replaygain support either, so if you want a normalised sound level it will be necessary to adjust the files...- Andrew Jones
- Post #15
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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REVIEW: HiFiman HM-601
"Fixed" the problem with the 601 forgetting it has an SD card loaded by swapping to a class 4 16Gb Kingston card, it works as it should. It also loads in my netbook twice as fast as the class 4 16Gb Sandisk card. Now have a spare 16Gb card for my camera (not that I've ever got close to filling...- Andrew Jones
- Post #311
- Forum: Portable Source Gear