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    Review by 'audiohamster' on item 'Sennheiser X Massdrop HD 6XX'

    Price/Performance: 5 star headphone. IMPORTANT: BURN IN THE HEADPHONE FOR 24 HOURS. These have a pretty solid soundstage, much bigger than your typical closed headphone. They definitely excel with any kind of acoustic music. I have also found that they're great headphones for tuning a system...
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    iFi iDefender 3.0 + Grace Standard DAC

    I picked up this iDefender thing to go with my Grace Standard DAC that is USB powered. I have already noticed that this Grace Standard DAC changes its signature based on cables and ports but up till now it was just different versions of horrid. The iDefender changed it substantially for the...
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    Opinions on MSB Link III

    I had the basic MSB Link III DAC in college, it was awesome then for a college kid. I had it hooked up to a Denon CD player, I enjoyed it but it wasn't a favorite of everyone I spoke with about it. There was also a Gold version that came out at some point. I would say that for $35, if you have a...
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    Musical Fidelity X-Can V3 - sound quality questions...

    Thanks for the response, you were on the right track as it turns out that the issue was my computer's line out. It just has weirdly boosted bass/midbass that is also super punchy. I just started using this amp like 10 days ago so really not familiar with how it should sound. But at least I'm...
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    Musical Fidelity X-Can V3 - sound quality questions...

    I picked up this amp on ebay and while it sounded fine I wasn't blown away. I once owned the X-Can v1 back in the day and had heard of upgrades for it so I sought out some upgrades for the v3. Yesterday I did the full upgrade from Rock Grotto with new caps and ultra fast diodes. I also updated...
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