cactus_farmer's latest activity
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cactus_farmer posted the thread Upgrading from Audeze LCD-X (2021) to Hifiman HE6se V2 for more bass slam? in Headphones (full-size).According to Resolve from The Headphone Show and headphones.com, the Hifiman HE6 original (long discontinued and very difficult to find...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.Great, it seems you got lucky! But if you'd had to send back the headphone (and you lived in the UK) - you'd need to pay for recorded...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.I am thinking of trying out an HE6SEV2 - so far my options are Amazon for £658 ($843) or Hifiman directly ('open box') for £500 ($640)...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.Interesting, you're directly A/B'ing the original HE6 with the HE6SEV2? Are either modded in any way? I wonder if Resolve from The...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.OK, and original HE6 would just be an obvious upgrade to the Clear for bass slam overall?
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.After reading all these reports (especially from Resolve at The Headphone Show) that the HE6SE V2 is basically a weaksauce version of...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Hifiman HE6-SE.How do you actually do the bass port mod? Do you have any pictures? I searched this massive thread and saw a post of yours that says...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Audeze LCD-X vs Focal Clear for 'slam'/'impact'/'physicality'/'macro-dynamics'.Is that not a good enough source to be able to distinguish the higher bass impact of the Mg Clear over the LCD-X?
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Audeze LCD-X vs Focal Clear for 'slam'/'impact'/'physicality'/'macro-dynamics'.XDuoo XA-10
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Audeze LCD-X vs Focal Clear for 'slam'/'impact'/'physicality'/'macro-dynamics'.Great, but I just don't hear it. Maybe I don't have the acquired listening skills to perceive that sort of subjective difference yet...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Audeze LCD-X vs Focal Clear for 'slam'/'impact'/'physicality'/'macro-dynamics'.The guys at The Headphone Show claim that slam/dynamics is a variable that is independent of frequency response. So in theory it...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Audeze LCD-X vs Focal Clear for 'slam'/'impact'/'physicality'/'macro-dynamics'.I still do not find the LCD-X lacking at all in slam. In fact they pretty much excel. They're not behind my Focal Mg Pro's at all -...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread HiBy RS2: dual card slots, Darwin R2R, FIR, NOS, MQA 8x--news and impressions thread.Does anyone know what class of amplification the amp section of the DAP operates in? I.e. is it class A, class A/B, or class D? I asked...
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cactus_farmer replied to the thread Recommend a good USB-to-coax/optical adapter?.Oh wow. $600 dollars for a digital-to-digital converter! I was hoping for like a $50 dollar USB-to-optical adapter - and they do exist...
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cactus_farmer posted the thread Recommend a good USB-to-coax/optical adapter? in Dedicated Source Components.I have a DAC/amp that doesn't have a USB input (it only has optical and coax inputs) and a computer that only has USB outputs, therefore...