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castleofargh replied to the thread Is burn in real or placebo?.Some think a given experience about burn in is real, while others don't. That's a 50/50 chance of being correct. IMO, it's all about...
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castleofargh replied to the thread What is that ohm adjustment dial on IEM cables good for?.The impact is vastly dependent on the IEM, and to some extent, the amp's impedance. The amp will "see" the total impedance of the...
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castleofargh replied to the thread Testing audiophile claims and myths.@PointyFox it's a different sort of expectation bias, but it still very clearly is one. And there is nothing strange about it unless...
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castleofargh replied to the thread SONY NWZ-A10 Series.NFC is just an option where you pair the headphone with the DAP by putting them almost against one another. As @jant71 said, NFC is...
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castleofargh replied to the thread Ghost Voltage effecting sound?.I learned to use loZ to check that an open circuit is really open even if the default voltage reading shows something that obviously...
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castleofargh replied to the thread Recording Impulse Responses for Speaker Virtualization.I tend to call stereo albums played unprocessed on headphones, "wrong stereo". That's one of my 99 secrets to make many friends on...
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castleofargh replied to the thread DAC difference.
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castleofargh replied to the thread Reducing EMI.As it's about attenuating the field until it's not noticeable for you at the amp, you can always try to fool around experiment with...
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castleofargh replied to the thread DAC difference.Also a bad example. It’s actually complicated to have 2 headphones giving the same FR at you eardrum. Matching for the dummy head is...
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castleofargh reacted to ClieOS's post in the thread ClieOS's Random DIY Build Thread - [Updated: Oct.1st, 23] - Sony E282 Reproduction Shell Kit Build with Like.The reason of the nozzle length is to keep the distance between the filter / damper and the BA driver as close to the original as...
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castleofargh replied to the thread ClieOS's Random DIY Build Thread - [Updated: Oct.1st, 23] - Sony E282 Reproduction Shell Kit Build.I'm late but curious. Did you test the impact of the nozzle length on FR with the tips sitting at the same place on the coupler? As...
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castleofargh replied to the thread DAC difference.If people plug a transducer into a device, that device is more than a DAC or they're using that DAC wrongly! Pages after pages, amps...
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castleofargh replied to the thread Is it true or myth that changing the ear pads can change the sound?.Not sure what night and day is, but a change in the frequency response by one dB here and there is pretty normal. Even between used pads...
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castleofargh replied to the thread Smyth Research Realiser A16.He's right. You need to consider what the captured PRIRs are. They give information about a given sound source from a given position...
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castleofargh replied to the thread DAC difference.New saying: If ifs and buts were perfect resistors and perfect filters, NOS DACs would be superior to DS.