Charlie Norwood's latest activity
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Charlie Norwood reacted to EricDH's post in the thread Oppo PM-3 : The Portable Planar - Impressions with Like.As far as I know they do yes.
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Oppo PM-3 : The Portable Planar - Impressions.Do you know if they do pads for the PM-2 as well?
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Charlie Norwood reacted to redrol's post in the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5 with Like.haha nice! For sure the SA6 is extremely good. I think maybe they could beat the Z5 based on preferences. I guess for me the Z5 is...
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Charlie Norwood reacted to ishmaelk's post in the thread OPPO HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier/DAC Discussion Thread with Like.My experience with balanced ifi amps is that the SE output is lacking. They're way better balanced, but most of my headphones have only...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.I refuse to A/B them because I'm liking the SA6 too much. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: The SA6 gets my recc over the Z5 right now...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread OPPO HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier/DAC Discussion Thread.The hip-dac looks great... and sounds great... If I was at home I could try and compare them directly but don't have the HA-2 with me...
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Charlie Norwood reacted to redrol's post in the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5 with Like.A/B testing, the XBA Z5 just took down the SA6. It had to be that way, crazy!
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.The m7 is twice the price of the e5000 and it’s also a multi BA and the e5k is a single DD. So It’s a weird comparison... and if you...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.The z1r is the only true upgrade to the z5 that I've heard. Plenty of side-grade options out there, or sets that can do certain things...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.This is my default EQ, sometimes tweaked for specific headphones, but often I just roll with this. Yes I'm a basshead and everything...
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Charlie Norwood reacted to Redcarmoose's post in the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5 with Like.“I also correlate those 8K spikes with sibilance. And next to shouty upper mids, sibilance causes me the most fatigue. But the z5 kills...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.I also correlate those 8K spikes with sibilance. And next to shouty upper mids, sibilance causes me the most fatigue. But the z5 kills...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.Personally I think the m11 is fine for the z1r. It’s also unlikely you blew the z5 on high gain. They can take a ton of power. Maybe...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread Sony's New 2014 flagship IEM - XBA Z5.Yeah, seems like more than just the mmcx. When an mmcx goes on the z5, you can still ususally move the cable around a bit and that will...
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Charlie Norwood replied to the thread OPPO HA-2 Portable Headphone Amplifier/DAC Discussion Thread.I have the original HA2 and I mine stopped working with iphones starting with the X I believe, though I haven't tried using it in a...