Recent content by exsomnis
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Songs that make your headphone WOOOOOW!!!
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Audeze MM-100
TLDR; Cons: The tuning is so damn weird, they're the antithesis of neutral audio engineering gear. Picky with the kind of music played through them. Pros: Dynamics when you feed them power, that planar magnetic resolution. If there was one sentence I would use to describe the MM-100 it's that...- exsomnis
- Post #1,131
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps
When he started using the Amanero asynchronous USB interface it remedied that quite a bit. Now with some due diligence on USB cable spec and source computer, there's nothing lacking in the USB input. But yeah, I agree, it takes a genius to design and build a proprietary discrete R2R DAC...- exsomnis
- Post #9,107
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Final Audio Design Impressions and Discussion Thread
Glad to see people still talking about and loving the E5000! I picked mine up 4 years ago in Tokyo from e-earphones, after spending almost the whole day auditioning something like 30 different IEMs - including the Final E1000-E4000 range. It was the clear winner for me, against the backdrop of...- exsomnis
- Post #11,168
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps
Alternative path for those cannot download from OneDrive: Stereophile has uploaded the R7HE Mk2 review - https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-66-audio-gd-r7he-mk2-da-processor I'm really glad that Audio-gd is getting some high profile recognition. It's been long enough, and...- exsomnis
- Post #9,105
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Audeze LCD-3 Impressions Thread
That's right. And for the same amount of money, we get to go much further up the range with a headphone setup than we can with a stereo system. Unfortunately for me, I grew up with my dad's hifi, so I was always going to dabble with speakers. I do love getting fooled into thinking that the...- exsomnis
- Post #5,864
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Audeze LCD-3 Impressions Thread
I'm pretty stoked the LCD3s are still getting some loving! Don't mind me, I'm just briefly getting back in touch with my cans. Was verifying with my 2016 LCD3Fs that what I was hearing with my speakers was correct. Which is that the Matrix Audio Element H PCIE USB card really does result in a...- exsomnis
- Post #5,861
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps
Thanks! It's a massive step up from the DAC-19. And I have to say, a big step up from the RME ADI-2 as well. It has easily exceeded my expectations. I've heard the Master PCM1704UK DACs and the first King Wa designed chip DACs but that did not prepare me for this. Instruments are so live...- exsomnis
- Post #6,067
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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New Audio-gd R-7, R-7HE R-8, R-27, R-27HE, R-28 Flagship Resistor Ladder DACs and DAC/amps
After my long-serving DAC-19 died at the end of a drawn out degradation in SQ, I got a Denafrips Ares II. I really have no clue why there's so much praise for it because it was utterly inferior to the DAC-19 in every way but worst of all in clarity. It did work decently with my less resolving...- exsomnis
- Post #6,064
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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New Audio-gd DAC-19 [10th Anniversary Edition]
Ah, I do prefer my iHA-6 but in my case I have it connected via XLR and also balanced to my LCD3. There seems to be more control and refinement in this setup vs ADI-2 on its own, which in my case is comparing balanced to single ended. I've never really loved the single ended output from the...- exsomnis
- Post #1,950
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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New Audio-gd DAC-19 [10th Anniversary Edition]
So unluckily for me, my DAC-19 is in its death throes - 4 years & 1 month old. Where it used to sound great all the time, it has been a crapshoot and more often than not it sounds medicore and lacks clarity and transparency. I theorise that there might be some degraded capacitors in there...- exsomnis
- Post #1,948
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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New Audio-gd DAC-19 [10th Anniversary Edition]
So I've had my DAC-19 for 3 years now and it has served me very well. I love the realistic timbre and tone and expressiveness. On the other hand, it was perfect for the first 2 years until it started behaving erratically. At times, there's a significantly noticeable channel imbalance. At other...- exsomnis
- Post #1,942
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Final Audio Design Impressions and Discussion Thread
What are you using that can't drive the E5000? I've used it with my iPhone dongle and can go past live concert levels, even with the good recordings mastered without loudness inserted. Volume at 80%, sure, but no clipping or distortion at all.- exsomnis
- Post #8,383
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Final Audio Design Impressions and Discussion Thread
The path I took to get my E5000 two weeks ago was via a chance audition of the E3000 in e.earphones Shibuya. It was one of my last days in Tokyo and I was desperate to bring home some sort of souvenir for myself, having previously visited the larger, more extensive e.earphones store in...- exsomnis
- Post #8,280
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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New Audio-gd DAC-19 [10th Anniversary Edition]
This is why I haven't felt the need to swap my DAC-19 out for anything else. The natural sound, the realistic timbre and balance. It's that analog PCM1704UK presentation that with the right song & time of day, and with speakers, makes me believe that the singer is standing right there in the...- exsomnis
- Post #1,926
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components