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    Massdrop PLUS Universal IEM

    Joined. I drove back home from Detroit today - about an 8 hour drive - listening to ER4Ps / FIIO X3 thinking "Boy Howdy, this is nice... if it just had more umph on the bottom end." So I started reviewing posts for IEMS hoping to find something that might be interesting and joined the drop...
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    Project Sunrise/PS2 Tube Rolling Thread (and maybe even Project Horizon and Project Ember)

      Tried the EH 6H30PI and a Novosibirsk 6N6P-IR (replacing the cleartop RCA 12AU7) in the Sunrise III and the 6N6P-IR had more detail and impact with solid bass.  It is my favorite so far.  I have a Sylvania chrometop 6NS7 waiting in the wings.     Have you tried the 6SN7 in the Sunrise?  ...
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    My haphazard journey into turning a Sennheiser HD 800 into a HD 800S with the SuperDupont mod and Paint

        I will send him a PM and see what he says.     OK. Have you made them with the same materials as he used?  What would you think is fair for making a set?  I see that you both are in the EU and I don't know much about dealing with transactions from there.  Do you do PayPal?    ...
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    My haphazard journey into turning a Sennheiser HD 800 into a HD 800S with the SuperDupont mod and Paint

      So I looked into the cost of buying the tools and materials and the time necessary to make a pair of SD resonators and thought that there might be someone that already has the tools and spare materials that could make a pair for me for a modest price or trade.  Anyone interested?
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    HP recommendation wanted from Little Dot owners

    I attended a Head-Fi meet near St. Louis and auditioned several flagship headphones (HiFiMan, Stax, AKG, Beyer, Mr. Speakers, and Sennheiser) and while all were a league above my current crop of phones, I kept going back to the Sennheiser HD800's.     Well I blew that budget out of the...
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    2016 St. Louis Area Spring Meet - April 30, 2016

    I am always impressed by products that do it well inexpensively and think highly of the sound of the Fostex T50RP and Philips SHP9500 headphones whose performance is well above their price point.  I heard several comments at the meet to the same effect.     However, this was my first...
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    2016 St. Louis Area Spring Meet - April 30, 2016

    I assume this was a reply to my query about protocol.  I will be there.  I thought I might bring an economy solution (SMSL VA2, M8, LinearPS, Fiio X3 II, SHP9500 or T50RP) for comparison to the "gods of audio" that will be there.  I also have the Gustard H10 if anyone is interested in hearing it...
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    2016 St. Louis Area Spring Meet - April 30, 2016

    So what is the protocol for browsing?  BYOHP?  Will people let you plug your HP into their equipment for a listen?  What about source material like DAP's or lossless files on thumb drives?
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

    Quote @V1001   No it is wired, but, I have an external USB WiFi adapter.  I have been experimenting with it with unreliable results (unplugging, disabling WiFi, plugging in different ports).  Sometimes the noise is entirely gone and sometimes it is there at a reduced level (have to gain up...
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

    The QICENT 2 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.1 Expansion Card arrived and has been installed and connected to the SMSL M8 via Pangea Audio - USB cable - PCOCC & 4% silver - 1.5 Meter.   The category 1 noise is still present although at perhaps a lower level than before so this was not the fix for me.  The...
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

      I ordered the USB 3.1 card and it should arrive in a few days.  If the card takes care of the category 1 noise then I can think about other improvements.  
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

    Divide the "noise" into two categories: 1) the pops and tics generated by the internals of the computer evident on the USB connection between tracks when there is no music playing and 2) the aberrations of the USB signal (jitters and such) that degrade the sound when music is playing that...
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

    I spent several hours reading and researching before posting and there were several interesting positions taken from simple product recommendations to changing IRQ's and thread priorities on the computer (some of which was over my head). Anyway, as with many threads on this forum, there were...
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    USB Noise - what solutions have been tried and WORK?

    Symptom: Gritty sound when scrolling similar to the snap, crackle, pop of Rice Krispies.  It is particularly annoying because I like to create and listen to playlists on the fly and scrolling / navigating in the players or in a separate browser window causes the noise.   Other Head-Fi articles...
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