Recent content by InquisitiveLogic

Update to my initial impression of RU7 with the HE1000V2. The score drops to 6-7/10. As I suspected and expected, it was a honeymoon session with the RU7. Not that the dongle is now done with but a little longer time spent listening made me realize, that I did not enjoy it as much as I enjoy...

FWIW, powered my HE1000V2 through the Cayin RU7 last night and wow! Wowed not by the sound that was coming (although to a bit, yes, by the sound as well) but by the fact that a little piece of hardware weighing less than 30 grams could actually drive the HE1000V2. What I expected was a feeble...

Makes sense. And for that reason, it just goes to say that ya better keep a check on listening volume levels especially for long listening sessions and preserving the longevity of ones anatomic ears. I am a loud listener but I start at loud levels (85-95 Medium gain Soloist) for a song or two...

I have not heard the Kiwi ears but yes many listeners like yourself have good things to say about it. And the best part or the scary part (in an amusingly funny way that is), good things at just $40! Hell, even if one looses the set someday, spending the bucks to buy them back again is a no...

On a different note - While you guys discuss which HE1000 iteration is the best or which version works for whom, when, where, I am sitting on my desk staring at my HE1000V2 (which is hanging on a stand in a corner along with its partners - Soloist 3XP + Supercharger + D1se) and wondering - where...

Thanks for this opinion and almost pushing a guy who has been rather running clean for the past few months, back into the addiction/rabbit hole. Lol... So not the HEKSE but did you find any worthy not so expensive/budget/bang for buck tube amp for the HEKV2, just so I can taste the tube sound?

The way you've put down your take on the sound signature, sounds exciting and enticing and its putting a few things into my head - listen to your system, which I don't see happening - get my hands on a HEKSE - get a tube AMP - find a new warm AMP or maybe a new DAC And for this conundrum, I...

I can understand where you come from and what you mean. My post is regards the fact that psychoacoustical perceptions/subjective bias/placebo effect are the more pertinent factors in giving an audibly perceptible difference rather than the actual technicalities changing via hardware and...

The standard CD format 16/44 is the most appropriate sound format technically and also proven so in blind ABX testing. Anything high res sounding better has got more to do with psychoacoustical/subjective listener bias/placebo effect than anything actually attributable to improved sound...

To be fair, the vocals on both the songs you shared, indeed do sound a bit thin. Better recordings (and also maybe better vocalists) can alleviate this but I wouldn't say the vocals in Hfiman reach that same level of mellow rich lushness as heard in the HD6__ series. And for that, vocals aren't...

Just gave both the songs a listen. D1se (tone control Rich 3) and no EQ applied. Soloist on medium gain, volume at 85. Both the songs sound fast, snappy and I can tap to the beats of both. The drums, bass plucks, piano hammers, are tight and in place. Vocals are distinct. The top end is crisp...

The only R2Rs I've tried are the EF400 and the Ares and though both are good but I wasn't satisfied with their performance for my listening tastes. And a few DS DACs as well have been through my chain. DS DACs are not exactly my taste. Sound clinical and analytical and dry and lifeless to my...

I didn't like the Ares 2 with Soloist 3XP in my chain and for my ears. Sounded lush and big but made the sound loose and more slow and easy and laid back than I would like, esp for fast bassy busy tracks. So not bad but I could not see me enjoying it for most of my music. After Ares 2, I tried...

PC > D1se > Soloist 3XP (+supercharger) > HEKv2 OG Just watching this movie and what a fantastically mastered sound design. Very atmospheric. And with the HEKv2 holographic soundstage, feels like you're almost inside the scene. Highly recommended. The movie is also not that bad either. IMDb...

Right... I get what you mean by ergonomics of the Soloist. For me the biggest ergonomic gripe is the volume dial. Isnt that of a gripe but if the volume is turned down all the way and you cant find the remote, good luck with the liitle impatience that sets in while cranking up the dial! Other...