Recent content by kar13
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Fidue A73 - Hybrid (1DD + 1BA) IEM - Impressions and discussion thread
Great review! awesome to see another review in favour of a73s. Did you encounter any sibilance on rare occasions?Except for DJScope I haven't encountered any other reviewer mentioning the occasional sibilance with some tracks.. It is also conspicuous that you hear edginess in...- kar13
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Why 24 bit audio and anything over 48k is not only worthless, but bad for music.
Please make an effort to understand, instead of accusing somebody with flat dismissal or wave of hand or whatnot.Or maybe I'm not understanding your rhetoric, as there is a miscommunication. iem's matter, because of the passive noise reduction, which helps in concentrating on the tracks...- kar13
- Post #767
- Forum: Sound Science
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Fidue A73 - Hybrid (1DD + 1BA) IEM - Impressions and discussion thread
you can use the shirt clip to take care of the cable popping out without using the ear guides..as i did- kar13
- Post #560
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Sennheiser MOMENTUM'
@twister6 thank you for the input!i am and will never be a beats guy unless they rebrand senn hd800 and sell them at 200$..lol detailing and top notch transparency is essential for me.as for the aliens jury is still out on their existence..lol @YoYo JoKeR thanks..these are only for home.i...- kar13
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Why 24 bit audio and anything over 48k is not only worthless, but bad for music.
i will have to take this as my next experiment..thanks for your input!- kar13
- Post #754
- Forum: Sound Science
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Why 24 bit audio and anything over 48k is not only worthless, but bad for music.
24/96 is a vinyl lp release from bruebeck's greatest hits..and the 16/44 is from cd version. vinyl is cbs records 1967 release.afaik the vinyl is not a remastered version. I have tried it on pc's with a dac and hence Im sure its not the noise in my system and that is why i dared to post...- kar13
- Post #752
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Why 24 bit audio and anything over 48k is not only worthless, but bad for music.
I have tried and haven't found any difference between 16/44 cd and 16/44 from 24/96. But i have a question.. is the effect of different downsampling algorithms used noticeable to a discerning ear..because of dithering?- kar13
- Post #749
- Forum: Sound Science
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Fidue A33, A65, and A73 - Review and Comparison
+1 Go for the A73 as I am in love all over again with a73! You wouldn't regret its purchase.Trust me on this one. otoh with budget you might want to check out E80 without any doubt.I don't own them personally, but based on the reviews these are supposed to be going toe to toe with A73...- kar13
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SoundMagic E50 & E80 - Story of Two Magicians - A Review...
What!!?This could mean I could be poorer by 52$! This is what I'm talking about.We should support more and more of iems where there is a damn good bang for buck!If this is the preview of the future then we should expect this to be the norm! Good times to be an audiophile! especially for the...- kar13
- Post #45
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Fidue A73 Hybrid Monitor Earphones with universal single button remote and microphone'
@smith thank you!- kar13
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Fidue A73 Hybrid Monitor Earphones with universal single button remote and microphone'
@Paulus XII thank you, that was the intention, atleast!- kar13
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Fidue A73 Hybrid Monitor Earphones with universal single button remote and microphone'
@archy121 thank you!- kar13
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Fidue A73 Hybrid Monitor Earphones with universal single button remote and microphone'
@DJScope thank you!- kar13
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Fidue A73 - Hybrid (1DD + 1BA) IEM - Impressions and discussion thread
And going by archy121, this means with eq ing and wide bore tips, may be you can get a73's to sound cleaner and better than E80, in detail retrieval? I don't want to sound defensive or anything, just would like to get clarity on this issue.. Angel could you please weigh in on this aspect, by...- kar13
- Post #558
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Reply to review by 'kar13' on item 'Fidue A73 Hybrid Monitor Earphones with universal single button remote and microphone'
nice write up DJscope!Absolutely spot on with my own notes!!- kar13
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