Good Condition - Silver Audeze Deckard. Great Class AB Dac/Headphone Amp Have had it for a few years. Barely used, less than 100 hours over a course a few years. Comes in original box and cable. Minor scratches. Link to product description: shorturl.at/bknDL' Asking for $400 OBO. +25 for...

Is this still available?

Slightly used system I got from (mass)Drop: https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-koss-esp-95x-electrostatic-system I just have too many sets of headphones and decided to let this go. They sound great and good entry into electrostatics headphones. Comes with original packaging - Headphones, Power...

Audio is a resource sinking rabit-hole :) Headphone is typically less expensive to start with. A good stereo system can be tricky to set up and more expensive in general.

I don't disagree with this sentiment tbh. Gears that are clinical are often fatique to listen to. Warmed added by analog distortion (small amount) are often pleasant to the ears, which obviously disagree with "measurements".

Hello, can't seem to find a decent topic on this, but is it safe to use C13/14 for devices that use standard power cable? Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/IEC-C14-C13-Splitter-Cord/dp/B07W7CPZS3?th=1 The reason I'm asking is, I have a good amount of devices that goes together...

Don't mind the over simplication on this topic but simple rule of thumb seems to be: 1) Headphones is great for small rooms or a bad acoustic space - you don't have to worry about DSP to account for "the room" 2) With a decent room (better if treated), monitors and great stereo setup allows you...

The folks over at ASR definitely are more on the critical side of things, but it's hard to argue against using measurements to justify a product's worth.

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hm.. I think u can expand RPI to add pcie. Check out this link: https://hackaday.com/2020/07/01/adding-pcie-to-your-raspberry-pi-4-the-easier-way/

You can use Rpi+Volumio -> USB Dac. Volumio is a pretty good endpoint as it supports spotify/tital/qobuz (upnp) and airplay.

Yeah, I think this is also fine and the easiest. Don't believe you get any extra fidelity or jitter/noise rejection from going usb-c <-> usb3 etcs. Good dac on usb2 input should reject noise/jitter just fine.

Was looking at this unit. Excited for the review :)

I think Pi+HAT is as small footprint as u can get. If you can live with HAT's quality in term of fidelity.

Nice pics of the unit. Love the way that transformer look.