Recent content by paara
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Review by 'paara' on item 'Sennheiser HD 600'
I have owned my HD600 for 12-15 years now. I had to change headband and earpad de to weare after 10 years. I believe the Sennheiser HD600 is my best purchase EVER no matter what! I am extremely happy with them. They are great sounding. I truly feel they are shining with my Darkvoice 336SE amp...- paara
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THE DIY HEADPHONE STAND THREAD
My father made me this for christmast. Love it Sorry about the mess, I am moving.- paara
- Post #1,531
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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My Horrible Audio-GD Experience
thanks for sharing your story. Definitely not going to buy any Audio-gd equipments any time soon after this horror story! (removing an amp from my list of possible new purchases)- paara
- Post #6
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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How do/can DACs and amps change sound signature?
Quote: Aaah. I guess my assumption was wrong then. Thank you for correcting me :) Couldn't figure out why in the world anyone would buy the Wavelenght ;)- paara
- Post #29
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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How do/can DACs and amps change sound signature?
Quote: If the DAC is noisy, wouldn't that change the sound? Making it sound worse? (just asking,because I am not sure how it would affect sound) Does that mean that the sound would be fine if you do not "dampen/lower" the input signal?- paara
- Post #27
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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How do/can DACs and amps change sound signature?
Here are some interesting graphs about how a DAC can change sound. If you look closely on som of the graphs you can se that som of the DACs actually recreates a 11,025hz signal as a aprox. 11,1k signal, thus pitch the original signal aprox 100hz . (Look at the arcam and HRT dac) (the thes...- paara
- Post #25
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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NAD M51 Direct Digital DAC Impressions
Have been browsing on the stereophile website, looking over the measurements for different DACs. Got to say that the M51 measurements are amazing. I don't exactly know how important the shape of a recreated 1k sinusoidal wave is, But I would guess that he closer it resemble it look like a...- paara
- Post #546
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Observable difference between 2 USB DACs, each non-upsampling (native) with Async USB input, but one 24/96 and the other 24/192?
regarding it the dac should be asyncronous or native. This is review of 11 usb dacs done by a norwegian magazine. It showed thet the asyncronous dacs (in this test) had the highest level og jitter. ...- paara
- Post #15
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Noob Alert!! What does jitter sound like?
Quote: Originally Posted by tim3320070 Ironically, it's the same wispy sound as dollar bills falling from your wallet... hehehe, that is so so true... Stop worrying about jitter. Jitter may destroy your listening experience. Not from you hearing it, but from hearing about it.- paara
- Post #19
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Beyerdynamic T1 vs Sennheiser HD800 (with poll)
There is no option "I DON'T OWN either of these headphones, and I HAVE NOT TRIED either, but I still want to press something"- paara
- Post #14
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Can't hear the difference between FLAC and 256kbs
Quote: Originally Posted by Hybrys Just did that, and I can tell right from the first hit of the guitar. Impressive, doubt if I could do the same. Doesn't stop me from wanting to upgrade my equipment though- paara
- Post #18
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Can't hear the difference between FLAC and 256kbs
Did you rip your CD to 256kbs as well? it might just be a poor rip. Do some A-B listening and see if the difference is still huge.- paara
- Post #13
- Forum: Computer Audio
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best tube amp under $1000 not needing all upgrades
Quote: Originally Posted by Seamaster $1000 for a great tube amp? That's kind pushing it. Wires, capacitor and resistors don't cost THAT much (some irony here) I think you will be able to get an EXCELLENT amplifier for 1000$- paara
- Post #18
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Help my friend build a system around his D2000s? $800 total for an amp and DAC.
I use: Denon D2000 (LA2000) Head direct EF-1 amp Devilsound USB DAC Very happy with this set up- paara
- Post #17
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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USB DAC on windows 7 ?
Devilsound usb DAC and Hotaudio supreme works for me with Windows 7 64bit- paara
- Post #8
- Forum: Computer Audio