Recent content by saitoh
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Phonitor Mini
Oh good, glad someone did. I was busy and forgot to email them. Did they mention an ETA?- saitoh
- Post #6
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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SPL PHONITOR 2 NEW HEADPHONE AMP
There has to be some point where it mixes channel signal together, you wouldn't be able to do the speaker simulation if you didn't.- saitoh
- Post #183
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Can I hook this EQ up to my Headphone AMP?
Yeah, if your set on using a hardware EQ between your DAC and your headamp, then it's just a matter of making sure your amp will accept analog ins, since the behringer isn't a digi-out. On the bright side, it does both balanced XLR and some form of 1/4" (I can't tell from the pics if it's a...- saitoh
- Post #7
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Can I hook this EQ up to my Headphone AMP?
The behringer is analog and you're working with a digital input headamp. So you'd need an ADC to re-digitize the signal after it leaves the eq. I'd replace the headamp before I did that (or pick up an additional amp and use the audio-gd as a dac to feed the eq).- saitoh
- Post #4
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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SPL PHONITOR 2 NEW HEADPHONE AMP
I'm not really surprised by the above two sets of comments; when I take a mix into the studio that I've tinkered with on headphones (cause the monitors were in use for tracking or whatever) I can replicate some of those, specifically the sub-bass comments. If you take some records and flip them...- saitoh
- Post #59
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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SPL PHONITOR 2 NEW HEADPHONE AMP
I love that back panel; made by engineers, for engineers. I think that just became the next thing on my gear acquisition list.- saitoh
- Post #55
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Audeze LCD-2 Orthos
Quote: Currawong's right, there will be production differences in frequency response for each individual unit. The trend is that they are brighter after the revision, but how much brighter and where in the spectrum is by individual unit. This isn't anything new in my experience. My...- saitoh
- Post #17,590
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Some OVERRATED High End Gear.
Quote: Amen. They are nice headphones for the cost, but they don't warrant the jumbo gushing thread, specifically the 200+ pages of going back and forth on which driver tweak is better. Quote: I agree, the HD800 is a nice headphone, but I don't think it's not worth...- saitoh
- Post #72
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Audeze LCD-2 Orthos
Quote: Sure. The gist is, you're getting more in the 2-2.5khz range. There are probably other differences, but that's the biggest one that I get out of this discussion and the specs that Audeze is sending. I compared my graph, other R2 graphs and other R1 graphs and thats about...- saitoh
- Post #17,405
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Natural sound, the way the musician intended it - How can we define such a thing?
Quote: I think we'll agree to disagree on the first paragraph. I can think of a number of small or regional places that have spent more on their mics alone then they did on the board. I suspect it's just a difference of experience between us. I do agree that major label places like...- saitoh
- Post #20
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Natural sound, the way the musician intended it - How can we define such a thing?
Quote: Correct, mics, preamps, and ADCs are where the money is blown most of the time, plus a good DAC and near-fields. Headphones are an afterthought most of the time. For DACs, I've seen a bunch of shops like the Lavry DA series, the Myteks, the Grace Design products, and the...- saitoh
- Post #16
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Highest frequency you can hear?
I can hear upwards of 19khz if I turn it up to normal listening levels (which defeats the whole point of the test....) Using the same method my audiologist uses with the noiseaddicts site as a reference (so turn it down to where you hear 8khz as part of the background noise in the room), mine...- saitoh
- Post #88
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Denon AH-D7000
Thank you all for the suggestions, I'll do some research now. My 901 was ultra quiet, truely black as night with the Denons. While I love Sound Devices' gear, and their ADC and DACs are beautiful (esp the former), their headamp stages are meh at best. It's the companies one weak spot in all of...- saitoh
- Post #3,931
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Denon AH-D7000
Any recommendations on a cheap amp that is black as night quiet when paired with the 7ks and neutral/cold/clean? I was using a Grace 901 which fit the bill and had to sell it to fund other gear purchases and my backup, while accomplishing many other things, doesn't work nearly as well. I think...- saitoh
- Post #3,920
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Denon AH-D7000
Quote: I did everything except the cable change (wasn't worth it to me for what they were offering, to each their own) and I've heard non-modded with J$ pads and here are the big things I noticed: I think it's more balanced across the spectrum, I thought the stock unit with J$...- saitoh
- Post #2,775
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)