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For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?
Focal Bathys. Got them to replace my Senn PXC550's I use for travel. Haven't experienced them enough yet for a full description but I can tell you I put the Senn's away for good.- thrak
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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The all new Continental Dual Mono
Apologies for the potentially stupid question. Are these still available for sale? Didn't see them on their website.- thrak
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. The change must've occurred prior to iTunes 11, though. I use XLD for my WAV/FLAC > ALAC conversions and I have some 24/192 ALACs going back to at least Sept 2011. My iPods never liked them but they've always played fine in iTunes. A quick peek shows...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: What do you mean by high-density ALAC? ALAC @ 24/192 or is it something more esoteric?- thrak
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Review: Violectric V800 DAC
Quote: I do this very thing with my V2/V8 stack. They are interconnected via XLR and I run the RCA outs to my ADAM A5X monitors. The ADAMs are powered and have convenient power buttons on the front of the speaker. When I want to use headphones I simply turn off the speakers and turn...- thrak
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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DAC Popularity Check (2013 Edition)
USB Converters: Audiophilleo2 (1) Halide Bridge (1) KingRex UC384 32/384 Async USB Converter with AES/EBU (1) Music Fidelity VLink 192 (1) Yulong A18 Asynchronous 24bit 192khz USB Digital Interface (1) Budget/Entry level (Below $1000): Ack DAC 1.0 (1) Audio-GD...- thrak
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Themed Monthly Avatar Committee (TMAC) discussion thread
Quote: I sure did- thrak
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Themed Monthly Avatar Committee (TMAC) discussion thread
Quote: That's awesome, thanks!- thrak
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Themed Monthly Avatar Committee (TMAC) discussion thread
I'd like to commission an avatar. Hope I'm not too late. Actually surprised I haven't seen this one: http://media.theiapolis.com/d4-i1OMK-k4-l1P12/the-matrix-film-poster.html It's a little large so I thought I'd only post a link to it. lmk if someone's up to making it- thrak
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Review: Violectric HPA V200 amp
Quote: Just to clarify as I don't think this question was answered very clearly and may still be causing some confusion. The 'USB option' is the 'optional DAC'. Hope this helps.- thrak
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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DAC Popularity Check (2013 Edition)
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: Yes, the first time The HD600 were my first pair of real(TM) headphones and the aural revelation was intense to say the least.- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: Yeah, I did miss that. I do agree with you that it may just be your amp if the Stello didn't fix the problem. Have you tried tube rolling? Maybe one of your tubes is picking something up?- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Sorry for the late reply and bringing this up 4 pages after the fact, I've been otherwise distracted... Quote: Interesting. This is pointing more and more to my 'Not all USB ports are created equal' theory. Or does it have to do with power? Bad power leads to bad USB out? ...- thrak
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DAC Popularity Check (2013 Edition)
Budget/Entry level (Below $1000): FiiO E17 (1) Audio-gd DAC19DF (1) Yulong D100 (1) JDS Labs ODAC (1) Headroom Micro DAC (1) Cambridge DACmagic Plus (1) Schiit Bifrost (1) Mid-level ($1k-$2k): Metrum Octave (2) Wyred4Sound DAC-2 (1) Violectric V800 (1) High-End (Above...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: LOL, yeah, I know (didn't there used to be a blushing smiley?) I should've rewritten my whole post once I found the ARTist was still available. I spaced...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: Those look an awful lot like the old ADAM non-pro model Artist Series with the X-ART tweeter. They still carry the same basic speaker but in a wood finish. This is my current A5X: EDIT: just checked and the 'Artist Series' is still around. Sourced mine at...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: No, I didn't experience anything like that and the Audiophileo has been flawless in that sense. I do run a Violectric V800 via USB for my desktop speakers and haven't experienced anything like that with it. The V800 uses the older USB v1 adaptive clock method so I would expect...- thrak
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2359glenn | studio
Quote: In de Wildeman is a great place! Did he take you to t' Arendsendt? Oh man, words fail me. Only Dutch beer. Who knew there are something like 200 brewers in Holland? I want to go back so bad...- thrak
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Schiit Magni Headphone Amplifier
Quote: Schiit-head!- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Bugginess? Not sure what you mean as I never had any issues with the USB on the DAC-2. Then again, I didn't use it for very long before getting the Audiophileo. Tell me more. Is the USB buggy on the DAC-2?- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Quote: Please keep us updated on the results. I am very curious. I bought an Audiophileo2 after reading reading about all the voodoo black-magic massive improvement specifically on the DAC-2's USB input. Since this was coming from some reputable (imo) folks here on HF, I...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
Thanks everyone for your input and recommendations. You will make her very happy as I think her parents have her on 'anime hold' until they get a sanitized list. @ardgedee: you nailed it. Her condition is similar to Aspergers but not exactly. While it shares some symptoms it also has...- thrak
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The diary entries of a little girl in her 30s! ~ Part 2
I have an anime question for the diary. I have seen some ( actually very few) anime's in my time (Ghost in The Shell comes to mind) but not enough to be a good judge of them. I have a niece that is borderline autistic. She's 21 years old but has the maturity of someone much younger. I'd say...- thrak
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An audiophile and petrolhead's journal: Buckle up!
Quote: why would you do that?! you should be going down through the gears taking advantage of engine braking and keeping those revs high for the exit- thrak
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