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Unveiled: Meet the HD 620S
It really does have a much less "closed" sound than most closed headphones and is up there with the best of them in that respect. I couldn't say that it's head and shoulders above the Aeon 2 closed or TH610 for a closed-that-doesn't-sound-closed headphone, but... the Aeon 2 is a punishing 13 ohm...- Dr. Cube
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Unveiled: Meet the HD 620S
It fits perfectly. The cable I ordered is single-ended (because I wanted a long one with 1/4-inch termination) so I can't say whether they get the pinout right with XLR termination, but the connector they're using on the headphone side is definitely right.- Dr. Cube
- Post #582
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Well, if you turn your Skoll all the way up, run it into a Freya+ with the tube mode all the way up, on into two Vidars with loudspeakers of ordinary sensitivity, and then play a record... you probably won't hear much noise through the system anymore after a couple of seconds.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
But what if we send a transverse wave back up the rope... :thinking:- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
If not on the preamp itself, then you can also sum it to mono just after the preamp. It's not hard to imagine a Modi-sized box with a button on it that would do that. I can't guess whether it would sell, but it ought to cost a little less than a Sys to manufacture because it has two RCA jacks...- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Don't worry — Canadian pennies still circulate here.- Dr. Cube
- Post #153,226
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Unveiled: Meet the HD 620S
Based on what Eric said, a cable that is compatible with HD 560S ought to also be compatible with HD 620S. I've been happy with every cable I got from Lunashops, but I haven't used their HD 560S cables, and I certainly can't say it will fit an HD 620S. If you want to wait to find out, then I can...- Dr. Cube
- Post #287
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Grado Fan Club!
There are 64 steps in the volume control. I believe this is 1.25 dB per step, and that's what it sounds like listening to it. The steps are small, but definitely noticeable. You might want to play around with a software volume control set up for 1.25 dB steps to make sure it'll work for you...- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Unveiled: Meet the HD 620S
I've just resigned myself to the state of affairs with earpads. It seems like most people actually are happy with imitation leather and velour and so on. For the most part, third-party pad makers will have something I'll like for a popular enough model, but they'll have to see demand for it and...- Dr. Cube
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Schiit Yggdrasil Impressions thread
You do also get a remote control and NOS mode, but, then, those things haven't been enough to convince me to get the chassis upgrade either.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Unveiled: Meet the HD 620S
One of the most useful parts of his reviews is measuring frequency response with a sequence of different amplifier output impedances. Much more helpful than having a single nominal impedance number to use with the 1:8 guideline, you can actually see how amplifier output impedance affects the...- Dr. Cube
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I lower the dust cover. I have some little Sorbothane triangles that help to isolate the dust cover from the plinth. After that, I can't hear it even at low speaker volume.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Linux was not a public-sector project and has mainly been developed by contributions from private organizations. For a standard that originated in the public sector, the STIGs come to mind, but the corresponding CIS standards are at least as popular.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Yggdrasil Impressions thread
Is the hum in the signal, or is the transformer vibrating?- Dr. Cube
- Post #12,293
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
My experience is that having a cheap motor on the same circuit (which could be far away) is much worse than merely having the motor near a device.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
It's surprising to me to hear that there are music playback protocols using UDP. Latency is certainly very important for gaming, and it matters for video playback at least to the point that you can control synchronization by delaying the video to match the audio. But for simply listening to an...- Dr. Cube
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Grado Fan Club!
I ordered a pair of RS2Xs a few weeks ago, because I really wanted to try a pair of wood Grados, preferring one of the models that people say has more bass. I was certain this would cause a pair of GH2s offered to ship from the US to appear on the classifieds in short order. Of course, it did...- Dr. Cube
- Post #65,577
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Something I've been wondering about is the impact of thermal cycle count on a vacuum tube filament, as opposed to tube operating hours. My thinking is that with a normal incandescent lamp, there's an estimated lifespan in hours, but we can also dramatically shorten the total number of operating...- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
It might look a little silly with a transformer sticking out the top of the case, sure... but it's not like you can stack anything on top of it already, because of the tubes. Or maybe it's too big in the wrong dimensions.- Dr. Cube
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Audio Bifrost 2
My system has a Bifrost 2 plugged in through a Saga S, and one of the Saga S outputs goes to some powered monitors. The difference between active and passive modes in my system is mainly just that the active mode is louder. The Sys will probably sound perfectly fine in your system. Since it's...- Dr. Cube
- Post #4,924
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Schiit Yggdrasil Impressions thread
That note might be about the de-glitching change they did early on.- Dr. Cube
- Post #12,174
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Schiit Audio Bifrost 2
This is normal for any Schiit DAC. The device exposes to the operating system that it has no volume control. It works the same way on Windows or Linux. Pre-Unison Schiit DACs are the same way and it's not specific to Unison. They're just designed so that you will put some sort of volume control...- Dr. Cube
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Schiit Audio Bifrost 2
More convincing cymbals is the main thing I like about the sound of Schiit multibit DACs over typical delta-sigma DACs. I think it's a bit better with Yggdrasil OG, but Bifrost 2 has the same thing going on, as I hear it. The Bifrost 2 really does shrug off a lot of sources of noise that will...- Dr. Cube
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Schiit Lyr+ : Impressions Thread
It's in development: I linked this with the right timestamp, but it seems like the video embedder doesn't pick that up quite right. Start at 00:33:45.- Dr. Cube
- Post #1,328
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
The approach that I take, personally, is that filters are the cure for a bad signal, but not for a bad transducer. I will use equalization to fix the recording and not to fix the playback system. If I can process something offline, destructively, in a digital editor, then an FIR filter is great...- Dr. Cube
- Post #147,693
- Forum: Jason Stoddard