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Best Dac under 200?
So I've been looking around the forums and am trying to upgrade my fiio e10. I will be using it with my magnums and with my Grados. I'm trying to not spend a lot have am looking at three options... the Odac the nuforce udac-3 and the schiit modi Can anyone compare these? On...- Melvins
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O2 DAC an upgrade to a fiio e10?
Hey guys, I love my fiio e10 but I'm trying to find a slight upgrade to it for around the same price. Is there no point in doing this? Would there not be a discernible upgrade for me to try and get a new DAC for around 100 bucks or? I'm looking at the O2 and the Schiif Modi specifically...- Melvins
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- fiio-e18-kunlun-android-phone-usb-dac-amp akg-q701-premium-class-reference-headphones-quincy-jones-signature-line fiio-e10 little-dot-i
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Where to get wooden shells(outer) (grado)
Hey guys, So I was reminiscing on my old sr125i's that I had modified with wooden cups (that I've since sold), and I'm really thinking that I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger and get some new wooden cups to put on my 325i's. I'm sort of out of the loop so who/what companies still are...- Melvins
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- grado-sr-80 grado-sr80i-headphones grado-sr-325i-prestige-series-headphones grado-sr125i-headphones
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DAC for Magnums/325is--upgrade from e10?
Hey guys. I'm currently running macbook pro---fiio e10---little dot 1+ (with tube/op amp upgrade)----Magnums. I am about to be receiving a pair of 325i's. I'm about to have some extra cash in the upcoming weeks and was curious if I should upgrade my DAC. I love my LD1+ and see no reason...- Melvins
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- grado-sr-325i-prestige-series-headphones grado-magnum-v4 fiio-e10
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Favorite Grados/Magnums
Hey guys. For those of you out there who own who have owned or whom have listened to.... what's your favorite grado in their vast lineup? Do you prefer the magnum series instead of the grados? Then for you who can answer this question, and is kind of the one I'm most interested in...- Melvins
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- grado-magnum-v4
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Fiio e11 price
So I just bought a slightly used (two weeks old) Fiio e11 for 49.99 with shipping included. was this a good price? Should i have looked around more? I've looked at some of the old FS e11's on the site and one sold for 29.99 (Which i had bought it then!) but many have sold between 40-50 and some...- Melvins
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- fiio-e11
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PA2v2 question
Hey guys. About to buy a PA2v2 (again, sold my first one off a year or two ago....) to use for my v-moda m80 and to use on my magnum when i'm listening to my magnums in bed reading or something. SInce I'll be buying used (would love to support Electic avenues but 70 bucks is outta this poor...- Melvins
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- electric-avenues-pa2v2
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Magnum v.4 vs. magnum v.5 vs. all grado's vs. any other cans
Can i hear some people draw some comparisons between their Magnums and the other 'phones they have? particularly modded grados? I'm trying to figure out if I want to get a modded grado to accompany my magnum build... (see sig for my setup) also please include the set up/songs you used...- Melvins
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- grado-magnum-v4
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looking for suitable amp
hey guys, haven't posted in a while... have been listening to most of my music on the go, was wondering if my v-moda m80's would ready benefit from a simple portable amp? currently using them with my iPhone 4 and spotify. sometimes i also use my magnums too, so the amp would ideally benefit...- Melvins
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- fiio-e11 v-moda-crossfade-m-80 electric-avenues-pa2v2 generic-prebuilt-cmoy-amp
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Perfect Sleeping headphones
hey there gang. So i usually always listen to music when i'm falling asleep and thus far, my most commonly utilized headphone when i'm about to hit the hay are my Bloxs. I would like to get a new can which has my favorite characteristics of headphones, that being forward mids, a solid bass...- Melvins
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- akg-acoustics-k-240-semi-open-studio-headphones bose-ae2-audio-headphones
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Beats by dre executive look oddly like
Senn. 700 or 800. Caught a quick glimpse of the Ellen show today while I was at work and from far away...man...they totally look like a rip (or not rip, but totally taken inspiration from) sennheisser's top of the lines. anyway. take a look for yourself. not to much when you get a close up...- Melvins
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- beats-executive-over-ear-headphones-silver
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Buying a Debut Project III
From a headfi member actually! Used, seems to be in pretty excellent condition for a price I have no problem paying. Now I just need to fill in the other parts of the equation (rest of my set up) and I should soon be in vinyl utopia! Anyway, I want to get a decent set up to accompany my TT...- Melvins
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Headphone amp, can I use it to power vinyl player
Hey guys, Buying a turn table shortly and am trying to figure out the set up I'm going to get with it. Was wondering if I could use my tube amp (little dot 1+) as an amp for my turn table. I saw a guy use his woo headphone amp as an amp on youtube and was wondering if i could possibly do...- Melvins
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- headphone-amplifiers little-dot-i
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What amp is best for Magnums?
I love the tube sound that accompanies my magnums (version 4), anyway, would love to hear from some of you guys what you guys like to use with your magnums. Feel free to include the rest of your setup, I'm just mostly curious as to what amps you folks find best accompany the magnum sound. (hence...- Melvins
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- alo-audio-amphora headamp-pico-portable-amp headphone-amplifiers symphones-magnums
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Best Budget Record Player
Sorry if this thread is in the wrong forum, feel free to relocate it mods! So as many of you know, most people use mp3's and what not nowadays to listen to music on the move but most music enthusiasts still highly focus the majority of their music collection around vinyl. I think it's now...- Melvins
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- turntables
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Blox MC2 and amplification
does anyone here use a pair of Blox Mc2's with amplification? even a simple pa2v2 or cmoy? just curious. Used to own a pa2v2 and was thinking about getting another used one if it would be beneficial to my current portable headphones (blox). Thanks for your time!- Melvins
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- blox-m2c digizoid-zo2-personal-hi-fi-experience electric-avenues-pa2v2 headphone-amplifiers headphones jds-labs-c421-headphone-amplifier jds-labs-cmoybb
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Anyone here listen to Powerviolence?
Been on a ginormous kick lately. If you're not sure what it is, it's a breed of hardcore/thrash/sludge/grind. lol. Yeah. Quality stuff. -
Anyone here listen to Powerviolence?
Been on a ginormous kick lately. If you're not sure what it is, it's a breed of hardcore/thrash/sludge/grind. lol. Yeah. Quality stuff. -
How to remove op amp from LD1+
Hey all, I just received a new op amp in the mail, so I busted open my LD1+ to replace my old one, and I came to the conclusion that I have zero idea how to remove the original one. Can anyone offer me any help!? Thanks- Melvins
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What should I look for next?
Sure I like my magnums, but what seems to be a nice contemporary of these bad boys, that you guys have found? I'm going to stay content for while. Was just seeing what some of you guys have discovered which compliments your magnums/higher flagship grados.- Melvins
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Building my Magnum
OK guys I've been wanting to upgrade my cans for a while now, and the time is almost here! I plan on making a pair of custom Magum (grades), and have a few questions. I plan on starting from scratch and selling off my modded sr125is to help cushion the cost. Anyway, what all do I need? Which...- Melvins
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Little Dot 1+ making crackling
noises, I believe they are coming from my tubes and not my amp itself because the crackling stops when I place my hands on the tubes. It's really quite annoying, and its like it the background. I took the tubes out, blew em' off, have my settings set properly...what could be wrong?- Melvins
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Best DAC for Grado's?
What is your opinion on the best DAC for the grado sound? Just curious is all. Also, what essentially makes one DAC better than another, aren't they all sort of just doing the same thing?- Melvins
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Fiio E10, can it work with LD1+?
As my title suggests, I am trying to find a relatively simple and cheap dac for my ld1+ and grad set up, and was wondering if the Fiio e10 would be a suitable option- Melvins
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- fiio-e10
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Udac 2 for my setup?
Hey there, I was thinking about getting a Udac 2 for my LD1+ and grado set up as described in my sig and was wondering if anyone had any advice/words of wisdom/experiences they'd like to share with me? I have a 100 dollar gift card for amazon that I received this christmas which is sort of...- Melvins
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