HI, I had the DP1 for years; it is a sweet sounding DAC with great build and nice headphone output. A quick caveat about comparisons with other DACs- the DP1 output is higher than typical - I believe 3V single-ended instead of 2. I ended up using the DP-1 volume control to level match using a...

Can we ask general questions about the upcoming AMR DAC? Did you custom craft the world's first 32-bit R2R silicon? What about 3D printing your own customized version of the Bendix 6900 for the output stage? Expecting great things from this one.

Hey, I don't mind - have been waiting years for this to come out anyway. But what is the iRack pro and does it look good as well as perform well? Will need something nice to rest the iDSD pro on.

Thanks - I will look into Audacity.  Cool page on metal and sound quality.   | The iDSD Pro won't have a 1980's CD button but the iCAN Pro has two 1980's CD knobs.  They are labelled XBASS and 3D and can deal with much that is wrong in 1980's CDs.   Yep - got those on my iDSD pro - which I...

Far too late in the game for a real request - this will have to be for the iFi DSD Pro mark II.  Have always wanted a "1980s CD" button on a DAC - push it and some magical set of filters and EQ are invoked to squeeze a bit of LIFE from these flat, bloodless, recordings so typical before the mid...

  So, you listen to the 650s most of the time but keep a pair of 800s on the side?

Would agree that some of the "congestion" of the HD-650 may be caused by weaker amps inability to completely "grab hold" of those high impedance drivers.   However, as posted on the last page, I was really surprised at how much the 650s opened up for classical music when I added EQ around the...

Quick report on EQ again.   Love my 650s but one thing that has always bugged me about them is the occasional feeling of missing something in the recording that I could plainly hear on some of my other phones.  This missing "something" could be higher-pitched echoes, finger snaps, or that...

Hello fellow HD-650 owners / fans,   Curious as to whether anyone has tried any digital EQ on their 650s.  I was playing around with the plug-in 31 band Apple EQ within the newest Audirvana+.  Based on the freq response graph for the 650s (from Headroom.com) I made the attached configuration -...

Hello,   I'm curious - has anyone experimented with digital EQ for their 650s?  The Apple 31-band digital EQ is an option in Audirvana - thinking of pushing up the upper-mids and treble just a tiny bit.  Any experience with this? Thanks,   bryan

Hello Senn 650 group,   Just got a pair last week- based on hearing them at an audio store.  Did not bring my own music so was stuck with their somewhat bright Diana Krall CD- loved the comfort and tone of the Senn's.  Was less excited by the AKG 702s, which to me sounded like the highs were...

Hi,   I'm looking to build a nice new headphone setup for a second room. After reading a lot here- and elsewhere- I am zoning in on:  AQ Dragonfly to Schiit Lyr to HiFiMan HE-500 (though listened to the Senn 650s last week and liked a lot).  I figured the AQ could also serve for occasional...

I love my Burson Audio HA-160D if you can swing $1100.  It matches very well with my Grado 225is- PLENTY of power and drive. LOTS of detail in the midrange and midbass- you can hear the full decay of the instruments. And there is serious IMPACT and dynamics that you can feel.  A very live...

|  the DACPort uses the AK4396 and an OPA1612 output stage...completely different sound from the 5532/4562 opamps in the Benchmark DAC-1, and neither of those will provide what the OP wants IMHO.   I know- and it actually sounds very different than the Benchmark (I like them both and have...

Listening to some Chopin now through my Centrance DACport.  It uses very similar USB input circuitry as the Benchmark- in fact Benchmark licensed their USB code from them.  After unpacking the USB signal the DACport locks to a PLL that is coupled to very low jitter oscillators, followed by a...

The Anedio D1 SABRE DAC measurements indicate that the unit performs perfectly such that no human could differentiate it's sound from that of the source.   The AYRE QB9 DAC measurements indicate that the unit performs perfectly such that no human could differentiate it's sound from that of...

|  Willakan wrote:  Besides, the Benchmark is a known "perfect"* source.   Silly.  Have a look, for example, at the last 10 solid-state amplifier reviews in Stereophile as they will include detailed measurements.  Based on results of these measurements, all of these amplifiers should sound...

There's just nothing from an engineering standpoint that's novel about the Benchmark anymore.  If you want to credit them for being part of the computer DAC revolution or think that others borrowed some of their approaches, fine, but it no longer stands out as much of a value at >$1200.  The new...

The Benchmark comment is silly.  While Benchmark was one of the first companies pioneer quality computer audio a few years ago, what "special quality engineering" remains on the Benchmark DAC1 that is not available on the most DACs in that price range, or at much lower prices, in 2011?  ...

Dear Elias, I am yet another new Benchmark DAC1-pre owner as of last night. I am currently running the DAC into an outboard dedicated pre-amp and then to a power amp that happens to have a lot of gain. I have needed to keep the output on my source gear low in the past. As I expected, the...