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    Audio Technica ATH-M50 question!

    Looks real to me, and i've had two pairs of M50s, the feedback is pretty good as well. Should you receive a fake you would know immediately as they are very different from the real ones (just do a quick google search) and sound terrible. Ebay will also cover your loss if it's fake.
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    Choosing My First DAC

    Just get a ODAC and be done with it, very few DACs are objectively better than it.
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    Warm, musical vs cold, analytical DACs

    There is no such thing as warm or cold, with a DAC at least. All the perceived warmth is just distortion induced by the components or the filter design, both of which a DAC should be designed to limit. The only equipment in your audio chain that should have a 'sound signature' should be your...
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    Non-audiophile reactions to high-end headphones Part II

    No point in trying to impress someone with a pair of headphones or anything the general public possess. Things like good computers, cars, watches, headphones, flashlights just do not immediately make any sort of impressions since almost everyone has one of those and the difference between the...
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    Audioengine D1 to Tube amp (say, Little Dot MkIII) - Newbie question

    DAC outputs are almost always line level, it's strange that Audioengine engineers designed a variable RCA output. In that case you should keep the RCA out as close to line level as possible, which could be anywhere from 50% to 90% volume. I'm guessing a 70% volume should be enough.
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    Audioengine D1 to Tube amp (say, Little Dot MkIII) - Newbie question

    Don't worry. Daisychaining is only a problem for multiple very powerful speaker amps that are connected in a row at close to full volume, for example a pre-amp to another tube pre-amp to a power amp etc. And even then you are more likely to get distortion and lots of heat rather than it blowing...
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    Can I plug my HD650s into my ODAC without an amp?

    You can plug your headphones straight into any DAC with the standard redbook 2V RMS output and it wouldn't blow it up. Many higher output headphone amps are designed to out 15V or more voltage swing. BUT, it is a line out so it's designed to put the 2V RMS into a 5K ohm input which removes most...
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    Best Opamp For High-resolution Bass

    I know it is a contentious subject around here but to my ears, opamp rolling produces no audible effect at all.   Any difference you find with opamps would be likely due to distortion by driving them out of spec. Few opamps measure objectively better than the old NE5532 or JRC4556, which is...
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    Brief Odac impressions

    Quote: No, but it does enhance/improve soundstage dept when compared to the onboard DAC, among other things like noise. Point is it does generate an audible improvement for someone coming from onboard audio.
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    How many do you need?

    I think i can live with just two, a HD650 for home and RE0/DBA02 for everything else, a closed back full size is just too big to carry around and the sounstage is inferior to open backs at home.
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    Looks to me like a Meier Corda Stepdance.
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    How I spoiled hi-fi for myself

    Well that's all the better for you, most people just have to find that magical rig that works for them and in the year 2011 after much experimenting i was lucky enough to find that rig in the form of an AMB Mini3 and a HD650(which i was lucky enough to get for free in the only HD650 lottery on...
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    HiFiMAN: Here to stay or FOTM?

    FOTM? More like flavor of the decade, HiFiman has been around for more than 6 years and it's products have received consistently positive reviews. Personally i only like the RE0 and the RE262 but the headphones have been very well received around here as well. I found the HE400 too sibilant, the...
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    Why not Class-A?

    Nothing! There's absolutely nothing wrong with class A amps and if i had it my way all amps should be class A due to the lack of distortion mostly. However in some smaller packages, class A is simply not feasible due to the heat issues linked to its 40ish percent efficiency. The price also comes...
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    First headphones after discovering Head-Fi

    Found head-fi 2 and a bit years ago, got a pair of ATH-M50s a while later. They were the FOTM at that time, and still are in a way. A good pair of headphones for the price.
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    Headphones with soundstage of a concert hall

    AKG701/DT990/HD800/HE-6/LCD2 will probably replicate that experience. However you really need a recording that is recorded binaurally and not in stereoscopic format. And a good amp, then it will almost totally replicate that feeling, maybe not as good as speakers though.
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    ** LiveWire Custom Dual Driver IEM - Review ** Best $250 I've Ever Spent

    Great review! A couple years ago 500 dollars was the cheapest you could find for a custom IEM, now it's much cheaper.
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    Best Isolation IEM's?

    Any of the Etys would do, the HF3s are very nice for the price. Dont' worry about the 15khz cap. Frequency ratings are generally done at -3Db/6Db so it's not that big of a deal. And anyway very little part of music is past 6khz or so.
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    Meet 'Typical Headfier' Andy

    ^ What he said.
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    Check Out Head-Fi's Fall 2011 Holiday Gift Guide!

    Looks very nicely presented! Thanks!
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    Multi-IEM Review - 352 IEMs compared (Pump Audio Earphones added 04/03/16 p. 1106)

    He does have/had a TF10 in fact and when i asked him about it in a pm he said the sound was a "9 or 9.1" out of 10. Not too bad especially if you got them for 99 dollars :)   Quote:  
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    What is your Money-Spent to Post-Count ratio on Head-fi?

    Almost nearly 1 to 1 ratio, damn does that mean i'll have to buy more stuff then?
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    The Perth, Western Australia Head-Fi Meet Thread

    How about messaging the people who went last year if they are free? The list i think was   cravenz Chamakazi Henerenry chews89 Townyj raff012 MrGreen Quokka Room40 Fred_fred2004 701   And then decide on a date so that we can be sure if we are free on that day?
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    How does one acquire the ability to analyze sound?

    Experience. This applies to everything.
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    sub crossover setting

    80hz is the THX standard and it is said that 80hz prevents bass localisation from the subwoofer. However 100HZ, depending on your satellites might provide a smoother integration. Even lower crossover settings are used sometimes although 50hz is usually the lowest a receiver allows. The low pass...
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