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Lossless - when is it not?
I thought that lossless encoders were just that, bit perfect representations of the CD or source. I got into a bit of an argument with a Naim user who had 'perfect rips' of the CD's onto their hard drive. He claims that the output of that system compared to say, the FLAC output of a Rockbox'd...- iVinyl
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- Forum: Sound Science
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iBasso DB2 has arrived
Just go the little beastie from China, complete with a balanced jumper. I have only had enough time for first impressions of the DB2 with the PB2, using Grado SR225i and Senn HD650 phones (the later balanced). I compared to my reference Sugden CD/Preamp system output - the DB2 took a...- iVinyl
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- headphone-amplifiers ibasso ibasso-db2-boomslang2 ibasso-pb-2-pelican portable-amps
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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Latest DB2 timing
I checked with iBasso today on my DB2 order. They waiting for PCB's and should be shipping from the 15th onwards regards Chris- iVinyl
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Logitech's Squeezebox Touch - opinions sought on quality
I'm not sure if this should be in this forum, or the portable source forum but I'm thinking of buying a Squeezebox touch to use with an iBasso DB2/PB2 combination fed from it's digital output. I'm working on the premise that whilst I am at home, I can stream from my network and use SD...- iVinyl
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- logitech-squeezebox-touch dedicated-source-components dacs
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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iBasso PB2 and Headroom Ultra Micro Amp - first impressions.
I promised to do a review of my two portable headphone amplifiers, the IBasso PB2 and the Headroom ultra-micro amplifier. To do this review I employed 2 headphones, the Sennheiser HD 650, and the Grado SR225i. All the equipment was run in for two weeks before commencing any evaluation. On order...- iVinyl
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- ibasso-pb-2-pelican headroom-ultra-micro-dac headphone-amplifiers desktop-amps portable-amps headroom-ultra-desktop-dac
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- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
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SQ of Rockbox'd iPod 5.5g ? need your viewsOSC
I took the plunge this weekend and Rockbox'd my ipod 5.5g. Using a Headroom ultra micro amp and SD650's I had a hard time picking up on any difference between FLAC on the RB'd ipod and what I could recall from before the modification with an AIFF in the Apple OS. (I could just tell the...- iVinyl
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear