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Can DAP be used as pre-amp?
Hi all, I believe i really have a weird situation that I just bought a susvara and currently have a Fiio M17. While the enhanced overear mode of M17 may drive susvara to some loudness, I am thinking to pair that with a speaker amp, Benchmark AHB2. so now i have M17=〉benchmark ahb2=> susvara...- superjohny
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I think I may have find my ultimate cable
Disclaimer: there is no technical stuff in this thread , just purely my journey to find my ultimate cable from Charles. Background context: Growing up and living most of my time in Australia, having a hifi hobby is very expensive, we don't have too many shops and products to audition before...- superjohny
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- Forum: Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum)
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Australia/Melbourne: need someone blind test BTR5 vs Cayin N8
I purchased a ROMI mod Cayin N8 from a fellow head-fier to replace Fiio BRT5 for EE Odin. But I keep going back to BTR5!! Declaration, I am only using Spotify + LDAC on both N8 and BTR5 to listen to Korean Songs, BTS and Blackpink Izone etc.. The BTR5 has this insane forward mids so I can...- superjohny
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Look for re-terminate cable service [Melbourne-Australia]
I have a dana cable which is currently terminated with FURUTECH 3-pin male xlr and need re-terminating to Female xlr. please let me know if you are based in melbourne for this service. Thanks in advance. Johny- superjohny
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Chord Hugo or proper desktop AMP ?
Hi guys, I have a tralucent ref1 with uber in ttrs and rwak240. I also have a LA-7000(lawton audio fully modded D7000) terminated in 3pin balanced and a adaptor to 6.25mm headphone jack. Now that I want to utilize LA7000 more as I haven't really been listening to since I purchased...- superjohny
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High Shool of the Dead OP song, who thinks it's a failure??
for those who got them already, it's such a tradgedy!! It's such a great song with such bad recording..... bearly listenable with lossless。 wat a failure!!!!!!!! otherwise it could be a perfect song.- superjohny
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Anyone tried LA7000 without Markl Mods?
I am wondering this will still give the bass quantity and impact as ppl said LA7000 is a bit bass and bass impact less? how about the mids? I tried a D7000 with only cup change and was quite happy about that, so pretty much wondering what will D7000 sound with Cup change +cable...- superjohny
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Great News! Audio-gd plans to release new stand alone DPS3 module next month.
Quote: This is what Kingwa emailed me. Guess it's gonna be a mini box linking in-between transporter and the dac.- superjohny
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constantly updated impression : Audio-gd Reference 8!
After hesitating for so long, i finally made the decision to purchase the "musical flavored" dac Audio-gd reference 8. It should be here within a week or two. I will draw down some impression and hopefully "long" enough to be a mini review after some listening and A/Bing with ultra...- superjohny
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which amp do you think Audio-gd Ref 8 pairs best with?
I am getting a audio-gd reference 8 dac. being a musical dac as described by kingwa, what do you suggest to pair this dac with a top tier amp? a lot of the amps are being described as clear neutral and transparent, will they be good fit for reference 8? thanks guys. btw...- superjohny
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anyone tried shipping items out of US without declaring value or undervalued?
hi guys, i am buying some gears which worth total of 2700USD in the state and ship to australia. but according to aussie custom i will have to pay 270USD as duty and tax which is considerably alot. so just wondering anyone tried sending without declaring value or under declare?- superjohny
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audio-gd : musical sounding dac reference 9 +neutral sounding amp c-3 =?
i am not sure how these will sound as a combo... bad recording or lossy file formate will be compensated by reference 9? i am thinking of getting either c3 or BUDA+DPS, although price is nearly half as the other.- superjohny
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- dacs reference-seven audio-gd
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how is audio-gd phoenix different to its c-3mk3?
they are pretty much about the same price. it gives me some kind of feeling that phoenix has more features and c-3mk3 has better amping. is it so? i am very interested to know how different will they sound to amp a headphone.- superjohny
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- little-dot-mk-iii leben-cs-300x audio-gd-phoenix headphone-amplifiers desktop-amps
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D7000 w/ Moon-Audio Black Dragon Neutrik Gold Plated XLRs or Cardas 'Fat Pipe' XLR?
or neither?? THey are around the same price offer to me, 999 cardas and 1025 moon-audio. so which one should i pick or they just perform on par? or should i just be getting stock D7000 with 1/4 plug since there are that much improvement to justify the price difference? does...- superjohny
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any amp with good bass and being musical?
i've did some research over the net and found out gs-1,gs-x have been analytical , or not very musical. any other amps in the $1000 to $2000 range being musical and has good punchy base? BUDA?or WA22?- superjohny
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is it worth to have a expensive dac just to listen to 320K mp3?
hi guys, i mean expensive ones like audio-gd reference series, especially reference 8 and 9. apparently, i only listen to 320k mp3 and a little bit of flac. is it worth to invest in an expensive dac? i am using a ultra micro dac +psu atm to pair with v8p and d5000- superjohny
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little pinkie users,do you have this issue?
the bass should;ve got more punchy and wider when paring with pinkie, however, this is not my case. the soundstage certainly widens a bit and shows more details, however, the bass is brought backward and no more punchy feeling! i tried bugle boy, siemence e188cc, hewllete pack tubes and...- superjohny
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little pinkie users,do you have this issue?
the bass should;ve got more punchy and wider when paring with pinkie, however, this is not my case. the soundstage certainly widens a bit and shows more details, however, the bass is brought backward and no more punchy feeling! i tried bugle boy, siemence e188cc, hewllete pack tubes and...- superjohny
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how to take out the pcb of x-can v8p?tube rolling
hi guys just received a pair of siemens w. germany E188cc. as i unscrewed the 8 screws both front and end, i find that both the frond and end panel is stuck to the pcb board. the front with a thin line connected to the board and the end with the linein lineout jacket. so how can i...- superjohny
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Gee!Now, WA6Se or GS-1?
Things are just changing so fast,i cannot keep out with my own minds. since i have just decided to go for gs-1 instead of solo, i came up with another idea. i've already got a x-can v8p, why not trying something different such as a tube amp? I only have the budget for either one. and i...- superjohny
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- woo-audio-wa-6-se headamp-gs-1-headphone-amp-pre-amp
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V8p hisses with stock walwart and tubes. should it be just like dat?
Just got my v8p today, linked to stock v-dac with a decent cable i am hearing hiss when the volumn is after 3 o'clock, very noticable. but at least when the volumn is around 11am, it's deadly quite. i am pairing it with D5000. hope it wont hiss when i got my pinkie + siemens E88cc tubes.- superjohny
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GS-1 or Graham Slee Solo SRGII w/ PSU1?
Hi guys, I am deciding to get one of the two. after reading lots and lots of threads I have a kind of a feeling that ppl do prefer solo to GS-1 or at least I've read more appreciation of Solo than GS-1. however, i've seen several for sale threads for solo but never saw any FS thread for the...- superjohny
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how to hook up v8p to a logitech speaker??
sorry for this dumb question but i am running outof ideas. the only source for logitech speaker input is the 1/8" jacket which is linked to a control and the control links to sub-woofer and speakers. but v8p's preamp has only two rca output. and i cant find a femle 1/8" jacket to...- superjohny
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Any audible difference btw HR Micro amp and Portable Micro Amp?
would the use of battery in a portable micro amp sound worse than the micro amp with an astrodyne psu? I am also wondering whether the use of desktop power supply($499) will sig improve the SS and SQ and other aspects? thanks guys- superjohny
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good Power Supply for V-dac??
hi guys, i've just purchased a MF v-dac and thought it might be a good idea to at least upgrade from the stock power supply. initially i was thinking of pinkie then i realized it's just too expensive for me now to purchase a PSU just for a specific dac. so are there any power supply...- superjohny
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