I'm using an Aurender N100. It's not capable of DSP. I did some sweeps and sine tones around 800 Hz and 2500 Hz sound like they are stimulating the tinnitus in my left ear. They sound more natural in my right ear. It makes sense that a matching tone would stimulate the tinnitus, but what's odd...

I recently obtained a 2021 LCD-X from an open box sale and listened. Previously I had a 2011 LCD-2. My first impression of the LCD-X was that it was closed-in compared to my LCD-2, but had better bass. A long time ago I reverse-flexed the headband on my LCD-2 to loosen it up (I can't take the...

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I'm interested in getting an iFi Zen DAC V2 or V2 Signature. I have an old iDSD Nano (not Black Label) which a very talented technician modified and created a super HQ 5V LPS for, and it's a very high performer. Very musical and good extension/resolution. (Not stellar, but good for the money -...

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@gregorio Thanks for emphasizing seeing a doctor. I'll do that. When I say "the problem could be in my DAC" what I mean is that, because not all equipment triggers the resonance equally, it would be nice to find some equipment that doesn't trigger it yet still sounds good to me. I might need to...

I've got a strange problem which was noticeable in the past, but became really noticeable with a couple of DACs I tried recently (a Gustard x20pro and a Gustard R26). When I listen through headphones, there's a resonance in my left ear around 500 Hz. For example, if I play piano tones from a...

Okay, so I've been listening with a NOS "Radiotechnique" French military 12AU7, cryo'd, I got from Upscale Audio. It has a softer treble. Maybe even a little brighter than the Clear Top, but smoother and without that sense of peakiness. By the way, it's not that the LCD-2 is "bright", but...

I thought of one other possible factor.. I use RCA Clear Top 12AU7's in both of my headphone amps. I dropped another brand in there and the tonal balance changed a lot. I'll look into it.

I hear it with an iFi Zen Stream as well. And I've tried several configurations of a NUC driving the Gustard DAC. The general pattern is that whenever my USB transport improves in quality, I get more extension and life in the treble, and that extra treble energy seems to have some peakiness to...

I just upgraded my Win 11/Foobar2000 computer to a dedicated streamer/server, an Aurender N100. I'm finding that I might like to EQ some files for use with my headphones (I have many headphones). But an Aurender has no playback options at all, and I don't see a way to EQ things. In fact, the...

I have an LCD-2 and a custom made cable that dates back to 2011 or 2012. I don't think it was V1. There had been some significant revisions to brighten the sound, but it was pre-fazor. I've recently upgraded my streamer to an Aurender N100. Was previously using a Windows 11 NUC running...

I figured the ZS would need some burn-in time. It's been playing for somewhere between 50 and 100 hours now. When I first set it up, driving a custom modified Gustard X20dac via USB, the transients were a bit aggressive and monotonous (i.e. string attacks had a similar quality to brass which had...

I think the Zen crashed. I was playing music from a folder (on the attached USB drive) that had a bunch of wave files, and then a CUE file that originally came with a large FLAC. I had already split the FLAC into separate tracks and deleted it, leaving the CUE file behind by mistake. I set up...

I got the Zen Stream running with JRiver on my MacBook in both senses: #1 JRiver is the player and it chooses the Zen to direct the signal to, #2 The Zen WUI is the player and it connects to my MacBook as a Media Server. I can also plug a USB drive into the Zen and use the WUI to navigate its...

Update... when I went into the Zen Stream settings, I found my music library accessible. Did running JRiver do that? I was able to select and play a track through the USB output. It started playing! Sounds pretty good too. Very dynamic compared to playback from my NUC. I'm running the Zen Stream...

Update: I wanted to clarify that the DAC shows "DSD 24.5 MHz" from the moment I plugged it into the Zen Stream. It has never changed even when attempting to playback files. Something weird happened after the second time I tried to play back from JRiver (after rebooting my MacBook). This time...

Okay I got the Zen and I'm trying to stream to it from JRiver on a MacBook. I set the Zen Stream to option 5, DLNA. It's not working. The DAC is plugged into the Zen. The DAC shows the data rate as "DSD 24.5 MHZ" but remains silent the whole time. In JRiver, I can select Player -> Zone -> iFi...

So the Zen Stream is compatible with DLNA? Does it buffer data that comes over the network before sending it on to the DAC? I would imagine so.

What voltage does the Zen Stream need? I already have a super hi quality 12 V linear power supply. Could I use the Zen Stream as an NAA with sending the data over WiFi? The idea is to take advantage of the optimzations of the Zen Stream for a quality, low noise low-jitter USB output to my DAC...

I'm new to the world of music streamers. I'm not very interested in music stream internet services... I have all my music files on a hard drive. I have a very good DAC (a modified Gustard X20) that takes a USB input. I've been using a NUC running windows and Foobar2000, along with Fidelizer, to...

I was looking around for software like Fidelizer that is meant to optimize the PC (stopping services, setting process priorities, core affinity policies, etc.) and there's something called Project Lasso. It's not meant for audiophiles in particular but I'm wondering if there's an existing guide...

I'm interested in the overall sound of Sennheiser IEMs. I'm trying to find a good pro-level IEM and I just tried the Shure SE535 - terrible for me, with a peaky/sibilant treble, recessed vocals and no vocal warmth. Very fatiguing. I'm looking for something balanced, something that is neutral but...

thank you! My amp is custom, a 12AU7 input stage/ FET output stage combination. It gets very loud and can drive anything pretty much. Mike

I own an Audeze LCD2 from 10 years ago, a very early revision. I love the bass, but the can is a bit rolled off on the high end. I'm attracted to planar magnetic open-back headphones in general, and now I'm in the market for something with better high-end extension. A little brighter, yes, but...