This is a nice article (although an advertisement for their crossfeed circuit somewhat...). Oops, forgot the link: https://www.headphones.com/pages/fixing-headphones-using-electronics

Fantastic! A small amount of crossfeed goes a long way and this has now made an amazing device even better.

Deal pending

Need to free up some funds so am letting these go. I am the original owner. Mint condition, includes all original packaging, extension cable, adapter cable, etc. Price includes PayPal fees and shipping to CONUS.

It will remain constant and I believe it is always be transmitting at 192kHz. Anything less gets upsampled.

Hmm, not sure. This is what I see: . Maybe a MacOS version issue?

On a mac you need to run "Audio MIDI setup" and tell the computer what rate to use for the RME. It will not set it automatically. I leave mine at 192kHz.

You can probably do without the bass low shelf or reduce the gain a lot. I put it there based on playing with a frequency generator, but it rarely makes a real difference in terms of music.

Here are my hand-tuned eq settings for the Sundara 2020 edition (5 bands): Filter 1: ON LS Fc 35.0 Hz Gain 7.5 dB Q 1.3 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 440 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 0.500 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1000 Hz Gain -4.0 dB Q 2.000 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 6000...

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I guess so, except I’ve had Grados last me more than 10 years of constant use... I think that is longer than the lifespan of most consumer electronics.

I of course instantly adjusted the headband so that I have very little pressure on my ears. Why don't other headphone manufacturers make bands that can be bent to a customer's liking? It seems so easy and makes all the Grados very comfortable to wear once you have them bent to your liking.

Received a pair of the hemp today. Amazing frequency response without any EQ. I am not usually a fan of the flat pads but will keep listening. Definitely a little different than my other Grados but a welcome addition :)

Huh? The DAC takes in the digital input (0s and 1s). This study shows that the digital signal coming in doesn't depend on the cable. You don't need blind tests etc, there is provably no difference in the digital string of bits coming into the DAC. If you really thought USB cables had errors like...

Here is a test of USB cables: http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/04/measurements-usb-cables-for-dacs.html

This essentially never happens.

This is misleading and does not effect the DA process or the final output analog signal. While technically correct, indeed there are thresholds used to separate 0/1, the process is synced to a clock and the signal is never read out at anything like 0.5V.

Re. raw sound quality, probably not. But, you get 10-band parametric EQ which can definitely improve sound quality unless you love your IEMs un-eq'd. Additional things are balanced input (more power, but unlikely to matter unless you have uncommonly inefficient IEMs), and being untethered from...

I also put the cables over my ears. I find this greatly reduces both any effect tugging on the cable has on the seal in the ear and microphonic effects from the cable moving around.

I bought the Legacy 4's from a fellow head-fier and have been enjoying them a lot for the past few days. For those interested, here are my PEQ settings which bring the FR to the Harmon 2019 v2 in-ear target curve. It's not perfect to my ears but better than stock and very good. Filter 1: ON...

Can you post your EQ settings? I have been playing with the EQ for my 3000e's, here is my current: Filter 1: ON LS Fc 62.0 Hz Gain 12.0 dB Q 1.000 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 140 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 0.900 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 630 Hz Gain 3.5 dB Q 0.800 Filter 4...

That is the serial number. Usually also written somewhere on the inside of the original cardboard box.

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Hi all. Does anyone have suggestions for outlets that allow auditioning via mail during COVID (I'm in the US, NJ)? I know I can buy new and return in new condition to a number of good outlets but feel a bit bad doing this. Advice?