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  1. matt8268

    Feedback by 'matt8268' on listing 'Fostex TH-900 Lawton'

    The Lawton modified TH900's sold to me by JLoud were beautiful - nicer in person than in the photos. Great communication, very prompt shipping. A pleasure!
  2. matt8268

    Feedback by 'matt8268' on listing 'Ken Rad VT231 Tube'

    Great buyer and nice guy. Super smooth transaction.
  3. For Sale  Ken Rad VT231 Tube

    Price
    50.00 USD
    Condition
    Good
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. North America
    Ken Rad VT231 Tube, plus two other tubes. I rolled these tubes in my SinglePower amp a decade ago. That amp is long gone, and I don't have any tube gear anymore. These have just been sitting in my closet for years. Other ads had the Ken Rad posted for about $50, so that's what I set this at...
  4. matt8268

    SoCas Pad Adapters for Stax Ear Speakers

    I added an additional 1" strip of putty to the top and bottom, and overall refined all of the strips so they were uniform thickness (which meant thinning up some of them). It seemed bass was improved, while keeping most of the other improvements. Will take me more listening sessions to get a...
  5. matt8268

    SoCas Pad Adapters for Stax Ear Speakers

    After a few hours of listening last night, what I found was that the air, separation and soundstage were just stellar - definite improvement. But as you allude to above, it came at the expense of bass tightness. What started initially as "wow, what great bass presence" quickly became...
  6. matt8268

    SoCas Pad Adapters for Stax Ear Speakers

    Applied the blutac as suggested, pics below. Listening now. Sounds really good! I think there is more soundstage, clarity and air, and a little more resonance to the bass.
  7. matt8268

    SoCas Pad Adapters for Stax Ear Speakers

    Thanks so much for this great, detailed mod writeup! I have an old Stax 3030 system (303 headphones and 313 amp). I replaced the earpads years ago, but again the Stax-supplied, black double-sided tape had melted and the earpads started drooping and eventually hanging by a thread from the...
  8. matt8268

    Denon D2000/D5000, MD2000/MD5000 Thread!

    I have cups that look very similar to the "post 5080" cups. I bought them in 2015 on eBay from a seller named electrofunk303...I think he may have also been on Head-Fi as well. I bought two pairs, the cedar pictured below (for my D2Ks) and another pair of Monkey Pod that I put on my D7000s. With...
  9. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    I use my iPhone 7+ on 10.3.1 at home, and the drops are there but rather infrequent. Usually no more than 1 time per album, but it does vary a bit. It is acceptable for me temporarily given how much I enjoy listening to my Mojo. That is of course provided a fix is coming from Apple at some...
  10. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

      I currently have 7648 songs (7447 of which are Apple Lossless, the rest are random MP3s) that take up 200GB. 
  11. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    I can't comment on drop frequency related to other devices, but my brand new iPhone 7 Plus (running iOS 10.3.1) drops audio with the Mojo. Seemingly randomly as others have stated, sometimes after 2 mins, sometimes after more than an hour. Just don't want folks to think somehow the iPhone 7 Plus...
  12. matt8268

    Fostex TH900 Impressions & Discussion Thread

      I have an LA7000 and an LA2000, and now have a TH900 I'm deciding whether to Lawtonize or not. Stock, for me the TH900 does not compete with either of my modded Denon phones. I've grown too accustomed to the headstage, accuracy and tightness of the Lawton mods. The question: would a Lawton...
  13. matt8268

    Denon D2000/D5000, MD2000/MD5000 Thread!

      I have two sets of deep Lohb cups, one on my LA2000 and one on my LA7000. For me, the combo of the Lawton tuning and angle pads is simply stellar. For the cups, this consists of a sticky disc and a foam pad that then sticks to the disc. The deep cups with this damping plus the extra distance...
  14. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

      I am very satisfied listening from my iDevice to Mojo to great headphones (LA7000). I have been using my iPad Air to stream Apple Lossless via Home Sharing, using the default iOS music player. I've even experimented with DSD (you can convert to DoP and it will stream via default iOS music...
  15. matt8268

    Sound Enhancing Science

    Interesting article on the sonification of data.   Quote from article:
  16. matt8268

    Fostex TH900 Impressions & Discussion Thread

      I did the Lawton mod myself on a D7000 (very similar to TH900). First I did the damping and angle pads and listened for a while, then later added a pair of deep wooden cups (from head-fier Lohb, not Lawton cups). The damping helps to tighen up the sound, increasing clarity and reducing reverb...
  17. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    Got my replacement mojo after my original's USB input died. Been without it for two weeks, and am so happy to have it back. It is mesmerizing with my LA7000s. So detailed and warm (rare combo), and musical. Listening just wasn't the same while it was gone.
  18. matt8268

    Fostex TH900 Impressions & Discussion Thread

    I have a like-new Bakoon for sale at a good price, if anyone wants to try it out with TH900. I decided to stick with portable only setup.
  19. matt8268

    Is there *really* an audible difference between different DACs?

    Yes there is, but it takes longer listening sessions to notice differences.
  20. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

      Yes, the charging function still works correctly with the white light showing. It would seem everything works correctly except the USB input. But I don't have the right setup to test the toslink or coax inputs.
  21. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

      Noooooooo! My new Mojo I've been enjoying for the past week just had its USB stop working this morning. Looks to be a similar issue to Mahler10's, as well as at least one other user's issue I found from searching (that issue required a replacement unit, which I think is what I will need). I...
  22. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    Received my Mojo yesterday from TTVJ. Charged it for 10 hours and gave it a listen last night. All I can say is...wow! This is an incredible device, I am in love so far. Early impressions with my Lawton Modded Denon D7000s: - Musical. The music just flows. While listening, I thought of all the...
  23. matt8268

    Chord Mojo(1) DAC-amp ☆★►FAQ in 3rd post!◄★☆

    Okay, I lurk no longer. Just pulled the trigger on a Mojo. I listened to it at SoCal meet and thought it sounded great, but didn't think myself in need of an upgrade from my current Algorhythm Solo (original version with Wolfson). Pulled the trigger for these reasons: - Comments in this thread...
  24. matt8268

    Teac UD 503 DAC (2015 New Release, DXD, DSD256)

    Has someone verified this? I thought apple's new lightning CCK and ios7 and higher allowed connection to a lot of (all?) USB dacs that support pcm. In another thread, someone is even using home sharing to output dsd from the stock ios music app (dsd over pcm, packed into alac) to an Ifi micro.
  25. matt8268

    iPad iPhone bit-perfect DLNA/UPnP wi-fi streaming 24bit or DSD files / high storage capacity / portability

    I am thrilled to find this thread and see that folks are packing DSD into ALAC, and that it can be streamed via iTunes Home Sharing to the stock iOS Music app, and output via PCM through the CCK to a DAC. Seems like this should work via "any" DAC that supports DSD via USB. But then I've read...
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