Hi, Tiemen, long time no write.   Well, that does confirm the connection without a doubt, doesn't it? I wonder what is the chronology of the production. If these are indeed LP drivers, why would Philips first have their own badges and logo's early in the production and then just use AKG...

Hi everyone, Tiemen, long time no read, (I'm still in the tropics and a bit out of touch but couldn't resist putting in my two cents worth) Let me first repeat a relatively new post in the dedicated N6330 thread I started a long time ago: After quite a bit of upgrading in the signal...

Interesting! So little can be found on these that all these little snippets of info are great. Thanks, Tiemen, and iQEM of course.

After quite a bit of upgrading in the signal chain, I now have to re-evaluate the N6330, so I'll do a mini-review and compare them to the two real Sextetts I own. I just found out from Tiemen that these were also made as a clone to the Sextett LP, as he has white drivers, but mine is a clone of...

It's time to update this thread. After another series of upgrades to my audio chain (tube rolling, netfilter, battery-powered laptop in stead of mains PC), one evening I took the time to re-evaluate the pad options on three of my favourite cans that have similar earcups and drivers, the AKG...

Quote: Originally Posted by chinesekiwi After much tweaking, these are my settings: These are millimeter perfect settings. Yes, a slight bump towards the left or right = noticeable. EDIT: This VST plugin is slightly buggy >.< The width correction is always reset everytime you...

Quote: Originally Posted by cyberspyder How would you use the Dolby Headphne plugin with a movie player? Well, in the latest versions of most software DVD players, like Power DVD and WinDVD and some others, Dolby Headphone is integrated, so it's just a matter of switching it on...

ear8dmg, thanks for sharing your experience. I have gone through a lot of upgrades to my system and all the time I never bothered to re-test the suitability of my set-up, which I will do now. I did notice that "native" DH, like with watching a movie and enjoying the end credits with a good...

For those of you who haven't yet read my first post on this forum about an alternative cross-feed setup, I'll recommend reading it, as it gives a few alternatives to Naive, 4Front and Bauer that are imho even better. Myself, through all of my upgrades from a good mid-fi setup to the...

In my younger years I worked as a high-end hifi salesman, listening to and selling 6 figure speaker-based set-ups (Mark Levinson, full-range electrostats, the works), but also a lot of good mid-fi, so I know the potential quality of a speaker set-up. As far as resolution and fidelity is...

Quote: Originally Posted by paaj I just bought a teralink usb->spdif/i2s converter for use with a North Star m192 that should do the job. Found on ebay for $52 shipped . I ordered one of these myself and have already got it in operation. Please note though, that it handles...

Quote: Originally Posted by audiowize FYI - I often use batteries to get rid of capacitors in a given supply... You are using this on a DAC, so if you are worried about current delivery, go grab a cheap car battery and set it on the floor next to your DAC (it can provide...

Quote: Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent 485 usd is a lot of money considering that new orthos are being made and will hopefully soon be possible to buy. ??? I'm sorry I missed this, but it must have been mentioned on one of the odd 600 pages I didn't manage to read in...

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ Harsh criticism below: Those are the ugliest earpads I have ever seen, and some of you say they sound horrible, too? No offense to the OP if you have some connection with the company. Great stuff usually comes out of Germany. Let's hope the guy is...

Quote: Originally Posted by guzzler A sensible way to do things would be to put a large-ish value capacitor, say 2200 uF, in with your battery, a smaller one at the DC input to your DAC, say 470 uF, and then a 10n ceramic right on the pins of the chips on the board. In this way, you...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiemen One thing I agree with you, and it puzzles me. New AKG vinyl earpads do not sound as good as the slightly flattened and softer older earpads. I bought some used K340 pads, and I prefer them over the brandnew ones, both for comfort and sound on my K270...

Quote: Originally Posted by nickchen Bassless, coloured mids, shrill highs. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiemen They were very uncomfortable, because too stiff and not enough room for the ear to fit in. The sound I got from them on the GMP250 and K270 Playback, was also...

DAC, thanks you so much for taking the time to give me the brief rundown of my options. I'll keep you all posted with results and I will compare the inside of the Dual with already existing pictures. I had already ordered some cheap felt online, so now I'll just have to source some lambskin...

Quote: Originally Posted by wualta You're a brave man! Or at least for the moment we'll assume that gender. You assumed right Quote: Originally Posted by wualta As I said, welcome, and feel free to ask questions. Thanks! You've all done so much already. It's...

To wet your appetite and as an incentive for you to keep reading, some pictures first: Philips N6330 with orange pads: MB Quart Phone 70 with blue pads: Don't they look good? These are pads with an elastic ring, and according to the seller, suitable for AKG K240, K241, K250...

Hi everyone, This is my first post in this thread. I have actually started reading at page one and managed to browse the posts until page 100, at which point I noticed that there are a total of over 700 pages, so I decided to just pick things up from here. I'm always keen on finding old...

After having owned the Xiang Sheng 708B for about a year and after having read this thread, I decided to have a go at modding it. I had already done the easy parts almost at the start, exchanging the power cord for a Lapp Ölflex, and rolling the signal tubes to military grade Russian ones. Until...

Quote: Originally Posted by guzzler That article is classic audiophile nonsense ("homogeneity", how?!). Notice they're trying to sell their own product too... Proper bypassing is much more than putting a lot of capacitors of different values in parallel. You need to consider the role...

I think dynamic compression is built into Dolby Headphone due to the fact that it was designed for movie watching. It does what is says: it compresses the dynamic range. Loud passages will sound softer and soft ones louder. Since most modern recordings (besides classical music I guess) is...

I have just started doing some DIY things like recabling my cans and heavily modifying my existing amp, but I'm still quite new at this, and now I have an idea to build something from scratch, something that should be relatively simple to build and still quite useful in my setup. One of the...