For sale are my trusty Focal Clear. Selling only because I'm the lucky owner of a pair of Stellia. WARNING!!! The original short cable (1,2 meters) is not included: I'm replacing it with a generic aftermarket short cable bought on Amazon and much more comfortable. The other long cables (6,3...

For sale are my beloved HD800, as I actually only have ears for my Stellia. Earpads are still useable but they will need a replacement soon. The headband foam is flattened. Original box. There's a (usual) mark on the left cup (see picture). Shipping into Europe included. Paypal only. Feel...

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On behalf of a friend for sale is a Musical Fidelity MX-HPA fully balanced headphone amplifier. Two headphone jacks on SE and one on balanced for double 3-pin connector. Balanced and SE inputs. It seamlessly transforms an SE connection into balanced, so you don't need a balanced source to enjoy...

Best seller: responsive and careful with the shipping and its follow up. Don't hesitate to deal with him: I would love to to it again.

Quote:   Thanks Terps: really appreciate it. Didn't know anything about the K550 but a fast reading showed me that looks brighter sounding compared to the 840. Anyhow, there's a point that bothers me about the D7: USB powered. Sometimes real evil voltage is coming out of laptops...

Quote: Ladies... please. Anyone?  

I had the D12 + SRH840 wich I found a good pairing: bass on the Shure got tight due maybe to the relative brightness of the D12. To me, it seemed that both tonal balances compensated each other.   Now that I have recovered the 840, I'm thinking again of getting an Ibasso. Anybody could...

I would be highly interested in how they compare to DT1350. Several references of both relating DT880, both closed, both in the same price range, both with non-emphasized bass, both very detailed and resolutive, both quite sensitive, both low impedance... but, which one wins? Any lucky owner...

My apologies. Thank you nikongod.

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Quote: Thanks SP Wild: I've been looking at that, time and again, and read again the posts of those who claim the opposite to try to understand. But as far as my knowledge arrives, I see no objective reasons to say that TRS and XLR outputs are feeded in different ways. If somebody can...

Quote:   Woo's schematics:   6moons' schematics:   Quote:   Quote:   What do I miss then? Humbly, I think there's no discussion about the amp being balanced, fully balanced or 150% balanced. What is worth to me is to clarify if it's worth to recable some...

  Quote: I could not either compare directly both outputs in equivalent conditions since I had the stock SE cable and a Cardas balanced. So, I don't know how much of the improvement perceived was due to the better quality of the cable and how much to the output. The benefit of...

  Quote: The way I see it is that the amp sounds its best when feeded with a balanced source, since its capable to take advantage of the balanced signal through the XLR inputs. But when it comes to the outputs, TRS and XLR are the same and diferent sound quality between them can be...

Hi Jack, Glad too see you're here to clarify things. No doubts whatsoever about your amp is fully balanced. But, and according to your schematics: can one conclude that TRS and XLR receive the same signal? Excuse my ignorance and thanks in advanced.

Quote: From 6moons:     Balanced headphones are just regular headphones that have been re-cabled in a special way. The normal three-conductor cable with the common ground connection is replaced with a cable that has four conductors: right positive and right negative conductors to...

By the way, why is not pin 1 connected in 3-pin XLR outputs?   Quote:

Beautiful, solid, great construction... Those are the lesser of its virtues: sound is above all them. Gives all the flesh, body, blood and soul that HD800 requires. There's a relentless truth coming out of this combo.

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  Quote:     Thanks kboe. It's been a long, tortuous and sometimes disheartening road: now it seems everything is taking its place.   For instance: yesterday I replaced the QED Conduit that was feeding the Cyrus with a cheap stock cable coming from one TV set: bass get...

Quote: Originally Posted by AcousticDreams It is a STEREO96 DAC (Mytek Digital USA). That's it. I'm actually using Foobar + DS (little time for changing/charging CD's on a transport) with Musiland 01 USD. Overall neutral. Maybe the bass body a little shy/analytical for my...

Quote: Originally Posted by tosehee Nice rig. Grats and that Sophia needs to lose some belly.. :-) Thanks tosehee. Sophia will do (as I did: eating was overrated when I was saving for it )

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