SleepyOne
Headphoneus Supremus
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Thanks! Will try that
Congrats Xahhax! That setup looks absolutely gorgeous... Hope you have the time to share your impressions soon.
xahhax - BTW would placing the WA2 on top of the Vega causes any interference?
Has anyone tried to cover pin 1 and 4 on USB PC side with tape? I've learned this trick from Yulong DA8 thread and I swear it made already impeccable sound from USB even cleaner, background is completely black (like pitch pitch black) now and I feel that soundstage expanded a bit as a result of it.
It's free an IMO well worth the try.
Speaking of balanced output on Taurus. I have finally got balanced cable for HD650. Holly smokes, I never thought that HD650 is so detailed AND fast.They really rock now, even with speed metal, amazing PRAT.
after my first 5min with vega-taurus-HE500 in unbal mode (signal and hphone), I immediately switch to full balanced... a completely different world
btw, it is quite strange just looking to the tech specs, since at the impedance of the he500 the taurus should put out more power in unbal mode.... but, hey, my hears are telling something different
hello Andrew,
is this trick the same as having an iFi USB Power in the middle, with the ground lift on and with the power supply unplugged?
I'm asking because I have an iFi USB and I cannot seem to hear (or I very hardly hear) any difference, but if it's something different I will give it a try even if I'm totally unable when it comes to fine manual works
I prefer the HE6 in BAL mode, so that's even more strange - Wattage wise. I like the HE500 in STD mode - but then again, I have the MkI.Vintage is always better ,P
Yeah more power is not necessarily always the answer - assuming of course that the lower power option is not grossly deficient for the given headphone. I like having two options available though..... you can mix and match headphones/cables and find different combos that you like for different reasons.
That is really one of the big bonuses of the Taurus - the ability to choose between the detail-freak-BAL-mode and the smooth more laid back STD-mode. But the difference isn't like two totally differrent amps, it's like flavors of the same.
BAL/STD button makes it too easy.Combine it with filters on Vega and you can tune the system to pretty much any headphone/material combination.
BAL/STD button makes it too easy.Combine it with filters on Vega and you can tune the system to pretty much any headphone/material combination.
Reading you signature - How does Auralic it compare to your DA8/GS1-rig?