Is there any chance that the sound of AC will be fixed before release (like big diffuse stage?)?Color me paranoid, {and also my highly bias opinion and goal was for the Atrium Closed was for it to have a big diffuse stage} - but were you switching the impedance between low and high in the Ha300 between the two headphones?
The high impedance on the 300b is much better than an OTL into the Caldera, but it would be nice and warm.
CanJam NYC 2023 Impressions Thread (February 25-26, 2023)
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Just a thought for next time Zach but maybe have some recommendations printed out next to the amps on better pairings and settings.Color me paranoid, {and also my highly bias opinion and goal was for the Atrium Closed was for it to have a big diffuse stage} - but were you switching the impedance between low and high in the Ha300 between the two headphones?
The high impedance on the 300b is much better than an OTL into the Caldera, but it would be nice and warm.
I appreciated the paper with the pads/headphones/brightness that was on one of the tables I sat next to.
I have an AC on my head at the moment, and I think the term "big, diffused stage" accurately describes the AC's presentation...that and holy sub-bass, Batman!
Awesome! I don't know how I can wait until mid-April XD
Zhanming057
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Being in NYC, the best way to try those DACs out is probably to make a few purchases with one of the two-channel dealers, and they'll be able to get you an evaluation unit for a week or two. That's how I listened to most of the summit-fi DACs I've heard.
For MSB in particular, though, email Vince Galbo and see what he can do.
likes2hike
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Did anyone who was present at the Headphone Q&A seminar presentation at the end of the day catch the name of the dongle device the gentleman near the front on the right held up when Jude was talking?
I'm familiar with how badly OTL can distort (Utopia becomes a bass-boosted monster on my OTL) but I hadn't realized that would be an issue with the SET Cayin. Sounds like that may be the case! I went back and looked at the picture I took of the AO and it seems I had it set to medium impedance, but it's hard to say for sure since I had the photo focused on that absolutely gorgeous wood grain.Color me paranoid, {and also my highly bias opinion and goal was for the Atrium Closed was for it to have a big diffuse stage} - but were you switching the impedance between low and high in the Ha300 between the two headphones?
The high impedance on the 300b is much better than an OTL into the Caldera, but it would be nice and warm.
don't think anyone was recording it
Weiss was there, paired with the Zahl. Perhaps part of the reason people seem to have had such good impressions of the Zahl, it had a $10k DAC502 behind it! Not to say the Zahl isn't great, just it certainly helps having that DAC whereas other amps were setup on dongles.
that's what I pointed out earlier. Some amps were gimped with dongle DACs and at many tables the DACs were not visible
Not sure the Weiss was a great pairing with the Zahl tbh but it definitely helps to have good sources.
Viva booth had some Uber high end stuff. Woo room had a Mola Mola. DCS Lina was super common that was quite surprising. T+A had their high end DAC. Audeze had a Nagra and Holo May available.
Zhanming057
500+ Head-Fier
I thought the Nagra was terribly mis-used as they were driving some real tough cans on the Tube DAC's headphone out. The stack wasn't connected to a real amp, and the Tube DAC's headphone out is a filtered output from the preamp which is a tube stage running on 12v 1a. My DAP has more output power than that jack.
Weiss has the better headphone out by a mile, if we're not talking about literal IEMs. I'd have swapped around the DACs and just had the 502 as a standalone show unit.
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It looks like the Decware Taboo. You can get it at https://www.decware.com/newsite/TABOO.htm
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