[Cat Whisperer Bob]

Jerry Garcia and his troupe put together a great album, fine recording and excellent song selection.
ZMF Auteur- Aune S17 Pro

 

[YtseJamer]

Icon Audio HP8 > ZMF Atrium

 

[WailingBanshee]

Burson Conductor 3 > Cayin HA-3A > 660S2

Old school heavy metal never goes out of style. Groove, thunderous beats and electrifying solos!

 

[Singaravelan]

Icon Audio HP8 > ZMF Atrium

Why not?!

From there, I went on the P8s to this

""Peter Whitehead’s footage of the first Pink Floyd, recording session, the legendary 14-hour Technicolor Dream event at Alexandria Palace and a gig at the underground UFO Club. Starts off with an outstanding 16-minute-long jam of “Interstellar Overdrive.”

 

[jonathan c]

Icon Audio HP8 > ZMF Atrium

When did HP8 return?

 

[jonathan c]

This is likely to surprise: Grado PS2000e << Schiit Vali 3 (tube: WE 396A):

 

[Hypops]

Recently acquired my second "big boy" IEM, the Symphonium Meteor. I'm blown away. In all my years of headphone listening (and now IEM listening), I have never found a set that didn't benefit from even just a smidge of EQ. It's only been a few days, but this set is practically perfect out of the box (with the exception of tips). Plays exactly to my tastes.

Black Radio III (2022), Robert Glasper

I don't really know what to say about this brilliant album that hasn't already been said many times over. Listening to this album is like getting a front row seat to one of Glasper's annual month-long residencies at the Blue Note.

 

[Singaravelan]

Still on the P8s

Two fabulous King Crimson tracks

1) Fracture https://songwhip.com/king-crimson/fracture.

2) Starless https://songwhip.com/king-crimson/starless

 

[mikaik]

Instrumental music helps me focus while working.
Ipad (Qobuz)->Cayin RU7->Brise Tsuranagi-> Oriolus Trailii

 

[Leonarfd]

@FranQL Pegasus on work duty with Colorfly CDA M1P

Helga debut album from last year, Swedish group blending Swedish folk, progressive metal, post-rock, black metal and pop. A beautiful and relaxing album, will be fun see what more comes from Helga forward.

https://tidal.com/album/313523479?u

 

[DigitalJust]

2021 Audeze Lcd-x

Re did my ear pads with fresh set of the replacement PVA rings (the replacements are thinner, no thin foam layer between sticky sides). I don't know if i had a pad leak or the fresh seal rings just feel good, but my Lcd-x feel and sound a tiny bit happier.

 

[Morph]

I actually only got the DAC1 a few days ago, so my impressions of it are still shifting. I also have very little experience with different amps and DACs (this is my second DAC/amp i've gotten), so my ears aren't exactly trained to hear the differences as of yet, but I'll try to voice what I'm hearing.

Compared to my old amp/DAC, the JDS Labs Element II, the Benchmark DAC1's tonality sounds slightly more warm. From my understanding, that's not what people generally think of with Benchmark's products (apparently they lean towards the brighter side of things?), so I am a little confused to say the least. Also, bass is punchier, sibilance is slightly better, and transients sound a tiny bit faster. The DAC also sounds great, but I don't have much experience with comparing DACs, so I can't really say what my thoughts are yet for that.

The reason i'm so unsure about using the DAC1 with my HEDDphone, is because i'm unsure if I like that extra warmth. It pairs nicely with my other headphones (namely my SR325e, and HD600), but the HEDDphone sounds slightly too muddy to me when being driven with the DAC1. Theoretically speaking, it should be driven fine by the DAC1 as it only has a bit less power than my old Element II (1.25W vs 1.3W), but who knows? It gets driven plenty loud (i keep the volume at around 12 o'clock), and I haven't felt the need to increase the amp's gain, though I might do that to experiment.

Last thing I would say about the Benchmark is that it's warm (I got it probably 11 years ago). But the last paragraph pretty much sums up my "DAC1-with-Beyerdynamic-T1v2" experience. With the jumpers - loud enough, but they sounded warm, bordering on "fuzzy", even. With the jumpers removed everything's peachy - they sound clear and spacious, definitely not underpowered.

Caveat is that with the jumpers removed it feels like it has too much power for my Ed8's, I need to find something else for them.

Back to the topic: DAC1 -> T1v2s and the new Lustmord.

 

[Asterisk3095]

Last thing I would say about the Benchmark is that it's warm (I got it probably 11 years ago). But the last paragraph pretty much sums up my "DAC1-with-Beyerdynamic-T1v2" experience. With the jumpers - loud enough, but they sounded warm, bordering on "fuzzy", even. With the jumpers removed everything's peachy - they sound clear and spacious, definitely not underpowered.

Caveat is that with the jumpers removed it feels like it has too much power for my Ed8's, I need to find something else for them.

Back to the topic: DAC1 -> T1v2s and the new Lustmord.

Alright thanks for that information. I'll see how it sounds without the jumpers once I have enough time for another extended listening session. Though I am worried that my more sensitive headphones might not fare so well. So I just remove completely the jumpers for headphone gain (3, and 4)?

Edit: tried it out without the jumpers. It actually sounded too clean to my ears, and very bright (so much sibilance, oh my)! Guess I'm keeping the jumpers on
(Note: will possibly experiment more in the future, but am happy with it for now)

 

[sygnus21]

Black Radio III (2022), Robert Glasper

I don't really know what to say about this brilliant album that hasn't already been said many times over. Listening to this album is like getting a front row seat to one of Glasper's annual month-long residencies at the Blue Note.

That's one I don't have. Been meaning to pick it up. but never did. Anyway, if you don't have Everything is Beautiful, I'd highly suggest you pick it up. Brilliant album as a tribute to Miles Davis...

PC (JRiver Media Center / FLAC files) > Iris DDC > Pontus DAC > Artemis HPA > HD800S
Rotel CD Player > Pontus DAC > Artemis HPA > HD800S
PC (JRiver Media Center / FLAC files) > Iris DDC > Teac DAC/HPA > A5+ active speakers

 

[Lindholdt]

Work with a bit of chill electronics in the ears to inject a bit of extra energy

Tidal to Mojo2 to Kiwi Ears Cadenza

Kodomo - Still life