[davidsh]

I am wondering how to simply lower the gain in the emotiva. That'd be quite neat

 

[manbear]

I am wondering how to simply lower the gain in the emotiva. That'd be quite neat

 


I'm interested in this as well.

 

[daerron]

Rather do the resistor mod before messing with the amplifier circuit.
 
@bluemonkeyflyer nice work on those 5W vishays. Those spades look very neat.

 

[Angelbelow]

This is just an incredible pairing...

 

[kothganesh]

 I just hooked my LCD-3 to the mini-X. I cannot get past 7-8 pm on the dial. The mids are more forward now and the bass sounded a bit recessed. Switched to the LCD-XC and while soundstage is slightly reduced, the lower end extends more and a bit more slam. 

 

[koiloco]

  This is just an incredible pairing...

Does that mean you like the combo?  

 

[Angelbelow]

  Does that mean you like the combo?  

 

 
Some initial thoughts (but no surprises here):
-I finally know what headroom means, before I was just imagining.
-Consequently the soundstage also sounds more open.
-Drums sound more organic.
-Instrument layering is impressive in terms of imagining.
 
Just a few thoughts in my brief time with the emotiva mini + HE500s. I will say that the integrated amp on the DA8 is pretty impressive. Very similar to what the emotiva is doing, just a couple notches down.

 

[Ethereal Sound]

At what volume do you guys listen to the HE-500 on the emotiva? I mean, I know that certain songs are louder than others but on average where is the volume pot? Mine is usually at 9 o'clockish and I was wondering if that is considered loud enough to damage hearing.

 

[Nimzerz]

  At what volume do you guys listen to the HE-500 on the emotiva? I mean, I know that certain songs are louder than others but on average where is the volume pot? Mine is usually at 9 o'clockish and I was wondering if that is considered loud enough to damage hearing.

From my post on the other thread:
"LOL trust me, he's probably just never heard open-back ORTHO headphones
Using the emotiva the loudest i'd go would be around 10:00 on vinyl rips and about 8:00-9:00 on most dynamically compressed songs"

 

[Angelbelow]

  From my post on the other thread:
"LOL trust me, he's probably just never heard open-back ORTHO headphones
Using the emotiva the loudest i'd go would be around 10:00 on vinyl rips and about 8:00-9:00 on most dynamically compressed songs"

Same. Somewhere between 8-9. Sometimes up to 10-11 on the vinyl rips as well.

 

[kothganesh]

  From my post on the other thread:
"LOL trust me, he's probably just never heard open-back ORTHO headphones
Using the emotiva the loudest i'd go would be around 10:00 on vinyl rips and about 8:00-9:00 on most dynamically compressed songs"

+1. For music from my laptop, I cannot go past 8 for my orthos and my TH 900.

 

[manbear]

With 82 ohm series resistors, I take the HE-400 to around 11 o'clock on most music.

 

[Sonido]

Been using my PJCCS upgraded Quickie with my Emotiva and HE-500 today. Honestly, it's supposed to sound like crap on paper due to the crappy 1/2.5 preamp to amp impedance matching ratio, but it's not sounding bad at all. I actually still prefer it in the chain than Emotiva alone. I've read there should be some major bass roll-off due to that ratio, but it's pretty much the same amount of bass, maybe even slightly more. It's possibly the bass boost the PJCCS upgrade gave negated bass roll-offs from the ratio. Can't really remember how it compared with stock Quickie from before, but I don't think it's any worse. I know the PJCCS definitely helped in bass impact with the HD800 and Crack which has a 100K input impedance so there's no ratio mismatch. I guess this just goes to show you have to listen to everything in person, than to trust what's on paper alone.

 

[daerron]

I'm listening at about 10 o' clock with the Concero and close to 12 o' clock when connected to my turntable. Both outputs from my phono stage and Concero are less than the std 2V line out voltage though.

 

[davidsh]

My emotiva makes a pop when it goes into standby mode with my 5le's connected. Even worse, when turning on from standby mode it makes an uncomfortably loud 'tick' sound. Have not heard anyone complaining over that yet. I would really like not to send the emo in for repair, as that'll be pretty darn expensive, but it annoys me quite a lot that emotiva send out a unit that seemingly has potential to damage speakers/headphones upon turn off. I'd be okay with it if I could disable the standby mode and just unplug the headphones before turn off, but I suppose I can't. Am a little dissappointed.
 
EDIT: Well, the power mode switch set to on will have the emo always on. Then I am only ever so slightly dissappointed after all