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funny you mentioned noise gates as it has been used in producing for a long time and sometimes i swear there are producers that don't know what it is. Been an issue of mine for a while
Any folk/rock/etc (i.e. not rap/metal) songs that show off these guys?
A bit OT...
Oh and some of you were asking about headphone tracks, heres another..."Lenny" by SRV. Some of that hum and background buzz you hear on this tune (as well as Little Wing) is the hum of his guitar amps, and its in the recording. IMHO its one of the characteristics of SRV and I think adds to the charm of his music. he didn't use noise gates or anything like that in either his signal chain or studio processing... just pure tones, AC buzz and all. It wouldn't surprise me if the reverberation in this track is the natural room acoustics and not post-processing effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTcxM6XoMA
Conversely... someone was mentioning distortions and poorly recorded tracks. Heres my personal worst offender, from one of my favorite bands sadly. You can hear it in the intro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kJWkmtjoX4
I can't say for the vali, but from going from Magni to Asgard2 there isn't much improvement. With the Uber Bifrost feeding the Asgard2 there's a more noticeable improvement, but it's not like the HE-400s become transformed.
and you think the Magni won't be good enough to scale with the Bifrost?
if so then in order to get a decent upgrade in the SQ of the Headphones i will need a new amp and DAC, and you say the the HE-400 doesn't scale too much with better equipment so it would probably be somewhat pointless to invest another chunk of money in a new amp and DAC without going to a higher end headphone.
is that about right?
Real talk:
Unless you reaaally like the sound signature of the HE-400, your money is best spent in getting a new headphone if you're looking fora chunk in sound quality increase.
Its the law of diminishing returns. To get great sound you generally need all three pieces of the puzzle. Each improvement gets smaller when you upgrade.