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Headphoneus Supremus
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I plugged it in, straight out of the box, just hoping that the thing would work as i had noticed a big dent in the inner box after superficial unpacking. I had no real expectations about the sound, since my 003 had been something of a disappointment when I first acquired it.
I got this unit going with 'Smoke on the Water', from Deep Purple's Made in Japan album. The sound was, from cold, probably on a par with my modified 003, which was a pleasant surprise and a good sign given that the 004 runs with the Crystek 575 xo, which was not to my liking in the older unit. The soundstage of the 004 appears slightly bigger and more controlled than that of the 003, but it's always hard to be a 100% sure of these things without an A-B comparison. It's definitely delivers a controlled performance though; I'm trying to pick faults with it at the moment but I am struggling. 'Good grip' seems to be a phrase I find myself repeating. The sound is also very 'airy', which I would guess are signs of low noise and low distortion.
I will give the unit a couple of weeks to burn in before I start getting adventurous. Promising signs though, from the outset.
Out of the box preformance sounds good.
Do the vents extend up to the I/V output stage ?
I am curious to see if the DC offset remains stable, this is the DC voltage between pins 2 and 3 on the XLR connector.
It would be good if you can measure this every couple of weeks as the dac settles in.