[Chibs]

Did you already try this? It's pretty clear.

As stated, I watched the quick videos, yes.

 

[CaptainFantastic]

Ah, the second one is 3m23s, but the first one is 5m35s, personally I found it very clear. Was thinking you had only seen the shorter one.

 

[TANTALUMWATCHES]

Hey guys,
I have had this Dac for a while now and am trying to adjust EQ for my Sennheiser HD800s.
Would like to use EQ adjustments found at oratory1990, link below. But when I go to do this, end up not knowing what the crap I'm doing. Watched RME's quick video on EQing and it didn't help much. Can anyone refer me to a guide with step by step instructions?

https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhwoxvqpdml3rtm/Sennheiser HD800S (RME ADI-2).pdf?dl=0

Chibs

Hi, my 800s are tuned like my photo.Maybe in my way its better than oratory1990

 

[Chibs]

Hi, my 800s are tuned like my photo.Maybe in my way its better than oratory1990

Thank you!
Will try your settings as well.
I'm able to change Bands, Frequency and Q-Factor but I'm still confused with this.
I can't find Band 7 and 8 (Low shelf / high shelf) I also can't find where you input "BW"

Chibs

 

[Hinomotocho]

Hey guys,
I have had this Dac for a while now and am trying to adjust EQ for my Sennheiser HD800s.
Would like to use EQ adjustments found at oratory1990, link below. But when I go to do this, end up not knowing what the crap I'm doing. Watched RME's quick video on EQing and it didn't help much. Can anyone refer me to a guide with step by step instructions?

https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhwoxvqpdml3rtm/Sennheiser HD800S (RME ADI-2).pdf?dl=0

Chibs

I'm a recent owner and still haven't quite got my head around it.

 

[TANTALUMWATCHES]

Thank you!
Will try your settings as well.
I'm able to change Bands, Frequency and Q-Factor but I'm still confused with this.
I can't find Band 7 and 8 (Low shelf / high shelf) I also can't find where you input "BW"

Chibs

Your welcome.Take your time and u will find the G spot for your 800.

 

[Chibs]

To be more clear the areas circled are where I’m totally scratching my head. How do I find these parameters in my RME dac?

 

[linearly]

I feel the need to clarify some things about the ADI-2. Ever since I had it something was off about the sound, and by upgrading the audio chain I finally discovered where the problem was. It was NOT the DAC, but my headphone amplifier.

I fell into the measurments trap hype about the Topping A90 bought it right away and forgot about it. Never thought it could make my HD820's sound bad. As it measures so good and its transparent etc. Thought it was anything else in my chain and not the amp. I have a Lake People Phono-Amp G103 laying around and gave it a test. All the things that annoyed me about the sound are gone now. With the A90 fed by the ADI-2 the HD820's sound thin, harsh and cluttered with some songs, the voices are cold and not engaging. With the G103 everything changes, the sound has body to it, voices are incredible and the most obvious change is the grip that it has on the drivers. Everything sounds efortless with the G103.

I've had the G103 for years now, found it a bid dark sounding with the HD650's and my dac at that time, but with the RME and the HD820's, comparing it with the A90, there is no contest. I like it so much that now I'm interested in buying a new headphone amp.

I would appreciate some opinions about a good amp with 300 Ohm Sennheiser's. As I understand the Lake People is the same company as Violectric, and since I love what I'm hearing now with the G103 would like to know what I will be getting sound wise by going up the chain. The G103 sounds a bit muffled, but tonality wise is what I'm after.

I'm leaning towards the Violectric HPA V280 right now, and if its a bit cleaner sounding then the g103 with the same sound signature I'd be happy. Thank you for the input.

 

[gugges]

@Chibs BW (Bandwidth) is just another way of expressing Q factor, you can ignore it. As for the 5 peaks + 2 shelfs you can accomplish that on the RME ADI by setting the 5 peaks in the EQ. Then set the two shelfs via the Bass / Treble knobs. If you dig into the settings you will find where you can actually adjust the Q and Frequency for those bass/treble shelves - I think it is one of the sub settings menus from I/O. This combines for the 7 steps that oratory uses to create the EQ.

 

[Cevisi]

Thank you!
Will try your settings as well.
I'm able to change Bands, Frequency and Q-Factor but I'm still confused with this.
I can't find Band 7 and 8 (Low shelf / high shelf) I also can't find where you input "BW"

Chibs

7 and 8 are your bass and treble knobs

 

[TheRH]

Hello all, I am thinking of buying a Mac, but wanted to know, is there something special I needed to do to run the RME Qobuz or Roon on a Mac? I am a Windows user and have had no problems setting it up on that side.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I feel the need to clarify some things about the ADI-2. Ever since I had it something was off about the sound, and by upgrading the audio chain I finally discovered where the problem was. It was NOT the DAC, but my headphone amplifier.

I fell into the measurments trap hype about the Topping A90 bought it right away and forgot about it. Never thought it could make my HD820's sound bad. As it measures so good and its transparent etc. Thought it was anything else in my chain and not the amp. I have a Lake People Phono-Amp G103 laying around and gave it a test. All the things that annoyed me about the sound are gone now. With the A90 fed by the ADI-2 the HD820's sound thin, harsh and cluttered with some songs, the voices are cold and not engaging. With the G103 everything changes, the sound has body to it, voices are incredible and the most obvious change is the grip that it has on the drivers. Everything sounds efortless with the G103.

I've had the G103 for years now, found it a bid dark sounding with the HD650's and my dac at that time, but with the RME and the HD820's, comparing it with the A90, there is no contest. I like it so much that now I'm interested in buying a new headphone amp.

I would appreciate some opinions about a good amp with 300 Ohm Sennheiser's. As I understand the Lake People is the same company as Violectric, and since I love what I'm hearing now with the G103 would like to know what I will be getting sound wise by going up the chain. The G103 sounds a bit muffled, but tonality wise is what I'm after.

I'm leaning towards the Violectric HPA V280 right now, and if its a bit cleaner sounding then the g103 with the same sound signature I'd be happy. Thank you for the input.

Another wooden stake in the heart of audio scientology

I have not heard the G103 but the V280 should be much better in every way. It is my Sennheiser amp, and it's pure killer.

Hello all, I am thinking of buying a Mac, but wanted to know, is there something special I needed to do to run the RME Qobuz or Roon on a Mac? I am a Windows user and have had no problems setting it up on that side.

No, you don't need Roon. Not sure why you asked about Qobuz. Roon is a GUI to your local music collection. They do not host any content, you do. Qobuz is a streaming service that hosts content.

 

[Chibs]

@Chibs BW (Bandwidth) is just another way of expressing Q factor, you can ignore it. As for the 5 peaks + 2 shelfs you can accomplish that on the RME ADI by setting the 5 peaks in the EQ. Then set the two shelfs via the Bass / Treble knobs. If you dig into the settings you will find where you can actually adjust the Q and Frequency for those bass/treble shelves - I think it is one of the sub settings menus from I/O. This combines for the 7 steps that oratory uses to create the EQ.

Thanks for your reply. It's probably straight forward and right under my nose but I'm so confused!!
Can't seem to figure this part out.

 

[DuncanDirkDick]

Thanks for your reply. It's probably straight forward and right under my nose but I'm so confused!!
Can't seem to figure this part out.

Which part exactly? I usually dumb it down from 7 to 5 bands since I use a lot of headphones

 

[Chibs]

Which part exactly? I usually dumb it down from 7 to 5 bands since I use a lot of headphones

Cant find where you adjust the 5 peeks or where it lets you adjust two shelfs via the Bass / Treble knobs.