[Dubstep Girl]

mytek is kinda hard/bright but a very revealing dac.

 

[longbowbbs]

No Brightness or edginess with the W4S DAC-2. I am using the HD800's so it would be noticeable.

 

[magiccabbage]

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No Brightness or edginess with the W4S DAC-2. I am using the HD800's so it would be noticeable.

good point but i still have no clue what i will decide on. hopefully someone at the london meet will have one of the 3. 
either way im sure any of them will be a big improvement over the arcam rdac that i have now. 

 

[longbowbbs]

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No Brightness or edginess with the W4S DAC-2. I am using the HD800's so it would be noticeable.

good point but i still have no clue what i will decide on. hopefully someone at the london meet will have one of the 3. 
either way im sure any of them will be a big improvement over the arcam rdac that i have now. 

No question about that...LOL!  Wish I could make the trip for that meet. Already have work scheduled....

 

[magiccabbage]

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No question about that...LOL!  Wish I could make the trip for that meet. Already have work scheduled....

get someone to fill in for ya! 

 and we will drink it up in London town!! 

 

[Silent One]

 No brightness or edginess from my shoe box either.

 

[magiccabbage]

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 No brightness or edginess from my shoe box either.

but your shoe box is in storage!! 

 

[Silent One]

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but your shoe box is in storage!! 

 
It definitely now has a low noise floor and black background. 

 

[magiccabbage]

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It definitely now has a low noise floor and black background. 

all alone in the dark well at least it has glenn to talk to. 

 

[AHorseNamedJeff]

Ok, I've seen it enough to question this, what does the polarizing switch on the Joseph Grado's do? Like, I know it switches polarity, but what does that get you?

 

[pez]

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Ok, I've seen it enough to question this, what does the polarizing switch on the Joseph Grado's do? Like, I know it switches polarity, but what does that get you?

 
I've been quietly wondering this myself 

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[preproman]

Some Mad Dog Love

 
 

 

 

[parbaked]

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Ok, I've seen it enough to question this, what does the polarizing switch on the Joseph Grado's do? Like, I know it switches polarity, but what does that get you?

The HP-1 is designed for use in studio where some recordings have reversed polarity and there is some benefit to be able to invert phase at playback.
Not much use for home audio hence a preference for the HP-2 by some. 

 

[AHorseNamedJeff]

Oh, thanks! (thanks for the explanation, not like I really understand that thouhg...) I never knew the HP1 was made for studio use.

 

[jmsaxon69]

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Oh, thanks! (thanks for the explanation, not like I really understand that thouhg...) I never knew the HP1 was made for studio use.

Sometimes the absolute positive and negative are reversed on a recording and the switch allows you to correct that at the headphone.
 
There was a typo in the original explanation that may have confused you it says "reserved" instead of reversed.  Hope that helps..
 
It's like if you hooked up your speakers wrong in your home stereo, + to - instead of + to + and you did it on both speakers .That's "absolute phase" instead of just one speaker being out of phase that is just refereed to as "out of phase"  It's usually done at a place further up the chain than the speakers, it's just the easiest way to explain it.