The Compass Thread (New)

[Pricklely Peete]

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Originally Posted by chum_2000_uk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah that's gotta be lies! Usually we like to stay sober so we can concentrate on raping and pillaging

Hey that 's the Vikings MO....get off it man

Peete.

 

[chum_2000_uk]

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Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey that 's the Vikings MO....get off it man Peete.

Ah.....

I wondered why I had been getting all those abusive facebook messages from big hairy men with spikey hats on. And there was me thinking I'd done something I couldn't remember while at Oktoberfest

 

[les_garten]

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Originally Posted by chum_2000_uk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah that's gotta be lies! Usually we like to stay sober so we can concentrate on raping and pillaging

I see things haven't changed much in the last Millennium!

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[invisiman]

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Originally Posted by les_garten /img/forum/go_quote.gif A Lad from the British Isles drunk on a Saturday night! No way I'm believing that!

Shocking, I know. I was under the impression that they saved their drinking for weekdays like the rest of us!

 

[AudioPhewl]

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Originally Posted by invisiman /img/forum/go_quote.gif He was posting drunk all over the place last night. Not sure if that's a bannable offense on its own or not, but it can certainly make it easier to commit other offenses.

That's something of an exaggeration; I made a new thread in the DIY forum by mistake, asking where the Germania amplifier thread had gone - and if it was removed, for someone to drop me a note to let me know the outcome. I then realised I was in the wrong section, made a second post highlighting this error and the fact that I couldn't report the thread, as I'd created it, and made my post in the correct thread.

I've not received anything via PM or email regarding a ban? TBH, if I were banned for that(even temporarily), I'd be pretty darned annoyed with the forum moderation in place, if this is true...

Have I ever been a troublemaker on here?

~Phewl.

 

[AudioPhewl]

Just to add... this really doesn't look to me as if it's drunken behaviour bad enough to warrant banning?

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f46/sa...6/#post5839009
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/tia...ml#post5839006
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/com...ml#post5838997

Though the thread I mistakenly created in DIY has since been removed, but my postings from the same time don't strike me as being anything that could be classed as unwanted forum behaviour?

~Phewl.

 

[Pricklely Peete]

Maybe it was just a slap on the wrist...no drinking and posting...which in hind sight is a good policy overall....something to keep in mind for all of us ....looks like it was a 24 hour cool off period...kinda like being thrown in the drunk tank to sleep it off

Welcome back from the klink AP !

Peete.

 

[garfnon]

Anybody know where the soldering point on the OPA is? I've been thinking of grounding my Earth, as it wasn't connected when I received it.

 

[invisiman]

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Originally Posted by AudioPhewl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have I ever been a troublemaker on here? ~Phewl.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to paint you as a bad guy or anything like that. The posts you had made that I saw were tame, but I know quite well that the inebriation caused by alcohol makes us do strange things, I was primarily speculating that maybe that was the case. No offense was intended.

 

[AudioPhewl]

No offence taken, invisiman

. My gripe is with the moderation on here, rather than yourself.

Still annoyed with it today, TBH...

~Phewl.

 

[murphyb74]

I have been burning in my Compass for a little over a week now. The sound quality was a little rough at first, but changed quickly and continues to improve. I have read the burn-in notes in the FAQ and had a question. The Audio-GD site mentions the general two week lead time for ordering due to burn-in and testing. Does anyone know the approximate number of hours of burn-in done at Audio-GD? Do the recommended burn-in hours mentioned on the FAQ include factory burn-in time, or are they end user hours?

 

[cyberidd]

As I remember it comes with ~100 hrs. already on it. As far as the burn-in time is concerned, I believe thats in addition to the hours Kingwa puts on it. On another note, does anyone know how a Compass with no burn-in at all (including by Audio GD) would sound?

 

[Pricklely Peete]

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Originally Posted by murphyb74 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have been burning in my Compass for a little over a week now. The sound quality was a little rough at first, but changed quickly and continues to improve. I have read the burn-in notes in the FAQ and had a question. The Audio-GD site mentions the general two week lead time for ordering due to burn-in and testing. Does anyone know the approximate number of hours of burn-in done at Audio-GD? Do the recommended burn-in hours mentioned on the FAQ include factory burn-in time, or are they end user hours?

The FAQ includes the QC burn in time. So the Audio-gd test period gets the ball rolling at 100 hours...just add 100 hrs to what ever you have on it for the rough total. I feel between 500 and 600 hours the Compass is pretty well finished settling in for good. I noticed in the last 100 hours with both of my units (test and final version) sound staging and 3D qualities improved among other small incremental refinements. The voicing stays the same throughout with the HDAMs adding the variation that they bring. Each HDAM takes a long time (350 hours) so keep that in mind if you have more than one.

Hope that helped a little

Peete.

 

[SoFGR]

I want to connect my gtx260 to HDTV through dvi -> hdmi cable, problem is that i want to use my tv's speakers not my headphones, do you think this audio chain will work ? x-fi titanium optical output -> compass optical input -> compass DAC out L/R -> TV AUX IN L/R AUX

Compass needs to be powered on with super mode enabled right ? Will the volume knob have any effect or is it for the headamp section only ?

 

[les_garten]

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Originally Posted by SoFGR /img/forum/go_quote.gif I want to connect my gtx260 to HDTV through dvi -> hdmi cable, problem is that i want to use my tv's speakers not my headphones, do you think this audio chain will work ? x-fi titanium optical output -> compass optical input -> compass DAC out L/R -> TV AUX IN L/R AUX Compass needs to be powered on with super mode enabled right ? Will the volume knob have any effect or is it for the headamp section only ?

Vol knob is bypassed in DAC out.