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Ah. Just picked up from the library "Come Dream with Me" and "The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me" earlier today.
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And then there was a certain [don't want to be sued] individual and his treatment of the cafe hostess who resisted seating his entourage after closing. Could someone remind me who was the guy selling Blu-ray audio discs (had Smyth tech at booth)?
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Anyone compare the Carat-Topaz (currently $299) or Emerald against the Compass, Pico, etc.? Kinda dug the size, RCAs, and 1/4" jack. Didn't have any phones available I was familiar with at CJ though.
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The HF2s are very much Grados sonically if you consider all other Grados Grados. Certainly the GS1K deviates far more than HF2. I'd focus on what you prefer about the 325 over the MS1 (or if you've heard the 225 and HF1). There are darker cans in the series and the 325 is on the other side of that characteristic, but like a great deal of the comments about the HF1, the differences of the HF2 are exaggerated. Many are commenting over on the other site about the HF2s being more balanced than the RS1s, which wasn't my experience on a variety of gear at CJ. Course you also have the similar sounding to each other ATs, so you know the drill.
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Anyone considering picking one up for their HF2s?
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Fingers crossed for EarFear.
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Parasound DAC-1000 or Little Dot DAC 1
blessingx replied to charliex's topic in Home Source Components
I occasionally use a UCA202 for USB-TOSLINK conversion/Parasound use on the cheap. -
The ever kind Voltron has lent me his FET-A for a few days. The dimensions come close to the Duet, which may make a very convenient transportable combo. And possibly superior price-performance (for phone use) to various one-box solutions (Benchmark, Grace, Lavry), while admittedly losing a lot of functionality. It seems fewer use one-box setups than once did, however some over in the HF HD800 thread (well, last I checked) still seem to be aiming for one. Anyway, will see over next few days on the SQ and synergy fronts.
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So that's why all the deletions occur.
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Some related claims by his most recent ex: Carradine's "Deviant Sexual Behavior" - June 5, 2009
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Very, very nice. Prettier than my head or phones.
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To give him the benefit of the doubt I looked up alternative definitions of "slow" over at urbandictionary and both "heroin" and "drug addict from florida" came up. "Crazy, cool, insane" did also.
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Ah cool. Didn't realize. Maybe increases the odds.
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Okay, let me switch the question - I see Todds photo of the FET-A has the HD800s propped on top. Anyone get a chance to listen to them on the FET-A at CJ? Todds floor HD800 was balanced, but there were others floating around or perhaps he had a SE adapter? Thinking of a small Duet/FETA rig for transportable duties, but still considering the HeadAmps.
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Good point. Likely superior SQ and a better choice for most, but costing 1/3 more and losing the coax/opt input options.
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I see during several of the FET-A reviews the Gilmore Lite/GS-1 were understandably brought up as natural competitors, but as reviewers didn't have the HeadAmps on hand at the time, I wondered in the last few months if anyone has had a chance to A/B (especially with Senns)?
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Still name another USB/Coax/Optical-DAC/AMP/Preamp even at the higher price? Course most, and certainly nearly all here, would give up some of the functionality for a higher performing machine, but I can still see it being a good solution for many (at least until drifting over to Pico/Duet/(maybe) iBasso D2 USB/Firewire-only territory). Again I have the same unit as Gene and have had no problems with USB. True enough the DAC is a bit of a let down (that Super switch makes it easy to test with another DAC and amp), but I'd say the same for the Corda combos. Been listening HD580s somewhat quietly at work and they're well powered and for that operation works well. And I haven't yet tried all the jumper sound settings (bright-default/neutral/soft1/soft2), which I'm not sure Gene or others have/had run through either. Still I doubt the performance will rise remotely to the claims made at other locations. At this point it would be unlikely I'd buy one for full price, but like a lot of gear I could definitely see recommending it for others depending on needs.
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Welcome and seems you're already decompressing.
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Yeah, S/Super mode disconnects the DAC and amp to be used independently. On first album (Kate Rusby) I thought it sounded great, but that disappeared on next few. Still the Compass offers a lot of functionally for the price and a decent work rig (how I use) depending, of course, on conditions. SQ nowhere close to what's being reported some places though. Amp better than the DAC and as preamp it sounds especially poor. Since I inherited Genes Compass, can vouch the USB does indeed work, though maybe that's because I'm using it with the $550 magic USB cable I won.
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Did you try both directions ))<>((? All steps natural sounding? The DA11 was one of the items I most kick myself for not trying.
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Oh my stars and garters, a flac player!
blessingx replied to aardvark baguette's topic in Portable Audio
Definitely, though a little strange they are possibly open to this and so seemingly (publicly and rumor has it privately) against Rockboxing. -
Not true.
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I wouldn't limit yourself to $60. I just won a $550 USB cable at CanJam. It's big and silvery, though surely not as good as their $1150 model.