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Erm, maybe a beta22? The headphone amplification forum has plenty of examples and the AKG K701/2 isn't very well liked here.

They're shit. Utter garbage. So thin sounding I never want to put them on my ears again. *pls don't bid kthx *

Nope, he isn't, and he can't - otherwise he'd just make his own USB converter units async.

Yes he is, but what does that have to do with the Tascam?

Picked up something interesting on audiocircle: 24/96 async USB 2.0 solution with Pace-Car 2 It looks like the Tascam US-144 can be used as an async USB - SPDIF converter.

Stereo microphones, USB Microphones, Preamplifiers, Digital Recorders, Cables and more at Rock Bottom Prices from The Sound Professionals - Great deals on Microphone, Preamplifier, Digital Recorder, Cable and more! The link here says he has to. Ok, maybe he doesn't have to but I'm not sure how you'd mount them otherwise.

Wait, aren't those mics you're using also going to record the response of your pinna? I doubt that those convolver response charts will work with anyone else in that case.

Thats one packed board, the DAC-2000's board is quite sparse by comparison.

Try upgrading those PCM-63s to the Y grade RARE PCM63P - Y - eBay (item 280337752203 end time Apr-30-09 22:11:01 PDT)

Interesting stuff Since the SRM-1mk2's maximum output is also 380Vrms, maybe they have identical amplification sections?

Have a good one Kevin

I have no idea why people think O2 pads are difficult to install. It takes me no more than 5 minutes for each pad nowadays.

I'm guessing that the Zapfilter works better as a current buffer for V-out DACs rather than an I/V converter for I-out DACs.

You could try the Sabre DAC (perhaps in voltage mode) with the Zapfilter.

I didn't really "damp" mine properly though - I just stuffed a little tissue between my ears and the drivers. The bass is very much present with the amount of damping I'm using. No BHSEs here Do you think one of Stax's hybrid amps will cut it? Or perhaps the Poor Man? Even without the etch, the lambda sig sound still isn't really my thing. I much prefer the "round-driver" based Staxen, and the SR-5NB (RIP) was my "go-to" headphone when I'm looking for a little excitement. It looks like the filter material used in air-conditioners.

My Lambda Pro with 404 drivers was really midrangey and not shrill at all, so I'd expect these to be more mellow if the drivers were replaced. Wasn't the 1um film notorious for being shrill-sounding? Maybe the SRM-X Pro is just a crappy amp >_> Anyway, I found that I only needed a half of the tissue paper I used before to tame the midrange etch to tolerable levels. A double-layered piece of tissue paper took away too much of the bass for my liking.

Yahoo!??? The SR-404 Limited is available now.

Speaking of Lambda Sigs, I've stuck some tissue paper into my pair I still don't think they suit me, but at least they don't sound like drillbits in my ears.

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I was browsing diyparadise.com today and found this: diyparadise - all about volume control... Is there a reason it should sound good?

Pffft, silver plated. Make it pure silver and we're talking

Nope, Empirical Audio isn't async... yet. They're planning to provide async converters sometime this year though. If they were async I'd seriously consider getting a set. They have the hardware, but its the firmware that's the hard part. Chances are they'll license the async firmware from Wavelength Audio.

In fairness to Empirical Audio, they aren't using the PCM270X stuff most people (including the HagUSB) are using, but the TAS1020. Benchmark also uses the same chip for the DAC-1 USB, but they aren't charging that much of a premium, are they... Hmm, so does the M-audio Transit apparently.

You'll have to include the liquid helium/nitrogen cooling vats too