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Tone is very subjective IMO. It's very easy to say "the tone is off" when you don't like a pair of headphones, but the tone may be just fine for other people. Biased against other people's opinions that are different from yours? Just because you call it "basic standards" doesn't mean that it's not just personal preference. ATs suck because the midrange tone is off.

Actually, you don't get to use starting blocks in a 40 yard dash IIRC. This should be a pretty big difference.

I see. That should be a good way to do it if he was able to estimate the imaginary 40 yard line accurately.

How did you get that number? You can't accurately translate 100m times to 40 yard times. Just not possible without more information.

I was just going to suggest trying this.

Everything he touches comes alive?! Maybe he can also resurrect dead drivers? That'd be pretty useful.

I can also hear music coming out from the output transformers of my Sound Quest SQ-84 that JP nums used to own. I was kind of surprised when I first heard it, but it makes sense that output transformers would generate some sound. It's not very loud on the SQ-84, but that's compared to regular headphones like the K701. Since the K1000 is much less efficient, it probably makes the transformers much louder by comparison. I can also see the higher impedance of the K1000 (compared to speakers) to be a factor, but I don't know enough to make any guesses there.

Congrats! I want pics of the birthday cake.

Complex is basically a mix of real and imaginary.... What does that say about musicians and hippies?

I haven't looked up the details, but since people talked about dongles in the first page, I think it's per dongle.

The SQ-84 is basically a 10W integrated amp. According to the designer, there are some people that use it to drive K1000s. I thought the K701 was inefficient, but it's nothing compared to the HP-3. The clipping went away when I turned down the volume to my normal listening level, so it wasn't the album. The HP-3 should be able to handle at least 1W without clipping, so it was most likely the amp.

Not sure which sounded more balanced, but the HP-3 was a little smoother IIRC. The HP-3 was also a lot harder to drive. Somebody at the meet had a CD with a lot of dynamics and low bass notes, and he managed to get my SQ-84 to clip driving the HP-3 at reasonable listening levels (but still louder than my normal listening level). The SQ-84 outputs 10W into 8Ohms, so it should be able to provide ~500mW for the HP-3.

I talked to him about the same thing. The earcups don't pivot far enough, so the headphones are like this: |(0_0)| on my head when they should be: \(0_0)/ If they can fix the comfort issues and make them sound even better, I'll have to buy a pair. The sound was very good as it is. I thought it sounded kind of similar to my dBel84-modded Yamaha HP-3, but with a bigger soundstage.

Happy Birthday!

The source for the BHSE was Justin's XA5400ES. The playback software issues should only affect the Pico that was connected to the computer.

If it doesn't leak more than the D5000 I might end up buying a pair.

Saying stuff that sounds reasonable is my specialty. Actually designing or building the amps is much harder.

The slew rate doubles whenever you put 2 single ended amps together to make a balanced amp. The output power is 4x only when the amp is voltage-limited, which is usually the case for SS amps driving high impedance headphones like the Senns. When the amp is current-limited, the output power is only 2x.

Do you live next to a radio station or something like that?

Back when I used Trend Micro PC-cillin (came with my laptop ) as my antivirus program, it was giving me problems with DPC latency. Now I'm using McAfee with my sister's multi-user license, and it does much less damage to the latency. Next time you have the problem, you can try disconnecting the internet and turning off the antivirus to see if things get better. Other programs/drivers/devices might be factors too, and it also depends on the hardware specs, operating system, "power options" settings, etc. Once in a while I still get big latency spikes, but it doesn't happen often enough to bother me too much. If it is a latency problem, increasing buffer sizes and tweaking thread priority settings might also improve things. Of course, if it's not a latency problem, none of this will help. Just in case it is interference from the power lines, you can try running off battery power for both the Pico and the laptop. This way, everything would be battery powered. You might have to change the power settings so that you don't get reduced processor speeds, which might cause latency problems. You can also try removing other USB/Firewire devices if there's any attached.

I've found that dropout-pops are often caused by wireless cards, but there are other possibilities. You can try downloading and running this program: DPC Latency Checker If the static/pops coincide with big spikes in the DPC latency, it's probably a latency issue.

Are you sure it's static and not dropout-pops? If it might be dropouts, try disabling your wireless card.

I'm not sure it has a fully differential signal path, but the 0404 USB has a balanced output. I'm not familiar with the PCI version though.

Ah. That makes sense. 2 without bass boost please.

$350? I'd buy 2 if I can get them at that price. What's wrong with the umbilical cord?