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  11. Music Making

    in Miscellaneous

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    1 hour ago, VPI said:

    Evidently the MixPre does not stream to Audition to record so they recommended I try Reaper.  .Holy Fuck, that software is like something that someone that has never seen a computer, heard a noise or breathed air designed it.  Makes no fucking sense whatsoever.  

    Oh. So you are saying it is a Microsoft designed product?

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  12. The State of DACSES

    in Home Source Components

    Posted · Edited by morphsci

    11 hours ago, n_maher said:

    I know this will be very un-HC of me, but balanced DAC's have generally been more trouble than they are worth for me, especially when used with a balanced amp.  It really comes down to what headphones you are driving and how much voltage swing you need, how much gain your amp has, and what sort of attenuator you're working with. If you get a hot source, with a high gain amp (I know the GSX has a switch), and sensitive cans you may just drive yourself crazy (pun intended).  So careful what you wish/ask for and best of luck in your search. 

    Nate is correct and I have experienced problems when using a source with a hot output. However, for me the balanced option has always been my choice because it well, gives you more options. If you have an amp/headphone combination that is being overdriven you can always switch to SE outputs because if a unit has balanced outputs/inputs then it will have SE but not necessarily the reverse. I also agree that modern R2R options may be the way to go as the vintage stuff does have that whole age thing going on which can make them more of a pain to maintain.The Denafrips that Sherwood linked to looks like a good option for 750 USD and change.

  15. The Knuckledragger 3rd Memorial Slow Forum Post

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by morphsci

    13 hours ago, robm321 said:

    Is that a typo or for real? :o

     

    13 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

    It’s over 9,000!

     

    11 hours ago, mikeymad said:

    I would not wan to be 1m away when that hits anywhere near 1W

     

    5 hours ago, RudeWolf said:

    That sensitivity breaks the law of energy conversion by orders of magnitude. Providing it with any kind of power would murder the universe.

     

    10 hours ago, skullguise said:

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    Not Real. I agree with the last four.

    Real Specs

  17. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by morphsci
    Because I am brain dead

    First post Covid soccer tournament this weekend. It was his clubs tournament so the team could not say no. One game Friday, two yesterday (including a 1.5 hour rain/lightening delay so got home after 9 pm) and the championship game today. Peter plays left center back so he doesn’t get to score many goals but he has become their designated penalty kicker and scored two during the tournament. We nicknamed him “Vanilla Ice” because he is a very calm kicker and unlike Lionel Messi, he has never missed a penalty kick in a game. They ended up winning their division so now we just have to wait and see if it becomes a superspreading event.

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    Peter is the one you would expect to be nicknamed “Vanilla Ice”.

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  19. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I am going to try something new to get back into dynamic headphones. Rather than jumping headfirst into the shallow end of the pool, I am going to start out a bit more slowly. So my first trial of a “new” headphone (my current newest model headphone is an HD 650) will be a Focal Clear. Looking forward to it.

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  22. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    59 minutes ago, shellylh said:

    Dang, I've only built three (and gave one to a friend).  I still need one for the living room. 

    You should build one with the 7” touchscreen display. It displays the album title, song title, artist name and album art when you are using it and displays the time and date when you are not (unless you disable it).

    20 minutes ago, Aura said:

    @morphsci does it have SPDIF output? 

    No, sorry. Only USB 2 or 3 out.

  23. And now what did you do TODAY?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Yesterday I built two more Pootie Pies, one with a display and one without. So I now have four total. Using one of the display units in the bedroom with the SMSL stack and the other with the DAC Magic Plus on my desk. That gives me two headless units to use for testing purposes. If anyone wants to try one out, I can send it your way. All the units use RopieeeXL, so you do not even need Roon to use them as you can turn on DLNA, Airplay or Spotify to stream.

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  24. ATC speakers

    in Speakers

    Posted · Edited by morphsci

    I like the Parasound A23+ with the Moths. I briefly considered the A21+, but with these speakers even the lower powered amp is overkill for power output. I like the independent channel gain controls On the Parasound amps and it has been more useful than I initially thought. The ATC amp has more power than a single Parasound, but for the price of the ATC you could buy two Parasounds and run them in bridged mode @500W per channel. Seems like a good problem to have.

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