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The DAC has interesting looks and features. It's a pity that it can't decode higher sampling rates and bit depths than 44/16 over USB, and leaves that only for the SPDIF inputs.

Yep, same opinion here, they're better performers than a portable use can let them show.

Maybe it's old news for many of you, but it arrived today. I've received the newsletter with the link to download legally and free a 6 tracks EP by NIN and the other two bands sharing tour with them. Check it here

Sorry Reks. Enjoy the wine, more for you

The LD III mk.. is the worst piece of audio junk I've ever listened to, despite the "great" -according to the owner- NOS tubes which supposedly were a huge improvement It was noisy, strident, bright, uninvolving... it managed to kill the music in more ways I can describe.

Great job mate, thanks for it

The Jam - All mod cons [1978]

How cool, another Bday on Friday! Have a great day Smeggy

Have a very Happy and Healthy Bday mate

Very nice mate, I hope you enjoy them a lot

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Dusty Springfield - A girl called Dusty [1964] When done planning to pay a listen to the last Decemberists release. Thanks Nate for the tip

I've been using one like that -not sure the very same model- for one year now. Quite happy with it, more robust than it seems. I liked better older models with shaving level adjustment and which could be used directly plugged into the AC power line, but this one feels gentler on the skin and catches better those damn hairs that grow into the skin plane. It's also easier and faster to clean.

For starters I'm posting some pics to show the size and shape differences between PS-1 and Picaudio's PS-225 (Picaudio Series) I've weighed both cans with a rudimentary kitchen scale. The PS-1 weigh 340 grs, the SR-225 380grs. I guess the PS-1's headband is heavier, so this accounts for even heavier ear-pieces, which is normal considering the difference of diameter and thickness between their cups. On my head the PS-1 feel way more comfy. Subjectively those 40grs difference seems larger, moreover the PS-1 stay in place when moving the head, while the PS-225 tend to fall out. The PS-225 are too bulky to use laying down on the coach. Regarding sound... well, I've not made an A/B comparison, but my impression is that there are more differences than just resolution. Tonally wise the PS-1 are quite right, they can render timbres with decent accuracy so voices and acoustic instruments timbres are portrayed with a natural believable tone. You need to work a bit on the position and clamping force to get there. On the other hand the SR225 are more "Grado", there's a tendency to enhance midbass and lower treble so things are a bit more etched, pure midrange is a bit less apparent so timbre suffers and is less natural. In fact I found their treble in the bright-piercing side of things, and only when matched with the B-22 I had a more relaxed experience. I'd say the PS-225 deliver more bass, which is less punchy (maybe a bit slower) and deep than PS-1's but more prominent, so if you use flats, it becomes quite unbearable to me. Overall I think the PS-225 are a very nice improvement over the stock SR-225. I haven't owned or used the SR-225 for much time, and only listened to them using bowls. My memories of them aren't fond, I recall them as bright cans, with a colored sound, not accurate rendering timbres and maybe just good for some rock. The PS-225 are more listenable, and I've been able to enjoy them with some jazz and even classical, not the best for those styles, but acceptable, which is more than I could say of the RS-1.

No Transporter here, but remote controlling the thing would be just awesome

You need a thick skin for that too. Having one is good for more things than just crawling Head-case. IME Philips razors are more gentle to the skin that the Braun type. I've been using Philips for more than 20 years.

Yep, that's the idea. If this can be done using the J4cbo controller then it'd be great. Otherwise we'd do it the old fashion system of using two separate volume pots which in balanced would control one channel each, and in SE mode (switchable) one separate amp each.

Maybe just having the option to tell the chip if you're turning the pot for amp1 or amp2? The same could be done for each channel on balanced mode. As I see it this could be just a software thing. You need to be able to tell the chip controlling things what are you using the pot for.

So the board would be able to do what we are planning, being able to regulate separately the level of each channel on balanced mode, and setting the level for each separated amp on SE. If the board also controls the source input, it could even be taken a step further and being able to use different sources for each SE amp. Could that be done?

LOL you woulnd't like mine doing it though

I want this arrangement because sometimes my wife and I watch and listen to the same movie using different phones, with different sensitivity and we also enjoy different volume levels, so that feature would be extremely handy. When watching some action movie in the night you can have way better sound and involvement using phones than the speaker system at low levels not to bother the neighbours.

The Spanish Team has been thinking about how to build their Dynafets and we have agreed to try the following: - Making it balanced (4 boards) in such a way that when used in SE, it can work as a double SE amp, with separate outputs and volume controls (but sharing the same input signal) For this we have thought that using separate volume controls (for each channel in balanced and each amp in SE) is needed. We'd like to use the J4cbo controller board with its SMD attenuator, however we don't know if it can be configured as needed to have the separated SE amps in the way described above. Any thoughts or suggestions?

J.J. Cale - Roll On [2009] Liking it quite a bit

You shouldn't need it to use a balanced source to feed SE headphones, in this case you'd be using just 2 of the 4 boards on your Dynafet. You need the trafos to use a SE source to properly feed balanced phones using the 4 boards.