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Ok, I'll try to whip up a cable this weekend with inputs and outputs and contact them Monday.

At first glance I thought it was a guitar pedal. It has the 'look'.

ex:

The top one doesn't make much sense. I guess drugz have that effect.

Its a compressor/gain thing. It boosts the signal, iirc.

OTOH, z vex has never made much sense.

Ok, I'll try to whip up a cable this weekend with inputs and outputs and contact them Monday.

Did you ever end up contacting them, Nate?

Also, those of you who've had Duet for a while, are you still liking it?

yup, still like it

No, I haven't contacted them because I keep selling every cable that I build. But I'm finally ahead, have parts and as soon as I can build another I'll throw an email at them.

I still like mine.

Cool. I'm thinking of selling my 840c and replacing it with Duet soon, since all 840c does is work as the DAC for my SB3. Also, selling 840c should net me enough money to get Duet and iPod touch or decent used receiver (for living room).

Cool. I'm thinking of selling my 840c and replacing it with Duet soon, since all 840c does is work as the DAC for my SB3. Also, selling 840c should net me enough money to get Duet and iPod touch or decent used receiver (for living room).

I'll build you a Duet cable in exchange for the 840C.

Except the duet can't be a dac for your sb3

Except the duet can't be a dac for your sb3

True, but maybe he was thinking of going the Airport route?

I'll build you a Duet cable in exchange for the 840C.

Only if the Menace comes with the cable.

Except the duet can't be a dac for your sb3

You're right, but I won't be using SB3 (at least on my main rig) since I can just have my iMac in the same room, though I'd need to get a fairly long Firewire cable in this setup (iMac > Duet > rest of my rig). In this scenario, SB3 will just get moved to the living room to be used there.

I believe the ipod touch or iphone can be use as a remote of you mac.

fish can be eaten raw.

nonsequitur much?

fish can be eaten raw.

Of course

Love mine. Breakout cable royal pain. Nate fix. Message ends.

Pretty late to the game, but JP# was kind enough to lend me his Duet for a week and with the exception of some driver issues at the beginning*, color me very impressed, especially with sound stage and overall musicality. Even with all the comments I wasn't expecting this. Can definitely see why it has the rep it does.

I believe the ipod touch or iphone can be use as a remote of you mac.

It can and works very well. Has me actually contemplating selling the Squeezebox.

* even bringing down the whole OS which is rare in OS X.

Can you please compare it with Pico ? both as DAC only and DAC/Amp combo?

I just bought a used Pico from akwok

I know there are comparison already but wouldn't it be nice to have more opinion??

Can you please compare it with Pico ? both as DAC only and DAC/Amp combo?

I just bought a used Pico from akwok

I know there are comparison already but wouldn't it be nice to have more opinion??

Definitely. I have my suspicions on both states from yesterdays trial, but I need to give it more A/B time (and more phones with amp). Trouble is with work I may not make it home for a week, but will squeeze in when I can.

I love this thing. Everything sounds clear. I just wish I could find some better headphones than the hd650s to pair them with that are not to bright but not veiled like the hd650s. Have to try the akg 701s again.

650s are definitely veiled with crappy amplification

fine

no, with crappy amplification they are under driven. it's a very different thing. would you put all weather tires on an F1 car and expect it to perform well?

Exactly correct. Although I would have said "poorly driven," but I'm anti-semantic.

the HD650s aren't veiled.

I'm far from a headphone expert, but I'm inclined to agree 100%. I've no trouble hearing the treble, and it is clear as a bell. The headphones are not slanted towards the high end. To my ears, they sound quite neutral in presentation. The fact that they play deep does not, to me, make them bass-heavy or 'basshead' phones, etc.

Maybe its just my source, but they seem extremely well balanced to me. The Grado 225's I used to own sounded lacking in the bass, and sounded less neutral, with an uneven midrange/high end emphasis. The fundamental tone of them sounded flawed compared to the HD650s.

I'm confident that there are better headphones out there, and maybe someday I'll own them. But I could probably live with the HD650s as my only headphone if pressed.