July 10, 200817 yr Contact Us - Engadget Ok, I'll try to whip up a cable this weekend with inputs and outputs and contact them Monday.
July 10, 200817 yr Its a compressor/gain thing. It boosts the signal, iirc. OTOH, z vex has never made much sense.
July 28, 200817 yr 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?
July 28, 200817 yr 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.
July 28, 200817 yr 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).
July 28, 200817 yr 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.
July 28, 200817 yr Except the duet can't be a dac for your sb3 True, but maybe he was thinking of going the Airport route?
July 28, 200817 yr 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.
August 25, 200817 yr 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.
August 25, 200817 yr 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??
August 25, 200817 yr 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.
September 2, 200817 yr 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.
September 2, 200817 yr 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.
September 2, 200817 yr 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.
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