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Pretty hard to rate headphones objectively I'd say, there are a lot of parameters when it comes to psychoacoustics. In that setting for example I'd say the first headphones have better mids thanks to a perfect matching, but Rtings would rate the second one better because it's closer to the...

Too bad they didn't send one card to you ultimately. Yeah I'd guess they did their best to reduce interferences, pcie riser to move it out of the case and independent psu to limit noise.

As others stated I'm pretty sure if people were to do double-blind tests between a good implementation of Sabre or a good implementation of AKM they wouldn't be able to pick a difference. It's more about your subconscious making you think they have to sound warmer that'll make them sound warmer...

About the Pre Box S2 vs the X1S Anniv you also have to take into consideration the power delivered. Pre Box S2 = 50mW @33Ω / 13mW @300Ω - X1S Anniv = 270mW @33Ω / 140mW @300Ω. The Pre Box S2 will suffice for sensitive headphones but far from enough with more demanding headphones.

I bumped into comments from Andy Grove of Audio Note on a Youtube video: Apparently a 15yo company like Aune is a no-name and Amir's methodology is not convenient enough for them. Did they send a sample to @amirm since then? He also posted a video testing a pre-release EVGA Nu with an...

Funny how no reviewer does a simple loopback test with RMAA to get a glimpse of how it measures. Hell, even motherboards get their own RMAA charts in some reviews.

It measures good, but the power delivered is kind of weak. I guess it's good enough for sensitive headphones:

The ones I own at the moment: HD598 => The most comfortable pair I own. Pretty forgiving, sounds nice with not so well recorded / mastered stuff. HP151 => The best "open like" experience I've heard from a closed back pair of headphones. HD600 => Neutrality king for me, the reference for...

Yeah, what I know from experience is the capacity of headphones to deliver a proper imaging is way more important than anything else for competitive gaming, and that is something they essentially degrade by widening the soundstage and adding reverb with "virtual surround". A proper in-game audio...

Yeah, seems like the brand of the cable is Aucharm, bumped into the exact same one on Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4-core-USB-High-performance-HIFI-signal-line-4N-OFC-oxygen-free-copper-shielded-net-FOIL/32806356588.html Some USB A to B cables are based on it and are branded...

Yeah, the final output impedance will be the one of your Atom.

Just noticed this is the 10th anniversary edition which is rated 200mW @300Ω, the older version (I own) was rated 80mW @300Ω.

Oh well thank you, I can now believe the BW-S7 I only use for my phone is actually pretty good with ripple (except the QC port): https://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20BlitzWolf%204%20usb%20and%20QC%20BW-S7%20UK.html

Oh well, great to see my old unit still works wonders :)

He did actually, it measures a little worse than the IDEA: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-dacport-hd-and-dragonfly-red.5977/ The MSR7 is 35Ohm so you might want to compare the power delivered @33Ohm before clipping: IDEA = 45mW, Red =...