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  1. srkbear

    Hifiman Edition XS

    I own Dekoni Elite Hybrids, which I vastly prefer over the velour option. I bought them with the promise that they would tame the brightness and kick up the sub bass on my HE1000se and HE1000 Stealths, and these promises were borne out to a subtle extent for both, without altering the native...
  2. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    Oh that’s silly. Evidence? There’s no differences in quality amongst headphones other than tuning? Crinacle is full of it? The speed and accuracy of a headphone and the quality of materials and design have no bearing on the end result? Then why does anyone including yourself spend more than $50...
  3. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I’ll accept that I misconstrued my point. My post was an overly floral and metaphorical attempt to point out the limitations of basing a rave review and a recommendation solely on tuning. I bought the E3 based on Amir’s raves about DCA—I don’t believe that he’s made these headphones his...
  4. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    That’s about it. How fast a diaphragm can move to reproduce the sound of instruments authentically, how much space an instrument is given in the mix, plus there’s other factors such as soundstage, imaging, timbre, etc. These are not apocryphal terms. Surely any audiophile can appreciate a...
  5. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I didn’t have to try the E3 to find out, come on, you know me better than that by now, I hope? Perhaps my writing style uses metaphors and literary devices too freely on a scientific forum and subjects me to being misunderstood, that criticism would fit. I only used the Harman story as a means...
  6. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I’m fully with you. I just think we should omit the “review” aspect of headphones on here and just call it “measurements”. There is without question a degree of promotion going on here around Dan Clark’s gear, given how often Amir underscores that he uses his Stealth as a benchmark, and has...
  7. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    Thank you, I’ve already tweaked the PEQ for the E3s in Roon and they sound terrific. As I said they’re an outstanding headphone by every imaginable criterion. To deny that this site heavily promotes the Stealth, Expanse and E3 as the only game in town (which is not an unreasonable...
  8. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    What does that mean, I ask sincerely? I could also say that one doesn’t have to lay an egg to know if it tastes good. What’s your point? That I can afford a flagship headphone but don’t know how to listen to it?
  9. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I fully agree. What I don’t agree with is dismissing all the other technical aspects of a headphone as apocryphal simply because we lack a rig capable of assessing them. To say that there’s no such thing as “detail retrieval” is taking the concept of cognitive bias too far. Everyone who has...
  10. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I already do that for all my cans anyway. I did say that I learned my own lesson on my tuning preferences from buying the E3 and I do not fault the site or anyone else for my ignorance. What I take exception with is this claim that there’s no such thing as “detail retrieval” and the implication...
  11. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    No, actually if you spend a little more time on here, you will find that the headphone reviews and what amounts to a recommendation are whether they are tuned to Harman. My point wasn’t that I don’t prefer Harman—it was that all the technical aspects of how a headphone performs are not...
  12. srkbear

    Hifiman Ananda Nano Headphone Review

    I contacted Hifiman through their Amazon storefront, and they vetted the deal and then referred me to the Hifiman’s corporate store contact info to complete the purchase. You might try reaching out at [email protected] for a start. Good luck!
  13. srkbear

    Dan Clark E3 Headphone Review

    I learned an invaluable lesson from purchasing these headphones. I already own a collection I’m delighted with, including a Hifiman HEKse, HEK Stealth and Edition XS, Sony Z1Rs, Meze Elites and 2020 Utopias, and my preferred genres are rock, synth pop, New Wave, alternative and other “modern”...
  14. srkbear

    HDMI to IIS/Coax DoP Converter

    Ignore me. I was thinking of my Kanex Pro HAECOAX audio extractor I use for de-embedding compressed multichannel audio from my Blu ray player, which is also my SACD player. That one has the toggle on it to switch from 2 channel to multichannel. This box will pass DSD natively from HDMI to I2S...
  15. srkbear

    Well, here we go…

    Just announced today. Sensitivity “up” from 83 to 86, impedance dropped from 60 to 45. Grilles “must be covered when not in use”? Removing that “veil” will now cost you $7,800! :facepalm:
  16. srkbear

    HDMI to IIS/Coax DoP Converter

    I still swear by this thing. Jitter be damned I use two of them in different rooms, to de-embed the digital audio streams from my OPPO UDP-203 and Sony UBP-X1100ES Blu ray audio/SACD players into my Topping d90se DACs, and get a hiccup-free DSD 64 signal from my SACD discs (and a PCM 96-24 bit...
  17. srkbear

    Amazon Basics 4K HDMI Extractor Review

    Thanks! I should have clarified that I wasn’t responding to the thread topic of your post, I was just curious what unit you had, and what you’ve encountered with the multichannel button! Sorry I’m terrible about paying attention to the topic at hand…
  18. srkbear

    Interesting new Yulong all-in-one

    I’ve always been curious about this outfit—I’ve seen a number of their digital audio products pop up on Shenzhen periodically that always seem to use top-notch components and have comparable measurements to competitors such as Topping and SMSL. This latest is an integrated AKM4499EX...
  19. srkbear

    Amazon Basics 4K HDMI Extractor Review

    Which unit are you using, the one that outputs S/PDIF or I/S? Are you utilizing SACD for this purpose? Do you also find that you have to have the multichannel switch engaged to obtain the hi res signal?
  20. srkbear

    Extreme Snake Oil

    Ba dum chik!
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