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I just bought a pair of these so it was great to find that someone has actually measured them, tried all the different settings, and offered an opinion based on measurements and experience rather than advertising dollars or clicks, so thank you! Before receiving them I'd already installed the...

When the only problems are awful drivers and low impedance gain.....those are serious issues! Another point not mentioned so far is that Xonar sound cards only support a very limited range of sample rates. These days your audio stream (or even disc) can be 44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192/352.8 kHz...

Yes! Exactly. And do not spend $1000!!!! I used Xonar cards for years. They were expensive but pretty good. Better than motherboard audio and all other consumer options for a long time. The world changed. My Topping D10 USB DAC is so much better that it's not even a contest. It's better...

I broadly agree with everything you've written, now clarified. But I would say that the camera can only capture what is present before the lens. We can shoot with film or sensors sensitive to very different wavelengths of light than the human eye so can indeed capture things we cannot see...

No, I'm saying that except in limited 2D fields such as document copying, taking a photograph is not copying at all. No copy is made. Thinking of photographs as copies (the author uses the word copy several times) is a mistaken assumption. That's was my point. To think of it as copying is to...

Should have used more expensive replacement op-amps, obviously.

I find this to be exactly wrong! Unless using a camera to copy 2 dimensional subjects i.e. on a copy stand to copy documents. Using a camera to make images in a three dimensional world full of sounds and smells and heat and cold and which is progressing in real time is almost nothing like...

Yes, it is. And some of us remember it from the first time around ;-)

Those old portable CD players (and cassette walkmans) output way more power than any ipod or iphone. That's the difference.

Thanks for the reply, but no it wasn't that as it happened with both mains and USB powered DACs. Anyway that was a couple of years ago and things have moved on and I now find pipewire, wireplumber and easyeffects absolutely ideal both on desktop/laptop and on low powered streaming boxes, using...

I found that the less sensitive version is not always adequately sensitive with older recordings. We have really got used to *very* loud production but millions of old albums, classical and jazz especially, were produced at quite low levels but with great dynamic range. At home this doesn't...

No need for snarky comments about deafness. A more sensitive IEM is better with less powerful portable devices but sometimes less satisfactory with headphone amplifiers and similar, that's all. And this may be a surprise but there is far more to portable and home audio than an iPhone and an...

I'm a year late but never mind. I already owned the original Truthear Zero and finally got around to buying the Red version reviewed here. I've had them for a few days and have put a lot of hours on them. They are a little different to the original. There are two quite noticeable...

In the UK https://www.hifiheadphones.co.uk/ is a JDS labs retailer and they ship internationally. I've bought JDS Labs and Final Audio products from them several times and they are really reliable. The Atom + Amp is sold out at the moment but you could contact them and ask when they expect...

When I buy an item that works both as pre-amp and amp I require that my one time purchase includes a live-in person to switch the item between modes on my command (by blinking - speaking is too onerous) because pulling out the jack from the amp causes me muscle ache and anxiety. Also it has to...

A different perspective, as an owner of Sennheiser HD6xx and HiFiMan HE4xx: the design of the headband is as crude as can be, and the way the headband is attached to the speaker units is also as crude as can be. The way the earpads are attached to is as crude as can be and good luck replacing...

You're welcome. If you're itching to spend that money I have a paypal address you can send it to. Your mixes will sound even more awesome.

If nobody has complained so far then stick with the HD650s.

If your goal is accuracy for mixing/mastering then why narrow that field by specifying planar magnetics or a particular price range? Any headphone which is accurate will be suitable.

I tried the scented candle. Once.