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HEX's offer more romantic or "tubey" style sound. But they are less airy and a bit dark. Upper midrange is a tad recessed. Depending on the recording, timbre may be spot on with great amount of plankton, but sometimes they can sound a tad plasticky or papery too.

Focal Clear's offer better large scale dynamics. Sometimes microdynamics feel less pronounced than on HEX's. I still feel the overall amount of detail is quite similar., though the openness/airiness of Clear's might give them a slight edge (imagined or real, I can't say yet).

You beat me to it :))

The answer to my question on cskippy’s post is a resounding yes >.>

Like his hair style... where can I do it? Miami?

Cool. I would like to audition Focals in the future just for fun.

Yeah, post your impressions, I'd be curious how they compare. I've had the Elear and the Elex, which I ended up not keeping, and now I have an Ananda (same as Edition X) incoming. So far nothing is perfect dammit...

It has a pretty inoffensive easy to listen to sound, it's good but it's also a pretty old design at this point. It's essentially a BurrBrown 1792 dac in nice enclosure and with good psu. If you need a dac I'd say it's a good deal around Euro 500-600. Might be a good choice for classical, jazz etc. If you like rock and edm you might be happier with a second hand Gungnir Multibit, that one has more drive.

I don't really "need" a dac, but I stumbled across one very reasonably priced unit... Might as well give it a try.

Well, I don't have the HFM but the rest of the chain is top of the drawer

I have 3dB drop at 6000Hz. Audiologist says it’s from hunting when I was younger without hearing protection. It does make the 800 an easier listen I think.

4kHz - 6kHz dips are normal for hearing damage. I'm pretty sure I have a 5kHz dip. But 6kHz, indeed, great for HD800.

Listening to a stock HD 800 causes a threshold shift by itself :)

Not at all. All you need is [x] Wine [x] Gourmet food.
Jesus... those barbarians...

And like most trolls I've imagined to be like IRL, he was very, very quiet. Except for the "dindu nuffin" part.

Based on the evidence, judge took whole 5 minutes to consider whether he was quilty or not.

You run hollilla? Cool. :-)

The Convert-2 is making its rounds. Should be impressions coming in.

Agree with @TwoEars, if at all possible you should definitely listen to both if possible. But if it’s a trade only thing, obviously a gamble...

Convert-2 is in measurement purgatory. 3 days of measurements, 1 day of measurement system troubleshooting (scripting error) and 1 day of micro-meet listening. Convert 2 is a top flight DS dac. It won't displace my Yggdrasil A2, but that includes my preference bias.

If you can’t get it easily in EU, then get something else that’s also good but totally different like Prism or Lavry gear. Converters the last 2% and mostly just different after a certain point. Upgrade other stuff first like speakers and room. Hype trains are lol. A measurement mic will lead to far more improvement

You can get a new one from thomann for 2900€ - but that's like 33% more than in the states. I *could* buy it, but I am also a cheap bastard.

Just get something else then, especially if you haven’t heard the thing. The Convert 2, being a cut down Convert 8, is already slightly overpriced for being an endgame 2 channel d to a converter only box. Convert 8 isn’t if you need 8 channels for a little more.

@SoupRKnowva yeah, I was going to say, I didn't even know Panasonic still made TVs. I'm rocking my 42" 1080p plasma Panasonic I got on Craiglist for $100 though.

Yeah Panasonic just has the best everything that relates to picture quality. My B7 looks pretty good though, you’re right

While the LG doesn't have the most accurate color calibration, when it's in dolby vision mode, it self calibrates to the DV color temp settings. That's one of the things that makes DV superior to HDR-10.

That money better be spent somewhere else. I don't feel the Codex be more versatile than the ADI 2 DAC.

Certainly not more versatile than the ADI, but I think it's fair to say that Codex is more engaging musically and, well, has a 'sweeter' presentation. Now I really have to think about keeping this...

It's supposed to sound better with prolonged warm-up time though, like a week or so. Lol. It's the kind of DAC that likes to be on all the time.

I'm not going to turn off anything that turns me on like this.

Can I send him my resumé?

Wasn't it back-ordered to the end of July?

I ordered from schiit.eu.com - it seems it was the last unit there.

Now I see. You're so lucky! Envy you..

Now paired with a Modi Multibit. Quite a combination - rather dynamic and clean sounding. Not the last word in detail reproduction or technicalities, but still very balanced in every regard. Sounds good with Hifiman Sundaras.