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For any normal headphone and amp I've ever encountered there really should be no risk going from an SE source to a balanced wired headphone. The adapter just needs to tie L+ and R+ to L and R on the 1/4 inch jack, and L- and R- to a common ground. The amp will see L, R, G as normal. I think the risk is going the other way, putting a common ground into a differential amp.

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. Really enjoying the Kato. I also picked up a Hi-MDAC dongle for $75, but might try to upgrade to a L&P W2 or something with selectable filters.

Kato club is cool club. L&P is if you are already losing your hearing. :p

Haha. I take it you’re not a fan of the L&P. As far as I can tell, it and the RU6 are the only dongles with selectable filters…

Really topping the charts.

PS Audio and Topping on USAM. Always.

NO REGRATS!

Love the "I don't believe" shirt.

Thank you!

https://music-ark.ru/catalog/compact-disc/cd/steely-dan-aja-1977-mqaxuhqcd/

I'm willing to help.

So I tried a shipping forwarding service, but the CD actually ended up being out of stock. So now I'm looking for an SBAFer in/near Russia who could maybe try another site for me...

If you haven’t tried Japan feel free to DM me the CD info!

I wouldn't put it in the same class as any of my bigger amps, but I've used my HD650 from a Fulla 2 with no real complaints about ability to drive them.

Not extensively, but did 6XX again today to check. Seems like plenty of power, with more room on the volume dial than Hel v1. Was going to point you to the Cheap Dac Off thread, but I see you were there :)

Likewise, I find iFi Nano BL + HD650 Kiss to be perfectly serviceable for all-day office listening but no replacement for Jot2+BF2 or even bigger boi amps/dacs.

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/the-best-version-of/the-best-version-of%E2%80%A6-peter-gabriel%E2%80%99s-so-r804/

Thanks so much for the kind words!

Good read mate

That's more detail than I thought possible ;) Interesting how much some artists put into something and then never even listen to it later...

Really liked this album when it came out. Hadn't heard it in ages, and it sounds AMAZING from my current rig.

So is your sources' USB gimped or is the Cranesongs'?

When I first got it, I remembered the USB being “meh,” but I haven’t used it since. Instead, I’d been using the Solaris’s digital RCA. But I’d never tried AES. Hard to say if it’s about the different USB to SPDIF converter or AES. Might need to do some controlled listening.

I'm mostly sure it's good. From the picture, the soldering job looks a little poor. It's blur to tell if the soldering pads are touching. Even if they are, they are probably already touching internally, which would be fine. If possible, double check with the seller about what they did to the unit.

Do you want me to take a better photo of the soldering job? I just asked the seller. Turns out they were using it 120v and didn't even notice the sticker on the back. So it must've been a while ago that someone converted it.

Since it worked for the seller, the soldering job should be fine. It makes sense the pads are internally connected for the ease of drawing. Have fun listening!

I had one a decade ago. It’s much more laid back than Yggdrasil. Not as big/warm as P.S. Audio DitectStream but also not as good, imo. For some reason I feel I should compare it to a Benchmark DAC, but that’s probably wrong. Not sure I remember more than that.

^This guy has no taste, don't listen to him. :P

Can probably make you think it fixed the syphilis. But the syphilis just turned its attention away from symptoms and towards brain eating.

Antibiotics is better.

Can't buy a thrill.

LOL, makes me want to give the test a shot just for fun.

I’m torn on this @jayeshrc. Unfortunately, I don’t think he’s going away. For masochists with time to spare, participating at ASR to elicit embarrassing responses from him seems like a decent second-best strategy.

dont think that's going to make him go away or slow down.. Something like "when youve got haters, youre doing something right", sometimes just the attention

Amir: We know Revel speakers are good because they are designed to score well in the preference rating, but other speakers that score well in the preference rating are not good if I don’t subjectively like them.

I'm beginning to see why people there are so confused sometimes. Though to their credit, there are some people in there that get how neither experience nor data can account for everything and don't necessarily invalidate each other. They just don't get included much in conversation, except to get shut down.

This is beautiful. Amir is melting down. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-frailty-of-sighted-listening-tests.15114/

Darkness is my favorite, too. I've been reading some bios and listening to more of his catalog for something I'm writing. I've always loved him, but there's a lot of great stuff that I've missed before.

My dad was a roadie with him. Met him a few times. Kinda young to remember.

For me, Nebraska is one of those once in a lifetime albums.

I am so, so sorry for you and your neighbors. The loss of beloved pets is terribly hard to take. My parents’ dogs passed a decade ago and I still miss them. I hope it’s a comfort to know you helped Jeb to have a happy life. Take care of yourself.

So sorry to hear this. My condolences. Loss of a furry companion is never easy, even when we know it is inevitable.

Thank you for all the kind words everyone. It's really hard to have been walking and petting him, then to find out 12 hours later that he's gone. I miss his floppy ears and goofy face.

Depends what you mean by quality. Most of them just want to window shop or decipher graphs are 30 dollar iems. I do like the ones with music recs.