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Not all acronyms are capitalised. By their very nature, they lead themselves to not being. But then... like I said, people don't know what acronyms are.

Curious. DAC/dac is an acronym: ADC/adc is not.

It's AMP because...it's LOUD-er.

GOOD POINT cee tee ;)

Not having some kind of to-listen list means my favorites are a weird mix of "actual favorite recordings I've been listening to for years" and "weird recordings I've never heard of before but I'm curious about and saving for later".

I really wish Qobuz and Tidal would allow users to put favorited/followed artists into folders to keep them organized. My list of followed/favorited artists is a complete mess that goes from metal to folk to reggae to world music to classic rock to blues etc all over the place it's almost impossible to navigate. I miss iTunes to be honest with the column browser and genres I could assign to every artist.

I have a decade-old MacBook Pro that I keep to have a copy of iTunes, a backup for my main system, and to rip CDs (its drive is very good). For all iTunes' faults, it really did have the best UI for my needs. Column browser FTW!

Custom Cans in the UK does that I’m sure

If the issue is soldering you might be able to crimp a jack

what headphones are you wishing to have re-terminated?

@atomicbob A vintage pair of Yamaha YH-1's that were pretty extensively modded before I bought them. I keep wishing I could use them balanced, but the previous owner used a normal 3.5mm jack when he recabled them.

I've got a contemporary-to-that amp on loan from a friend and it's got some things going for it despite not being what I'd call daily driver material by a long shot. Definitely fun to revisit old gear and see how they fare in modern contexts.

In the end the bbc dip prompted me to sell mine, but the prices on the VC have been coming down and there always seems to be plenty of them for sale over on Head-Fi. I'm wondering how much the audio market will be impacted with the recession that will become obvious in the next few months...

@GanGreinke @edd @Cryptowolf My big concern with the Mini C is soundstage...the main reason I got my current AKGs is that they have a pretty good soundstage for closed headphones, but they just kinda sound thin compared to my HD800's or my HE500's. IEMs might be a possibility despite the soundstage thing, though, since those could also come in handy when I'm doing chores or running errands.

Although maybe the problem is the AKGs not synergizing with the BHA-1...I should try other amps I have around before throwing money at the problem.

Poor fellow! People expect 100 blasts (or even 200 in some congregations), so he has to comply. But the law is 30 blasts, which I do at home easily enough. Shana tova u-metuqa!

It’s all you can afford with so much money going into receipt paper.

quick explanation of why it's so bad these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2A8q3XIhu0

Yeah, I was new car shopping last year and am still getting lots of ads for new cars a year and a half later. You would think if they knew I was new car shopping that they would also know I already got one...

What's creepier is when you talk about something but haven't searched for it yet, and a related ad pops up ...

Assuming we're talking about the same Big Iron, here's a great version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Glm68k41w

Yeah, there is some cool stuff on there.

Thanks for reminding me, I have the app

@Justin S any filters / shapers you'd recommend? I'm just starting to explore the DSD side of HQPlayer.

Yes. Depending on your machine, the new EC modulators are amazing. I'm a linear phase guy and like xtr LP, ext-3 LP, and sync m LP. You'll only be able to do 256 with the EC modulators, but it is glorious.

If I remember correctly, the Spring 1 does not do 48k DSD rates, so you'll need to uncheck that box.

@SoupRKnowva That's a good point...I hadn't even considered the asynchronous downsampling issue.

I think "hi res" might just have more marketing cachet over there, since there's a Japanese standard for it. I remember Audio-Technica making a big deal about the MSR7 being "Hi-Res Certified" back when it was new. I also remember the standard maybe having nothing to do with resolution of any sort for headphones...

Honestly with JPop the main draw of high res that I can see is that the high frequency needles are more prominent in listening. If it's not upper midrange aggression or "air" frequency shelves, it's both. Then again most of the JPop I know is anisong and city pop so not fully representative.

Believe it or not, there was a time when I listened to Bach's organ music only on a woodied SR80i (which I assembled after testing the whole I-series, still own, never use, and plan to turn into a SennGrado someday).

When I changed from Spotify to Qobuz, the big experience for me wasn’t sound quality, but sth completely different: Not being spoon fed “music I might like” by an algorithm. It felt like going to a record store: Some stuff on display, but not tailored to what a computer thinks is good for me, chosen by humans instead, the same for everyone who visits. It felt SO good.

That was when I started listening to whole albums again, too.

My partner still uses Spotify, but i’ve found Qobuz has better coverage for jazz and extreme metal.

You have to explore settings / options enough the find the optimal configurations for your dac, compute performance, etc.

yep, it’s fidly as fock, but when you get it. . .

I did the same recently. It's very good with the 800Ss. I did a back-to-back with the Jot 2. The results were mixed, with the BHA-1 presenting a better stage, greater clarity and detail. The JOT2 was more dynamic and "rocking". In the end the JOT 2 is up for sale again. (Roon->PI2AES->AES->Hilo->BAL->BHA-1->BAL>Headphones)

@Justin S That's good to hear, especially since my HD800's are SDR modded, so they should get similar results to the HD800S. Stage, clarity, and detail sounds like just what I'm looking for.

HD800S+BHA-1 is stunning with music-in-the-room-with-microphones recordings. I have found the BHA-1 also very good with the 600s, 650s and LCD-Xs. I am getting just a bit itchy to try out some ZMFs :-)