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    Needing new headphones but which one's ?

    I have never heard the Shure 1540s, but my 440s are extremely neutral. However, reading your post about your perfect cans, I would suggest the Beyerdynamic DT-770s. Get whatever impedance suits your amp - the differences between them aren't really noticeable. The DT-770s can deliver excellent...
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    Pillars of Eternity II

    $3.5 million with 36 hours to go. If the usual last-minute pledges come in, they will raise quite a decent amount of money.
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    Just upgraded sound. Did I make any "pairing" mistakes?

    Even if we could test these things completely objectively, some 16-year old kid will have better high-frequency hearing than I do, so his perception of certain phones / amps will be different to mine. So, just enjoy what you have, update us with your thoughts on the upgrades / new phones, and...
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    Just upgraded sound. Did I make any "pairing" mistakes?

    Unfortunately, this type of stuff gets very difficult to prove. While I don't own HD650s, reportedly they scale extremely well with better amps. Should maybe buy some and test the theory since I have a few amps (from a cMoyBB up to a heavily modded Crack). I have once A/B-ed the X-Fi with the...
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    Just upgraded sound. Did I make any "pairing" mistakes?

    Not all tubes generate equal amount of glow. The tubes in the Crack (6080 and 12AU7) can be seen glowing in daylight, whereas the tubes in my Stereomour (12AT7 and 2A3) can only really be seen glowing in the dark. Even then, you have to look twice to see the 2A3s' blue glow. You can spend some...
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    Just upgraded sound. Did I make any "pairing" mistakes?

    Hi Zarathustra, I just replied to your older thread - see that you already made your decision to get the 250 ohm Beyers. With regards to the amps, I have never used the Lyr 2, but have played around a fair bit with the Crack. I would say you could roll a couple of tubes if you want, but don't...
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    Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Replacement Pads?

    Hi, Haven't logged in for a while - apologies for the late response. OTL amps are output transformerless, i.e. no output transformer to decrease output impedance (hope I have this correct). Since you have a higher output impedance, you need headphones with higher impedance. The Bottlehead...
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    Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Replacement Pads?

    These are really great bang-for-the-buck headphones. Not quite neutral and a little bass-heavy, but really great for hard rock. If you have an OTL amplifier, then sure get the 250 ohm version, but unless you do I doubt you will hear much of a difference between the two.
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    high end audio set up for desktop

    For near field listening the Blumenstein Orcas are highly regarded - Orca 3" Fullrange Pair. I have these and am very happy running them from a tube amp. You could also try the Blumenstein Marlins - Marlin 3" Fullrange Pair. They weren't available when I got my Orcas, but if I were to buy now...
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    Best Closed Headphones

    I use a set of SRH440s at work. To get slightly more bass out of them, you could buy a set of SRH 840 pads. I still use mine a lot. One thing to be aware of this that the headband is quite hard. You really need to take care how you wear them and where the headband sits. Get it right, and you...
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    Looking for headphone/sc/dac recommendation

    Beyerdynamic DT 770s are extremely comfortable, but are known bass-cannons. I like them and I mostly listen to hard rock / blues. If you are listening to on-board sound, get the 80ohm version. Don't own the HD598, but found them to be very comfortable in-store and the sound was pretty good as...
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    External AMP/DAC

    The SMSL Archmage is referring to is this one - http://www.amazon.com/SMSL-SD793-II-PCM1793-DIR9001-Amplifier/dp/B00A2QLPJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459845242&sr=8-1&keywords=SMSL+sd793-II+DAC%2FAmp. With the HD 598s I doubt you would gain much from using more expensive equipment. There are...
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    Tyranny - new Obsidian RPG

    Looking forward to this. May be old-style, but I find PoE to be very entertaining.
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    New computer speaker setup 2.1 + Amp + Dac

    You may find that you do not need a DAC. Onboard sound is pretty good nowadays. Most of the increase in sound quality comes from using decent speakers. If you have issues with noise in your system, then an external DAC may solve the problem. You would need to get the Modi 2 Uber 2 for the...
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    TOSLINK vs USB for DAC

    USB2 -> Sound Blaster X-fi HD USB was fine. USB2 -> Sound Blaster X-fi HD USB -> Bottlehead Crack via RCA introduced a static type noise. USB3 works perfectly no matter how I listen. I thought the Crack had a loose solder joint, but output from the iPhone to the Crack was fine. I always...
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