Recent content by Lavcat
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Powerbeats Pro (Truly Wireless IEM from Apple/Beats)
Amazon now has new colors of Powerbeats for sale. I am not tempted.- Lavcat
- Post #333
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Powerbeats Pro (Truly Wireless IEM from Apple/Beats)
I bought them from amazon. I have to say they did look new.- Lavcat
- Post #328
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Powerbeats Pro (Truly Wireless IEM from Apple/Beats)
My Powerbeats Pro came today. I think I will return them, for several reasons. But first the positive: when paired with my iPad the Powerbeats Pro gave decent sound quality with no dropouts. The ear hook was not unpleasant nor uncomfortable. Now for the not so good: most serious, the...- Lavcat
- Post #326
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Powerbeats Pro (Truly Wireless IEM from Apple/Beats)
The Powerbeats Pro price dropped $50 on amazon, so I ordered. I would not be surprised if a new model was about to come out. I wanted these mainly for outdoor activities. I'm a little concerned because I've never had an IEM before and I'm not sure how well my ears will tolerate them.- Lavcat
- Post #324
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Niimbus Ultimate Series US4/US4+/US5/US5 Pro Headphone Amps - by Lake People
To each their own. I prefer how the V200 looks. I may yet get one, considering the Niimbus is so much more expensive.- Lavcat
- Post #24
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Niimbus Ultimate Series US4/US4+/US5/US5 Pro Headphone Amps - by Lake People
For better or worse Lake People just lost the sale of a V200. Niimbus, even if misspelled, is way above my budget but now I must see what develops. And I have to say unlike the V281/V220 the Niimbus looks really nice,,,not to mention what it might sound like. I am minded of Goethe's poem The...- Lavcat
- Post #21
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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High End Bluetooth Headphones
Somewhere, I believe, in this impossibly long thread I inquired about Bluetooth phones. Perhaps around two years ago. What I finally purchased was a Jabra Evolve 75 UC headset. Setup was a little rough but they exceed my expectations. Primary purpose was communication but I chose them also...- Lavcat
- Post #893
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Using speaker output's to drive headphones.... and what awesome results!!
As an update for the past five years or so I've been driving my headphones from the output of a Crown D-75A, which even has a 1/4 inch headphone jack in parallel with the speaker wire screws. No more preamp output for me!- Lavcat
- Post #33
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Please recommend the replacement for my Apogee Duet
I have a Duet. I think its strength is more as an A to D than as a DAC. For a DAC I use and can recommend a NAD M51, which is within your price range. Edit: oops, I just noticed how old this thread is.- Lavcat
- Post #3
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Foobar2000 with WASAPI on Windows 10
I'm using the driver AMD released two days ago...not that the previous drivers worked any better or worse.- Lavcat
- Post #11
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Foobar2000 with WASAPI on Windows 10
Success, sort of. I had been having the dropouts using audio over HDMI (AMD Radeon Nano). Today in desperation I decided to try audio over USB (in both cases to a NAD M51). USB is not quite as convenient for me as HDMI, but the audio works perfectly over USB -- no dropouts at all that I...- Lavcat
- Post #9
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Foobar2000 with WASAPI on Windows 10
Thanks for the suggestion of LatencyMon. LatencyMon reports "Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts." Meanwhile dropouts are horrible. I disabled 13 services, including Windows Search, and ran with and without a pagefile. I tried...- Lavcat
- Post #8
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Foobar2000 with WASAPI on Windows 10
Update: Microsoft's Groove Music player has the same dropouts, so it is unlikely to be a problem with foobar configuration.- Lavcat
- Post #6
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Foobar2000 with WASAPI on Windows 10
I'm experiencing severe dropouts using WASAPI (or not using WASAPI) with foobar2000 v1.3.9 and Windows 10 Pro. At first I thought it was a network problem but now I know it is the same with music files on the local MVMe drive. No such dropout problems on old, three core AMD Phenom running...- Lavcat
- Post #5
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Apogee Duet DAC ROCKS!
Unlike the higher end Apogee products I believe the Quartet has same specs per channel as the Duet.- Lavcat
- Post #528
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components