Correct and the RME indeed has one built-in and it's I'd say close to Schiit's Unison, with also USB being a bit smoother sounding than the optical in. I wasn't using anything else in between as I was still getting through dacs, headphones, headphone amps.. getting the basics right :)

Totally agree. It's an amazing headphone and yes he knows his stuff. For me the Verum1 handily beats a long, long string of headphones that I had and sold as well (inc Ether2, LCD2C, HEXv2, Clear, Aeons, HE400...) . It's also a headphone that I can listen to for a long time, and that sounds...

Garuspik mentioned on another forum that it was too labour intensive - but a future Mk2 Verum1 may have it, together with other improvements. Given his ramp-up problems, the value proposition, in my view a good decission. It's a very easy mod to do for about anyone.

Couldn't agree more - just keep it down on the pricing :-) These scale sooooo well with a great amp - it's amazing. I sold my 2C and a couple of others as a result! Seeing you have a very interesting collection there...how do you find your listening time between all your headphones?

Interesting findings.. thanks for sharing! I may just follow your path there - I really like to try that particular ZMF! I was lucky to get the E2 for under the price of the Aeolus.. so had to try it. With the E2 - its not a Verum1 in liveliness and it sounded pretty bad just out of the box...

To me, the RME headphone out sounds pretty flat, lifeless, dry, boring .. So I wouldn't run it without an amp now - unless you're after portability. It's not that the RME is bad.. but the 'lifeless' thing just kills the reason why I listen to music in the first place. Anyway, I also started out...

Hi - I had update the review with the link, but here's the link as well: Silver plated Hifiman cable

Thank you. I brought my Hifiman HEX V2 home from work, so I could do a real A/B comparison. I was thin-slicing it which is not ideal in reviewing headphones. LCD2C Slam - so regarding the 2C slam, there's two parts to that I feel.. One there's a certain bass / pressure / vibration that makes...

I got my pair a week ago, so here's my thoughts on them. It looks better in person than in photos! I won't go into the build - enough reviews got that covered: I'll mostly stick to sound, a bit about amping and some comparisons. First though - initially, there was a channel imbalance and it may...

Funny - I have the exact same setting and thought it must have been my hearing! Will have a look with my Diligent scope and see what's what.

No I haven't - and thank you for the tip; I'll keep an eye out. I mainly got the Clears as it was on a flash sale for less than the Elear goes for usually.. I've ran the AFC (and AFO) via my locally build single ended tube amp (6FD7 or 6EM7 tubes - directly coupled + output transformer). The...

@Mani ATH 87, you must be good at discrimination reviews :) Regarding the pairing there's apparently quite a few good AFO matches in Schiit's stack.. from memory Vali2 and Lyr3 - and I don't remember seeing 1 negative about those 2 pairings.

Just to chip in..I had both AFC and AFO earlier this year. The build of both AFO/AFC is great and you get a nice carry case - it's a satisfying purchase either way. Both need substantial burn-in (week) so early judgements, or running them through a cheap amp will really not do them justice (as...

I find the comments bit opposite to my experience regarding fixed sample rates: Tidal on my Macbook Pro changes sample rate freely over USB (44.1 Hifi / 96 for MQA). For PC I use optical to have Tidal determine the sample rate (optical = external clock, usb = rme clock); only on PC+USB I'm tied...

Given you like EDM, and for sub bass and imaging.. the short answer would be LCD2C. I went through from an Oppo PM3 through HE4xx, AFC, AFO, Aiva and have now landed on LCD2c and HEXv2. The main differences in my opinion are: - Both have a somewhat dark character - The AFO is very polite, and...