Thank you! One learns something new every day.

This might be a stupid question, but I thought you could use any dual 3.5mm headphone cable with the MDR-Z1R if you didn't care about the extra security of the screw in connectors, but perhaps I am wrong? I just got a custom cable and I get no sound at all. I can see a 0.5mm physical...

I'm starting to wear out mine too. I'm quite surprised that a small series high-end headphone like this use cheap plastic fake leather that deteriorates in just a couple of years (and start shedding micro plastics). I've looked and you can't even buy real-leather pads for these, which is even...

Just adding my 2c to confirm this. I moved from Foobar 2000 to AIMP a number of years ago because I wanted a more modern interface and I was happy with the sound for a long time (I used the built-in equalizer). But in recent years I had equipment changes and were a bit surprised that some didn't...

I EQ the heck out of mine to get a more fun sound too, so it's interesting to see someone else do it as well. Out of curiosity I compared our curves, though I listen to more ambient or melodic electronic music, a lot of jazz and more laid back vocal music, so not sure if any knowledge can be...

Since you have the Pro, have you tried to only use the DSP features of the RME (essentially for EQ/loudness compensation only) and feed it into your other DAC? That feels like such an overkill thing to do, but since it's apparently possible I'm curious if anyone has tried it...

Ok, so my Final Edition isn’t final anymore and this new Limited Edition isn’t limited. Got it. 😆 And is it only for the US market? Didn’t see it on Violectric’s domestic website. Funny to read that the old relays were ”noisy and problematic”. Mine’s dead quiet at the volumes I’m listening to...

Ok, so the remote app that RME developed and gave us for free(!) is super nice and so much more convenient to use than their rather convoluted hardware interface... I've also changed methods for how to EQ and I must say that I landed on something even better than before (for me): Rather than...

(Also available on Qobuz for those who wants hi-def.)

I have. They're in the center of this photo. I've said this elsewhere, but they could sound like angels whispering in my ear for all I care, because they were so laughably heavy that it disqualified them from any consideration! My Ether 2 are planars and at 290g I have no issue wearing them for...

My 15 year bass journey... unless I hear rumors about some new headphone with really deep bass, I'm done. :) Ultrasone Pro 900 - this was my entry 15 years ago... must admit, it was a downgrade to the UE Triple.fi I had back then, but it was a start. Fostex TH-X00 Ebony - boom town. The...

Well, the two graphs show that it's roughly -20 dB which I guess is roughly what the ADI-2 can EQ but I just thought that a Hi Cut would... well... cut. 😉

I wanted a flat for reference. But that entire discussion is something I'm currently having on a different forum. 😉 (MiniDSP does provide compensation curves, though.) What I was really curious to find out here is if any other head-fi users use the Hi Cut feature of the ADI-2 and what they...

I found the same... in fact, I don't think I have anything from the 60s. 70s is better but... and this might be blasphemy... I must admit don't like many of Stevie Wonder's records on my expensive setup... they're so overly warm! 🙉 However, Marvin Gaye's What's Goin On, for example? Wooooow...

Yeah, I guess this is the best I'm going to get out of this cheap microphone setup, but if what I'm seeing is accurate right now, I'm pretty happy. Tweaked quite a lot last night and now I have one "flat" curve (blue) and one which is more "fun" (green). How it looks on the ADI-2 (headphone...

Does anyone have the ADI-2 and MiniDSP Ears? I'm trying to check what the EQ actually does, and unless I'm doing it wrong... even extreme values seem to do surprisingly little... (Note, they do something, I can see it in the graph, but nowhere near what I expected them to. A huge notch in the...

When I search this thread for "mushroom leather", I'm very disappointed that not a single post comes up. Has really no manufacturer attempted this yet? There seems to be a number of suppliers to choose from already (Mycotech Lab, MycoWorks, Bolt Threads, etc) and certain high-end fashion...

My little corner is finally "finished". I'm going to stop buying things now, I swear. My wife is getting really cross with me and I don't blame her...

Similar to someone earlier in the thread, I also had a nightmare with customs (the import control at the border, just to be clear). Custom Cans were finished quickly, but it was stuck for two weeks and took three phone calls to Swedish postal services before they finally released the package...

So, two years on I got a few upgrades... Some people said these were easy to drive, but I can tell you now that you're NOT getting the full potential of the Ether 2 by skimping on the amp! What I wrote about not getting your ears massaged by the bass was only due to my old amp not being able...

I'm reading up a little bit about DACs and I just have to know... are Chord trolling everyone with the micro usb port? I know their stance is that power doesn't matter (unlike literally everyone else), but I feel like I can't take the product seriously with that port there, especially at that...

I just have to comment that I have also gotten quite a pronounced tinnitus in the last couple of years and when I recently upgraded to the V281 I noticed a substantial increase in physicality of the bass on both my closed and open headphones compared to my old amp and though it's absolutely...

Yes. I use it as an AIO. I don't even know if there's such a thing as a V850 Final Edition (because now I have to have a matching polished edge), 😆 but if I ever come across one maybe I'll consider it, though I'd honestly be surprised if I hear a difference.

It absolutely is! 😁 (Just noticed that both get pretty hot though, so it might not be healthy for either in the long run...) Turns out it's the XMOS chip in the Final Edition so right now I'm thoroughly enjoying a very physical and deep ear massage from this thing. How deep? Well, let me put it...

I missed out on the used Corda Soul that recently sold on this very forum, so I checked Ebay every day for a month or so and got lucky! 🥳🎉 Now, the driver link in the papers that came with the device is outdated. Does anyone have an up to date link? I can't find it on the Power Holdings or...