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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly Red'

    The photo above shows the UpTone Audio USB REGEN with the power cable the USB cable is not shown in photo. http://uptoneaudio.com/products/usb-regen   I'm using a Surface Pro 4 Intel Core m3 (fanless) tablet to stream Tidal tracks (Flac 1411 kbps - Lossless) (16/44.1 khz) into the UpTone Audio...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly Red'

    all999, your profile image, Beats By Dre. you should think about changing that just saying
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly Red'

    Sorry it wasn't up to your review standards, Beats by Dre, but I'm not on clock here   http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/04/audioquests-dragonfly-red-puts-high-end-daps-on-notice/   and   http://www.audioquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Phase-Noise-Jitter-Report-0317-14.pdf
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    Review by 'Stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly Red'

    Nobody said HiFi was cheap, spending $200 dollars on HiFi doesn't get you very far these days. The AudioQuest DragonFly RED is one of those rare exceptions, I think it's the best value on the market today. The second best value in HiFi for under $200 is the UpTone Audio USB REGEN. Put these two...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'Woo Audio WA 6 SE'

    Rolling the tubes to the Gold Lion GZ34 / U77 for rectification and a matching pair of 6DR7's was a reasonably priced roll that sounds nimble to my ears. I got the GZ34 from https://www.cryoset.com/ The 6DR7's are from Woo Audio stocks. I'm using HiFiMAN HE 400 planars, my source is the...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'Woo Audio WA 6 SE'

    I don't think of myself as a Head-Fi enthusiast anymore. I have become kind of a head audio snob. Most of the head gear that I have reviewed so far has now become irksome with long term use. My DECWARE Zen Head amp now has touchy jacks in and out and the plastic slide off battery cover is fail...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'Woo Audio WA 6 SE'

    I took another look at the stock Shuguang Electron Tube 274B and the Valve Art 274B rectifiers and now I'm thinking they are identical although the VA 274B seems a bit heavier. After a month of heavy use the Valve Art 274B now has a faint vibration/hum noise, I don't like that at all,   
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    Review by 'Stereocilia' on item 'Woo Audio WA 6 SE'

      I got the 10% percent discount and free shipping November promotion. The Woo Audio WA6-SE needs no introduction, Woo Audio has the products and the path to the summit of head-fi on lock. This amp looks great and it kicks butt, like a Shaolin master from Wudang mountain. I'm throwing my Schiit...
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    Review by 'Stereocilia' on item 'Samsung Galaxy S5, White 16GB (AT&T)'

      Volumes have all already be written about the pro's and con's of the Samsung Galaxy S5 smart phone so I'm going to skip right to my point. I've been mulling over the idea of purchasing a USB noise and power filter to go with my AudioQuest DragonFly for weeks. Instead I renewed my contract...
  10. Samsung Galaxy S5, White 16GB (AT&T)

    Samsung Galaxy S5, White 16GB (AT&T)

    This device is fully functional and in GOOD cosmetic condition, it has been thoroughly inspected and cleaned by our expert technicians and passed an industry leading 65-point inspection. Please be aware this device is previously owned and does have cosmetic wear such as light scratches on the...
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    Review by 'Stereocilia' on item 'Apple Ipad 2 with Wi-fi 16gb - Black (2nd Generation)'

      ^ I'm streaming Tidal HiFi (lossless CD quality - FLAC-based 16-Bit/44.1 kHz) via line out dock to my portable headphone amp and cans, in this case the DECWARE Zen Head, Grado GS1000e    I've been using the iPad 2 as a source for years and it still rocks! The price is way down for a new...
  12. Apple Ipad 2 with Wi-fi 16gb - Black (2nd Generation)

    Apple Ipad 2 with Wi-fi 16gb - Black (2nd Generation)

    Apple iPad 2 with Wi-Fi 16GB - Black (2nd generatio General features /Specification General Features: Generation 2 Black face with silver aluminum backing Recyclable aluminum & glass enclosure 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD display 1024 x 768 (4:3 aspect ratio) resolution with 132 ppi Multi-touch...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC'

    http://www.audioquest.com/usb_digital_analog_converter/dragonfly-dac   "Fixed Output Feeds Preamp or Receiver" just knock that hard edge off this DAC with a good amp. The mids on DragonFly paired to the mids on the Valhalla2, matched with the mid-centric Grado = Lit-Up iridescent coloration =...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC'

    ♫ But then I fooled around and fell in love, I fooled around and fell in love, yes I did . . . with the AudioQuest DragonFly
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC'

    Your average Universal Serial Bus port was not designed to be a dedicated audio serial bus port. You can call it RFI/EMI, voltage ripple, packet errors, timing errors, noise, jitter, static, pops, clicks, glitches, dirty signal... whatever you want to call it and what whatever combination of...
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    Reply to review by 'stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC'

    I was also impressed straight out of the box with the DragonFly line out to amp, without the tube amp the SQ falls flat and fatiguing to my ears. The digititis is not my imagination or a faulty / funky unit, the problem is jitter. I've been mulling over the idea of adding a jitter reduction...
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    Review by 'Stereocilia' on item 'AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC'

    Review Setup   AudioQuest DragonFly v1.2 USB DAC   Schiit VALHALLA 2 amp   Grado Labs GS1000e headphones   Tributaries 2YP-MFF Y cable   AudioQuest Golden Gate interconnects     The DragonFly is a good match with the Valhalla 2, this DAC lives up to the hype surrounding it. I must...
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    ChiUniFi 9 Meet Impressions thread

    I was mulling over the idea of going to this meet the night before, it feels awkward for me to show up to a gathering and not know anybody. Like Kojaku I wasn't sure what to expect. It was awkward at first but the sight of all that awesome gear quickly put me in a socializing mood.   There...
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    ChiUniFi 9 Meet Impressions thread

    The time just flew by before I could sample all of the gear. Next time I'll be there when the door opens.  
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    How and why do members fall in love with second tier headphones?

      I get what your saying, the shape of your head and ears, the position of the pads, the seal, all of these variables can influence the sonic perception, this is hard science fact   I'm thinking ears are more alike than different, I'm thinking Bell-Curve distribution in physical deviations...
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    How and why do members fall in love with second tier headphones?

    I know what you mean. I've seen numerous turntable, pre-amp, mono-blocks, speaker setups without tone controls in the ridiculously priced segment of the market. If equalization was all that and a bag of chips why is it absent? Look around what do you see? I see a volume knob(s), input selector...
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    How and why do members fall in love with second tier headphones?

      I'm not against the use of tone controls. I'm against some the claims being made about what tone controls can do, like making two different headphones sound the same or "flat." For example using tone controls to make Beats sound like Stax and vice verse is something I would have to hear for...
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    How and why do members fall in love with second tier headphones?

      I'm a big fan of the of the Try It Before You Buy It  mantra. If anti-hype makes me anti-analysis so be it. Case in point.. Dr Dre set out to create professional-grade headphones for the everyone, claiming that “People aren’t hearing all the music.”   The reality is that Beats by Dre is...
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    How and why do members fall in love with second tier headphones?

    "The purpose of science is not to analyse or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it." Edward De Bono   Equal Loudness Curves based on the work of Fletcher and Munson at Bell labs in the 1930s is a useful model. The curves are the...
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    Wire with Gain, What does it take to achieve synergistic next generation audio from input to output?

    http://phys.org/news/2014-12-superconductivity-cooling.html   Superconductivity without cooling   Can you tell me what an amp made with super conductive materials sounds like or how about the sound of speaker cables made of superconductive material?   You can't and you don't know therefore...
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