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In Reply to: RE: An Extraordinary Windows Installation for Use with Juli@ posted by old guy 42 on March 25, 2020 at 02:39:08
Wow. Me too. Headphones rock. Hated them for years but now i dont know if speakers will be a big part of my audiophilia.
What are you running?
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Hey DR,
Running a very modest system, as I said...Without J., I would not be enjoying this system!!!
I added a cheap Furman PL-8C and changed out a usb cable of late.
See link (I hope)...
Hey There is a close out of the Schitt wyred usb decrapafier. Its $45. And the have 3, or rather 2 after I place my order for my 2nd one.
Bet it would help.
https://darko.audio/2015/09/schiit-wyrd-usb-decrapifier-review/
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Hey DR,
Tried to post yesterday AM but AA was down for me.
I do have a de-crapafier of sorts. The Ifi-I3.0 silencer but I did want to purchase the Schiit model for my younger son. I waited to long, and they sold out.
I do own an after market headphone cable that I purchased almost 5 years ago that is stranded and so, I did think about diy'in a solid core headphone cable but I thought it would be a no-no given all the movement of the cable. Now you have me think'in bout mess'in with 26 gauge magnet wire!!!..LOL
Thanks for the suggestions...Appreciate it...Stay safe!!!
Cool man cool. That ifi stuff looks good! Keep checking out the Schiit site. They run out and they sometimes come back. They are b stock so not always a stream of inventory.
I have had the homebrew headphone cables for months with no issues. Though I am just at my desk with no walking around. The key IMHO is to use something to jacket the cables like techflex and then clamp really good and for good measure put some glue on the outside of the techflex before clamping.
Also I cheat. No Y junctions on my cables. Amp has 2 outputs and I doctored the cables to just tap into the left or right output depending on which is left and right. So one end plugs into the right cup and goes to the 1st out on the amp. 2nd one goes to left and plugs into the 2nd out.
That said you could do a single connection to the amp by either getting a cable boot, but IMHO a better way would be to do 2 separate runs and just attach it all at the amp end. So 2 cables coming into the 1/8" connector or even better if your amp uses a 1/4" connection (more room).
Also, its heresy but a big shout out to the BBE sonic Maximizer. It works and man I won't live without it. Its like the band is playing on a stage with the lights dimmed. Then you put in the BBE and viola its like the house lights come on. Well worth the dough. So nice to be able to adjust the sound and improve it while doing so.
I have the XLR version but here is the Rca version
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Yo don't for get cables:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/homebrew-balanced-cables.903677/
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Modest? Thats like the best value product in every category. You would have to spend a ton more to get better I imagine.
Bet it rocks!
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D, I wouldn't like you any less if you stayed just on cans. :) That said, and more so if you had kept the A21s, it seems to me that you get even more creative when speakers challenge you. And then you share this. Of course, the Razoring for headphones continues the tradition.
But yes, cans truly can! Who knows when but I may have to get there eventually...and your tweaks may come in handy.
LOl. The A21s I still have and until I moved to Florida (yes but man I am at the exact oppostite part of the state as Jben), was running my headphones off of the A21s. The heat became an issue and I had to get a headphone amp.
It was cmp2 box into the A21s then a resistor network to the cans. Was awesome till it was too hot. One advantage of a planar can is they can usually take 5 watts...
Went with battery headphone amps for a bit then finally bought the Hafler Ha-75. Its got a "focus" feature which basically overcomes the main issue I have with headphones which is lack of center image. This mimics monitors and you can adjust the center image. All the vst plug ins I tried sucked but this is the real deal.
The awesome planar is now $218 and reacts well to mods:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/m1060c-open-soundstage-mod.918483/
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Florida, huh, you came to join our Gator crowd? Perhaps there will be a time when we can get together for dinner at your local Denny's. :) Before this C19 virus thing came along, my wife and I were planning to visit friends in TN. The drive over to them would likely take us close enough to where you are.
Ahhh! The beautifully sound colors of the 12AX7 tube, mostly via my Dyanacos of their time, hold a very dear place in my eardrums. I can still salivate as I remember passages of music they played for me. I hope you retained these tubes in the Hafler.
Now, if you really preferred the A21's sound but not its heat, here is a wild thought. It is probably not really advisable but...
The A21's bias could conceivably be tuned down just enough to only deliver class-A into 4-5 watts. If I recall well, they now do about 11 watts into 8 ohms. The downturn in heat production would likely be very significant judging by my own experiments with my Parasounds.
Then again, like you, I never even got to "good enough" SQ from VST filters on cPlay, if you would need them with the A21. Like I said, it is a bit wild; just like us ladies here like it. LOL
Hey Jben,
Thats a great idea in regards to the bias. Sadly I ended up with the hafler after the A21 because of the heat. And now I am sold on the focus feature and the tubes, and truth be told the vox control which adds a bass boost.
I have just kept the stock tube and don't plan to mess about. The Hafler has some preouts which perhaps will let me get the focus and vox and use the A21, but I don't find myself missing the A21 soundwise. True my system was very differnt back then and I hadn't modded the headphones I don't think but maybe one day it will be an interesting test.
But man I have to tell you things are sounding the best they every have. Sooooo smooth but yet detailed.
You sir are fancy. Waffle house man.
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LOL, that was merely to try and impress you. Waffle House guy myself, too. Steak & eggs + hash brown all mixed up then the waffles...all of which stress the meds to the hilt.
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