Recent content by goodvibes
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The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.
I like precog as well but I'm a bit more analytical than some.- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.
I'm personally not a fan as most of my library is untagged wav files and I also find Roon a thin hair glassy. I prefer Minimserver both sonically and because it has a nice folder option for a universal server. I find a few dedicated ones like the from Naim and some others even better. Yes, I...- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Which DAPs in 2020 have two Micro SD slots?
That and card size limitations are now rather moot.- goodvibes
- Post #29
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.
Love your takes, Twister, even when they correct mine, LOL. :thumbsup: I remember assuming mango OS was inherently better on the DX240 and you setting me straight with the stock board at the time. I can voice the boards to be better with either OS now but you were absolutely correct at the...- goodvibes
- Post #90,473
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Comment by 'goodvibes' on listing 'Ended: Queststyle CMA Fifteen DAC / HP Amp. Upgraded!'
Decided to keep it. I like it too much, LOL.- goodvibes
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The discovery thread!
Trust me, it's not increasing actual resolution but that doesn't mean it's not doing a good thing and allowing to 'hear' what sounds like more resolution. Look, I'm the opposite of the guys that say cables can't sound different etc but I do know res never increases by adding a passive component...- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
Likely a complimentary coloration to your DAP/cables/etc and there's nothing wrong with that as long as it doesn't rob resolution.- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Flagship 10 Knowles BA FA19 Is Officially Released
The tech is not earth shattering. The mids tech looks to be a mechanical bandpass filter and the external BA bass venting looks similar to what's done ion the Sliivo slt6. (We use a custom-made "sonion" composite open-aperture woofer with a chamber airflow valve to achieve massive airflow and... -
The discovery thread!
Mine get a complete pass this way. Won't be my go to but I could listen with interest and without fatigue. Stock, out of my ears pretty quick but I'm a zealot.- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
So, being bored and wanting a play thing, I ordered a pr of 7Hz Salnotes Zero for giggles. 1st listen and then after a bit of run in there's not much noticeable change since they have a strong slightly ragged higher register that dominates. Makes them sound lean, flat and and a bit ragged. So I...- goodvibes
- Post #103,202
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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For Sale Ended: Queststyle CMA Fifteen DAC / HP Amp. Upgraded!
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- 1599.00 USD
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- Excellent/Like new
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- Or best offer
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- United States of America
Questyle CMA Fifteen DAC/Headphone amp. Unit has been upgraded from new by replacing all the internal Nichicon FW (audio grade) capacitors with FG (fine gold). They're physically larger and more costly but improved every aspect of the sound. Clearly more refined and blacker with better texture...- goodvibes
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Questyle CMA Fifteen — International Review Tour
I'll be listing mine in the buy sell trade forum in the next few days. All the internal Nichicon FW caps are upgrade to Fine Gold (FW) with a few of the larger values bypassed. Did this as an experiment and it was very successful. Clearer, more contrast, openness, focused, and textural...- goodvibes
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- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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ONIX XM5 - First Portable Player by ONIX / Flagship ESS ES9039PRO DAC / Simple Music Focused System
It's a nice amp chip with a follower circuit to actually lower the output impedance like here. The ONIX does NOT have a high output impedance and should work well with any IEM and almost all headphones.- goodvibes
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Subtonic STORM: Impressions and Discussion
Seems to me that the only way to purposely do that is with phase cancelation via the super tweeter crossover. I can't comment on the actual sound so won't but will guess it would sound very friendly and open on top with an added ethereal factor. Looks like the dip is prevented from being even...- goodvibes
- Post #980
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors