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What is a good DAC recommendation with optical input for ~$100? Modi still...anything else? Sep 16, 2024

cskippy was last seen:: Jul 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM

1. cskippy
  What is a good DAC recommendation with optical input for ~$100? Modi still...anything else?
  
  Sep 16, 2024
  2. HotRatSalad
    I'd get a used modius E for like $150 used pretty easy, just saw one for sale on head Fi
    
    Sep 17, 2024
    
    Qildail, Cryptowolf, Case and 1 other person like this.
2. cskippy
  Probably gone but what a deal! https://www.reddit.com/r/AVexchange/s/E9HlnL5vCH
  
  Jun 6, 2024
  1. Cryptowolf, Jinxy245, gsanger and 3 others like this.
  2. Cellist88
    What a deal
    
    Jun 6, 2024
  3. Slade01
    Yeah at that price. Jesus. It's already pending sale.
    
    Jun 6, 2024
  4. crenca
    So good it may be too good... Hopefully not
    
    Jun 6, 2024
    
    Cryptowolf, gsanger and Lyander like this.
3. cskippy
  Are differences in amps and DACs as apparent on speakers as they are on headphones? Opinions please!
  
  May 23, 2024
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  3. Priidik
    With the exception of widebander and active speaker (amp directly on driver) headphone is much less complicated load - thus simple amp produces good wholesome sound.
    
    May 24, 2024
    
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  4. Priidik
    Going deeper - planar driver (or other damped driver) with close to flat imp curve is easier still. Conventional piston transducers with high imp swing demand high requirements from amp. Integrity over large current and voltage range spanning over wide fr range.
    
    May 24, 2024
    
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  5. Priidik
    Ahh, forgive my smartassness - now pure opinion:
    modern hi end multiway speaker is the the final boss trial for an amplifier. All odds stacked against the poor thing.
    
    May 24, 2024
    
    cskippy, Cryptowolf, Qildail and 2 others like this.
4. cskippy
  @M3NTAL Hey dood. It's been a while. Still fun to stay in the loop, but have ti be careful looking at MIL-F with the wife around.
  
  Aug 31, 2023
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5. James Whiting
  How is it going...its been a while. All the covid relief went into my system. Wywires diamond USB cable. Traded my Mad Sci power cord for Wywires platinum. Upgraded USB card to a JCAT XE. Adding a triode into the system. Lordgwyn's Airmid 5998 triode OTL, Monster Zero reviewed on Youtube. It's at least comparable to a Glen. Anyway would be good to hear from you again. As always Happy Listening,
  
  James
  
  Nov 17, 2021
  2. zonto
    FYI this is a public profile post, not a private message.
    
    Nov 18, 2021
    
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  3. James Whiting
    Thanks for clarifying
    
    Nov 18, 2021
6. E_Schaaf
  Hey! Haven't seen much from you in a while - hope all is well. I don't know if you remember this, but at RMAF 2017 when the CO crew met for lunch with Tyll and Zach and the guys from Schiit, there was this incredible low-frequency rattling in the ceiling when the HVAC system kicked in. You said "I wish headphones could do that" - well... I'd love your feedback on something!
  
  Oct 27, 2020
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  2. cskippy
    Hey! I'm off living life, busy busy but hit me up and I'll try to help if I can.
    
    Oct 28, 2020
  3. E_Schaaf
    Good to hear from you! I was going to see if you wanted to hop on a tour for a modded TH900 by yours truly. I think you'd like them! But no obligation if you're busy with other stuff. https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/loaner-esx900-owned-by-deathxmachine.10083/
    
    Oct 28, 2020
7. cskippy
  Can someone please send me a link to Headphone Headquarters on Discord or even better Den-Fi? Username cskippy2#2332 Thx
  
  Aug 22, 2020
  2. wadec22
    sent in case you hadn't received one yet
    
    Aug 22, 2020
8. VizFlux
  Hey cskippy, hope everything is alright. Sorry to bother you on here, but do you have a time table for shipping?
  
  Aug 19, 2020
  2. cskippy
    No worries and sorry for the delay. I'll have it out this weekend.
    
    Aug 19, 2020
9. cskippy
  @Lyander you beat me by a millisecond
  
  Feb 29, 2020
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  2. Lyander
    LOL, fastest guy on this side of the Pacific.
    
    ... wait no wh—
    
    Feb 29, 2020
    
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  3. ChaChaRealSmooth
    ^nice insult towards yourself
    
    Feb 29, 2020
    
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  4. Lyander
    Glad you appreciated it XD
    
    Feb 29, 2020
10. cskippy
  Why do smoking detectors need a battery change at 4am?
  
  Dec 31, 2019
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  3. Jinxy245
    f'ing always.
    
    Dec 31, 2019
    
    cskippy, gaspasser, tommytakis and 1 other person like this.
  4. Josh83
    https://youtu.be/XvYdYz7wt4U
    
    Dec 31, 2019
    
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  5. cskippy
    Ohhhhh I wanted to do that, except this one was 25 feet in the air so a .22 would have been the weapon of choice.
    
    Dec 31, 2019
    
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11. cskippy
  @m17xr2b in your signature, what's a 690?
  
  Dec 7, 2019
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  3. cskippy
    Very cool! Would love to check out your work if you're willing ot share.
    
    Dec 7, 2019
  4. m17xr2b
    I want to do a loaner, just waiting for a good deal on a stock HD650 or if someone wants to loan theirs for a while. The mod is 100% reversible.
    
    Dec 7, 2019
    
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  5. skem
    It’s ten 69s, obviously. Party time!
    
    Dec 7, 2019
    
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12. cskippy
  So out of boredom and wanting a change I hooked Eitr up instead of my usual SPDIF>Crane Song Solaris. Adds some meat and calms the treble..
  
  Dec 6, 2019
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  3. monacelli
    Every time this has been brought up Jason says Wyrd and Eitr are dead after they sell out. They apparently don't move enough of them to warrant the additional R&D/investment, etc.
    
    Dec 6, 2019
    
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  4. cskippy
    So the closest we'll come to a Unison transport is Baldr's CD player?
    
    Dec 6, 2019
    
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  5. monacelli
    That's what the 8-ball says right now anyway. The buzz around the PI2AES is pretty good. If I had a pro DAC with an AES input, that's a tree I might bark up!
    
    Dec 6, 2019
    
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13. cskippy
  I haven't been keeping up with audio as much but saw DSHA-3F is no longer in production? Wow, seemed to be a popular amp.
  
  Nov 23, 2019
  2. Vtory
    I don't think it (rigorously) oop. Interested party should contact Doug for details. https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/ecp-dsha3f-ravenswood-3f.7382/page-11#post-275000
    
    Nov 23, 2019
    
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  3. jexby
    amazing amp and when Doug states "this round of orders is now closed" doesn't imply OOP forever.
    
    Nov 23, 2019
    
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14. cskippy
  New car!https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/573256066360410122/605948080084353064/image0.jpg
  
  Jul 30, 2019
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  3. GoodEnoughGear
    I drove the snot out of my WRX when I had it. What a great hooligan car!
    
    Jul 30, 2019
    
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  4. YMO
    Hatchback! My next care will be a Soobie, but it'll be the boring Outback or Forester. I need the storage space.
    
    Jul 31, 2019
  5. yotacowboy
    https://youtu.be/Y34xDSz9qRs
    
    Jul 31, 2019
    
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15. cskippy
  The Boys!
  
  Jul 27, 2019
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  3. Riotvan
    I'm a big fan of the expanse. The show is great but if you're into reading the books are better.
    
    The boys gives me a bit of a watchmen vibe, that one is getting a series too i believe.
    
    Jul 28, 2019
    
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  4. cskippy
    Just finished The Boys today....well done....well done...
    
    Jul 29, 2019
    
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  5. Riotvan
    Got two episodes to go. Man this is so good, that scene with the baby was hilarious!
    
    Jul 29, 2019
    
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16. cskippy
  Never selling you again... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/411238298397442048/589207461815255050/image0.png
  
  Jun 14, 2019
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  3. PTS
    I found removing grills from HFM headphones made zero difference to the sound. Did you settle on the Bryston after trying lots of different speaker amps with the HE-6?
    
    Jun 14, 2019
  4. cskippy
    Bryston isn’t the be all end all but it’s certainly no slouch. I have a 250W amp sitting here but convenience and fear of blown drivers keeps me content with the versatile BHA-1.
    
    Jun 14, 2019
    
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  5. Mr.Sneis
    Yasssss queen
    
    Jun 14, 2019
17. cskippy
  I’m alive!
  
  May 24, 2019
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  3. atomicbob
    Best wishes for rapid and painless recovery.
    
    May 27, 2019
    
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  4. Lou Casadonte
    Hope you are feeling ok, heal quickly.
    
    Jun 14, 2019
  5. cskippy
    Yeah, thanks. Doctor gave the go ahead foe weight bearing in the walking boot so I can go back to work very soon.
    
    Jun 14, 2019
    
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18. cskippy
  @Jerry, your Matrix, BHA-1, Verum 1 stack looks very nice!
  
  May 23, 2019
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  2. Jerry
    Likewise. Your 1541 + BHA-1 stack looks real nice too, man.
    
    Are we praising each other like schoolgirls?
    
    May 23, 2019
    
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  3. cskippy
    Hahahahaha I wasn’t expecting the compliment!
    
    The silver and aesthetics really match well between your gear, like they were made for each other.
    
    May 23, 2019
    
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  4. Jerry
    Thanks man. Yeah I kinda enjoy looking at it.
    
    May 23, 2019
19. cskippy
  Surgery scheduled for Friday
  
  May 21, 2019
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  3. atomicbob
    Hope all goes well and you recover quickly.
    
    May 22, 2019
    
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  4. Thad E Ginathom
    @Kunlun, "No" leaves room for misunderstanding of the worst kind.
    
    All the best, @cskippy. Surgery is wonderful. It changed my life when I thought that five years of chronic coughing and illness was going to go on for ever. And I got seven weeks off work too! And pretty nurses.
    
    Get it over, get well soon!
    
    May 22, 2019
    
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  5. ChaChaRealSmooth
    Get 'er done mate. I've been on that end. For me, I went from agonizing pain when I tried to walk to normality.
    
    May 23, 2019
    
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20. cskippy
  Review/measurements are up! https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/aurorus-audio-borealis-australis.7650/page-3#post-258551
  
  May 21, 2019
  1. atomicbob, gaspasser, Jinxy245 and 2 others like this.
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Tempe, Arizona

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Gear List:

Hifiman HE-6
Verum 1
PC37X
Pinnacle PX
Carbo Tenore
Samsung Galaxy Buds

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Ultrasonic Studios Oblivion

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Burson Audio PLAY
Eitr
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Desktop: MR816X / Burson Audio PLAY > Ultrasonic Studios Oblivion > HE-6, Verum 1
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