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    General Speaker Advice and Recommendations

    Budget of not over $10k for speakers, power amp, cables. (not including DAC/pre, which I would probably get schiit gears as needed based from sbaf...
    Post by: kida, Nov 18, 2018 in forum: Speakers
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    General Speaker Advice and Recommendations

    I see. Any recommendation for nearfields? I went over the nearfield post a while back and am using JBL LSR30X as PC speaker. A better performing...
    Post by: kida, Nov 17, 2018 in forum: Speakers
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    General Speaker Advice and Recommendations

    In my train of thought, it's the first decent speaker system I listened to, so was thinking to explore a bit and see what's out there too. Budget...
    Post by: kida, Nov 16, 2018 in forum: Speakers
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    General Speaker Advice and Recommendations

    Guys, I started into this hobby being a mid-fi headphone/IEM guy. Was pretty content with ModiMB, various mid-fi amp, HD600, JBL LSR30X on PC and...
    Post by: kida, Nov 16, 2018 in forum: Speakers
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    Raspberry Pi I2S to SPDIF Hat

    hmmmm, I went on to used the digi pro driver cuz after going through the volumio code on github, the driver for 502dac or dac pro is basically...
    Post by: kida, Nov 23, 2017 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Raspberry Pi I2S to SPDIF Hat

    @Michael Kelly @HumanFly I need some help. Just received the 502 DAC Pro, running the same touchscreen setup as HumanFly. Using Volumio, I...
    Post by: kida, Nov 21, 2017 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Massdrop x Eddie Current ZDT Jr. (Official Thread)

    @Hands Maybe a newb question. How does the RCA pass-through on this amp work? I mean, if I run music through the amp when it's off, would it goes...
    Post by: kida, Nov 17, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Massdrop x Eddie Current ZDT Jr. (Official Thread)

    I caved - -‘ Was gonna stay put and wait for the MCTH + SDAC I ordered last drop to pair with HD650, but with all these praise from @Hands @Marvey...
    Post by: kida, Nov 17, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread

    Not sure if this would help, but back when I was choosing my iem, I brought my lowly DAP and auditioned the whole JH audio line-up among others...
    Post by: kida, Sep 30, 2017 in forum: Advice Threads
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    Schiit Eitr Preview Thread

    Yeah, that’d be my last resort move. Let’s wait and see and hope that schiit will make one in black like the modi. :D
    Post by: kida, Sep 28, 2017 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Schiit Eitr Preview Thread

    o_O Guess I should’ve gone with silver Modi Multibit when I bought it back then. Oh well, all that’s left to do now is to wait agonizingly for a black...
    Post by: kida, Sep 28, 2017 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Schiit Eitr Preview Thread

    @schiit Will this ever come in black? :)
    Post by: kida, Sep 28, 2017 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread

    @Marvey @Hands @Vansen Thank guys. I'll go with MCTH + SDAC that's up on massdrop now. SDAC feeding my pc speakers (they just added a line out for...
    Post by: kida, Sep 22, 2017 in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread

    @Marvey @Vansen @Hands Need some advice from you guys who have listened to MCTH For hd650 + Modi Multibit, is it better to go with MCTH or Jotunheim?...
    Post by: kida, Sep 21, 2017 in forum: Advice Threads
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    Campfire Audio Andromeda Review: Holy Cow, This is a Dream, Awesomesauce!

    @Bill-P ZX2 root guide/detail would be interesting Looking forward to it! :)
    Post by: kida, Jul 12, 2017 in forum: IEMs and Portable Gear