nishan99

Yo stop I'm on a diet...

How about the low, low price of only $32? PCM56 R2R https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKp2eTY

Opamps can be made discrete. Discrete with 140db of feedback still sounds like shit.

SMSL released their R2R DAC a few months ago. It didn’t measure “state of the art” and got slammed by ASR types. I suspect such responses sadly will ensure these companies don’t pursue this much more.

Soon, though, you'll be letting it all hang out.

@ColtMrFire Saudi Arabia :(

Celcius?

@murray I would be dead if it is.

LOL. neckbeard: "crypto is inflation resistant".

The headphones will outlive every single component of the PC.

@dubharmonic - I often think this is why keyboards are such a big thing. Not only is it the one component you physically interact with, but it’s also the rare computer component that never needs to be updated.

If I’ve lost them at “Magni, Modi, and 6XX”, everything else is rolling against gravity.

@Ti_Leo can you pm me his email address?

Ok, now you are pushing me, I've got another pair of Elex with some weird issues that might not be fixed in his place. I've been dodging this problem for half a year now? Now you are giving me a real reason to contact him. Thank you! Let me ask him.

Only thing gathered was it’s fairly neutral FR-response, since it lacks the Harman bass and upper-mid boosted curve.

Otherwise absolutely useless summary, just as expected from ASR

Lucky you ;) It's eating my food and drinking my beer :P

And it is tossing my salad.....

Be sure to try them with micropore tape covering 60-70% of the front of the nozzle, it totally transforms them! My favorite iems this way. I have pics in the S12 thread.

I always wondered if I should try some of that E1DA stuff. Do you like its sound?
I loved the EarMen Sparrow but won’t buy another after two broke. The Helm Bolt is ok, but I’m still thinking about buying another dongle.

@zottel I have no experience with other dongles except the fiio BTR3 which the E1DA absolutely destroy.

The 9038SG3 to my ears is neutral, fast, powerful, mechanical and etched sounding, very bad synergy with BA drivers ime. It also has noisy noise floor fed from my phone. It pairs well with my fat slow Fiio FD5 single DD IEM.

Hey look it's the same driver used in CAL and EMU Walnut/Purpleheart! Cool looking design.

Yup, my thought as well. I enjoyed my EMU walnut

Russian made though! Here's the maker https://kennerton.store/

How dare you! ;P

She doesn't care because she's a technologist not a conservationist.

@purr1n , somehow that made me think of the line "Teri didn't give a shit, Was just a nihilist." from that song by The Nails.

@Vtory 1) Two ins/outs are more than enough 2) yes x2-x4 (3) rich sound overall with good stage and macrodynamic, SE design would actually be preferable.

It would also probably be helpful to say why you want an alternative to the Freya S

@rhythmdevils 1) I read it's not that transparent 2) I can easily stretch my budget to $1200 3) The purchase would not be direct from Schiit so any warranty claims will be expensive on me to ship it back to them.

I’ll beat you up if you are eating it without café.

@YMO It's with tea you heretic!!.

No, café. Last time I check you aren’t a Turk. Tea is only good with biscuits you dork. ;)

Careful what you wish for, I got my world shaken a few days ago after a diagnosis. Stay health and push through.

Idk. But before members signatures cluttered the view.

That's curious, I don't think I ever saw signatures in mobile so had to enable desktop mode on my phone when I wanted to see if anyone listed their gear there. Any chance you've been using desktop mode on your mobile and just enabled actual mobile layouts somehow?

No I am always on the mobile version. But it seems like the signatureless layout was always there and I forgot about it.

I had some memory loss and delusions in the last week due to sever dehydration thanks to a bad tonsil infection, so that explains it.
I'm much better now btw and sorry for the noise :D.

My bald head is 4.5 stars. A slight peak in the middle but the daily razor shave keeps it smooth and ultimately very pleasing.

Ravi's Head: 4.5 stars. Pros: Smooth, chocolatey midrange. Cons: Slightly grainy stubble at either end of the R-Head's spectrum.