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Author Topic: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  (Read 20855 times)

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Elysian

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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2013, 06:43:50 PM »

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Wow, I love the texturing on that! Are the prints actually 3D? How much more do the Leon Nguyen designs cost?

Going to be a tough choice between Cheese Squares, Carbon Dating, Golden Curve, and Time Attack.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2013, 07:24:21 PM »

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Wow, I love the texturing on that! Are the prints actually 3D? How much more do the Leon Nguyen designs cost?

Going to be a tough choice between Cheese Squares, Carbon Dating, Golden Curve, and Time Attack.


I had no idea some of these designs were multi-layered and so beautiful!  Have asked UE for some more pics of these designs and will try to get some for you guys.  (I know you are planning to get UERM at the Bay Area Meet, Elysian.)  Many of these are laser-cut designs in layers, the metal UE logos are laser cut and embedded within the faceplate acrylic too.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2013, 05:52:55 PM »

I'm very excited to read more about these. I demoed them for a weekend recently and was really impressed. They remind me of a mini-HD800.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2014, 09:27:17 PM »

What is the ultimate amp, whether for desktop or traveling use, you guys have found with the UERM? I loved the UERM with CEE TEE's BA. The bass had nice presence and the soundstage was great with the 300Bs.

Do the UERMs scale significantly? I've only heard them with the mini3, Pico Power, and BA. I actually kind of preferred them with the mini3 over the Pico Power.

I'm thinking about using the UERMs as a late night desktop rig since they don't give off any ambient noise, and am wondering what's the best you've all heard them sound.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2014, 09:34:49 PM by Elysian »
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2014, 09:45:08 PM »

The UERM indeed scales with better gear, as there was a big difference going from simply an iPod HO, to the UHA-6S to the Super 7. The good thing though is that it still sounds damn good out of a portable source. You do want to be careful about impedance mismatches though.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2014, 10:08:03 PM »

What is the ultimate amp, whether for desktop or traveling use, you guys have found with the UERM? I loved the UERM with CEE TEE's BA. The bass had nice presence and the soundstage was great with the 300Bs.

Do the UERMs scale significantly? I've only heard them with the mini3, Pico Power, and BA. I actually kind of preferred them with the mini3 over the Pico Power.

I'm thinking about using the UERMs as a late night desktop rig since they don't give off any ambient noise, and am wondering what's the best you've all heard them sound.

UERMs have just a touch of metallic glint (if that makes sense) in the upper midrange/low treble with Herus.  Not enough to be a show-stopper for me, in light of the other advantages of that combo, but it's there.

UERMs work great with Fostex HP-P1, and they work great straight out of the headphone out of every iOS device I currently own.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2014, 11:47:21 PM »

Anax turned me on to the standalone JDS Labs ODAC > Leckerton 6S Mk.II combo.  The Leck 760 is even better.  I'll let you try the combo at the meet or afterwards when you have your UERM.  (ADA4627-1 BRZ opamps).  Requires USB into the ODAC and can be finicky though.  I'm also quite fond of iPhone 4S into the Leck via LOD.  If you have a Touch, may be equivalent.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2014, 08:06:04 PM »

Does the 6S MKII and 760 benefit from having the ODAC function as the DAC? I would have assumed the Leckerton DAC would be on par or superior to the ODAC.

For the 760, do you like the ADA4627-1B opamp more than the OPA627AP?

Edit: Just saw in the Magni/Modi v. O2/ODAC thread that some people prefer the ODAC over the 6S MKII DAC.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2014, 01:59:56 AM »

The dac section of the uha-6s mkii isn't that good, even when you use coax. I'd take the modi over it, or even the built-in dac of the dx50.
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Re: Oh UERM. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2014, 11:58:00 PM »

The DAC is decent, but there are better ones around. It's mostly limited by the power supply and the filter, as the same DAC chip with a better supply and filter is godly. (specifically, Lynx Hilo)

If ADA4627-1B sounds anything like ADA4898-1, then it is hardhitting FET-like sound without a hint of oiliness, but not as nice detailing as OPA209 - and resilient against GSM noise.
Actually ADA4898-1 can reach the same detailing, but it needs more volts (tested on 12V), and UHA-6s mkII only provides 6.3V.
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