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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #40 on: December 10, 2014, 10:31:09 AM »
I thought about returning the R3. It does not sound that good with my Fiio X1 & E11 but it does with my Audinst AMP-HP & HIFIMEDIY Tiny DAC. Better soundstage is how I mainly perceive that combo. Since it sounds good with the latter and has a unique design,I'll hang on to it. I replaced it with the Narmoo S1 for mobile use. That iem  headbang with the Fiio X1 & E11. If it had the build quality of the R3,I am not sure many other dual dynamic drivers could f*ck with it. The T1E sure couldn't after comparing the two.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #41 on: December 12, 2014, 01:11:46 PM »
Weird synergy:The Brainwavz R3 and SMSL sApII. An iem and powerful desktop amp. The R3 sounds airy and lacks bass and the sApII has too much warmth for any headphone that I own. Together they sound halfway decent but only with jazz thus far.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #42 on: December 12, 2014, 02:04:52 PM »
I had to make space in my man purse this morning so I needed to ditch the brick and go low budget.

I reached into the long lost IEM box and pulled out the Monster turbines! Fed direct from the iPhone, not a bad rig for the noisy commute.  It took a little while to "get OK" with the big bass tilt, but by he time I reached work I was secretly enjoying the BOOM!

Does that count?
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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #43 on: December 12, 2014, 05:37:15 PM »
Quote from: shipsupt on December 12, 2014, 02:04:52 PM
I had to make space in my man purse this morning so I needed to ditch the brick and go low budget.

I reached into the long lost IEM box and pulled out the Monster turbines! Fed direct from the iPhone, not a bad rig for the noisy commute.  It took a little while to "get OK" with the big bass tilt, but by he time I reached work I was secretly enjoying the BOOM!

Does that count?



Yep. It"s good to know that you can fall back on the BOOM! when you need to.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #44 on: December 13, 2014, 10:14:43 PM »
Made an impulse bid on Fostex T40RPMKII and won. I haven't owned a planar HP since an unsuccessful mod of a T20RPMKII. The T50RP is the one to mod but I am giving the T40 a shot because 1) I got it cheap and 2) I like the idea of making it sound to my liking.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #45 on: December 18, 2014, 02:56:48 PM »
The novelty of having a basshead can is starting to pass.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #46 on: December 18, 2014, 06:32:31 PM »
What did you do to the T40? (I'm assuming you drilled some holes into the cups at least)
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #47 on: December 18, 2014, 09:58:17 PM »
No holes drilled but I added some dampening. Sounds good so far but the one amp I would use with it,the SMSL sApII,is all of a sudden not working right. It just starts clipping and then fizzles out. It's weird because it has been idle most of this year. The search begins for another amp.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2014, 06:15:21 PM »
I finally figured out how to safely open the Realistic LV10/Loss HV-1. I just need to get up the nerve to solder a new cable on to it.
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Re: Low budget nirvana
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2014, 09:58:47 AM »
"Strictly speaking as a gal all of the headphones lack functionality. I don't care to have my hair messed up or have anything on my ears. I have Koss headphones but I don't wear them on my head. I lay them next to me and can hear just fine."



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