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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #40 on: November 22, 2014, 05:29:03 AM »
I am generally extremely forgiving on stuff - For example, I could simply listen to my pair of FAD Heaven II out of my iPod Shuffle and enjoy music immensely. I adore my V200, on my ex-Sennheiser HD650! Most of the time there is something for me to justify an item's existence (e.g., low price point so it's fine, unique sound someone may like it so it's fine....)... So I never quite had 5 items making it to my top 5 worst list.

However, there was one product impressionable enough which did made it to my  poo list. And it's the ODAC+amp.
Grainy, digital glare, harsh. Mediocre sounding in all aspects. Not small enough to be portable, not big enough to be powerful.

Just gonna stop here as I have nothing good to say.  :P
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #41 on: November 22, 2014, 05:32:57 AM »
Was your ODAC experience really that bad?
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #42 on: November 22, 2014, 05:39:31 AM »
Hi marvey! Yes.  poo

On a gentler note - Could just be me, but I just didn't like it at all when paired with my ex-Sennheiser HD650. Tested a few affordable DACs I could get my hands on that one day I was freed to shop around (Fostex, ODAC, Centrance, some lower cost Govibe stuff.. etc). Was looking for something portable to bring along one of my business trips to Europe.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #43 on: November 22, 2014, 06:00:38 AM »
No no. That's fine. Carry on. My experiences with the ODAC varied dramatically from laptop to big PC. Totally believable.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #44 on: November 22, 2014, 06:05:21 AM »
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (Audeze Edition)-WTF is this crap?  Imagine a syrupy and smeared Leben being run through another broken Leben as a preamp.



Antelope Audio Rubicon-  'Con' being the operative word.  Think Benchmark DAC-1 but waaaaay more expensive ($25,000 Euros).  Only listenable via upsampling.  I'd say the price is worse than the sound.  The ODAC and Geek Out get you closer to the actual music on your recording.



Ultrasone velour pads (Pro 750)-If you ever wanted to know what earpads made of fiberglass insulation would feel like.



AKG K812-The most deafening treble I've ever heard in any headphone.  Not remotely close to HD800 technicalities even if it wasn't.  Listening below 30dB recommended.  Perhaps using 'Mute' would work too.



Magnepans+Bryston-The acoustic version of braille.  You're better off using your car stereo.

Already mentioned:

Mytek/Teac-distinction without a difference in treble
JHA 16/Roxanne-Bass!!/Why? WTH is this sound about?
Shure 1440/1840-Distortion monsters without peer
Oppo PM1 (original)-If live music sounds like this, then the orchestra is playing with AM/FM radios.
Leben-Can go from 15W-40 to 10W-30 if that's your thing.
Meridian Exploder-Hah!  How stupid do you think we are?
Denon D7100 (original)-Beats meets You've been Punk'd
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #45 on: November 22, 2014, 06:10:50 AM »
How are the K812 earpads though? They look real comfy! Any consolation? HA HA HA HA HA
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #46 on: November 22, 2014, 06:13:30 AM »
Quote from: M3NTAL on November 22, 2014, 06:10:50 AM
How are the K812 earpads though? They look real comfy! Any consolation? HA HA HA HA HA

I like the look and build.  Being half Austrian I've been looking for a good sounding AKG Made in Austria.  This thing was aural rape.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #47 on: November 22, 2014, 06:17:33 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on November 22, 2014, 06:05:21 AM
Red Wine Audio Isabellina (Audeze Edition)-WTF is this crap?  Imagine a syrupy and smeared Leben being run through another broken Leben as a preamp.

Antelope Audio Rubicon-  'Con' being the operative word.  Think Benchmark DAC-1 but waaaaay more expensive ($25,000 Euros).  Only listenable via upsampling.  I'd say the price is worse than the sound.  The ODAC and Geek Out get you closer to the actual music on your recording.

Not surprised by either in the slightest. Do not get RWA hype. I've never heard that Antelope, but I have heard one of the Zodiacs with and without the VOLTIKUS (seriously?) power supply. Massively overpriced for the very little that it delivers. Borefest sound with a sterile aftertaste.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #48 on: November 22, 2014, 06:56:38 AM »
Molex earbuds, shit buy for me :(
E06 broke it within a week, shitty amp
PS1000
Govibe line
Fitear 334, yes, obvious coherence problems and slowness makes it impossible to ignore for me.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #49 on: November 22, 2014, 07:56:19 AM »
My list:

1. My first HP - the Beats Solo..nuff said before
2. My second HP -- the Beats Pro...talk about boomy
3. My third HP - the Grado 325i---more than enough has been said about this. Pins and needles is a very apt description. Its had about 10 hours worth of use over 2 years
4. My first IEM - the RHA MA 600 (or 500)i --could never get comfortable with the fit..one of the reasons I quickly gave up on IEMs
5. The Burson Soloist -- Fell for the HF hype and got one...talk about a lazy amp...could never get into the music
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