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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #880 on: February 12, 2015, 08:10:50 AM »
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Why do most pyrates use Windows instead of Mac for USB source?
More to do with what people are used to. I like linux for music listening.
Although i have a Mac laying around as well, and somehow it doesn't cut it.
Some players on it even have pitch wrong. Like seriously wrong, maybe combined effect with my dac's driver, no idea..
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #881 on: February 12, 2015, 10:26:53 AM »
Quote from: eddypoon on February 11, 2015, 11:12:24 PM
I assume that is used specifically to achieve  a certain quality

I assume that there is a certain amount of nonsense around about computers as a music source (although it is not all nonsense). Mostly, all one wants the operating system to do is to keep its bloody hands off the music. Windows was not always good at that, and that is why the various 3rd-party acronimonious stuff.

It is very true that we use what we are used to. Whilst Apple is said to simply handle audio better, I have had my hands on an Apple device for a grand total of about an hour of my life. I just never happened to go there. And now... well... Unix, DOS, Windows, Linux, Android... I'm just too old an lazy to take on another new system even if it was demonstrably better.

I have given microsoft the boot. That leaves me with Linux on the desktop. I am making absolutely no claims that it is better, but I suspect that, most of the time, it is equally good. The rest of the time, it gives me audible problems with memory management that, according to everything I ever learned about Unix and Linux memory management should not happen. But they do, and it doesn't take an audiophile to hear them.

I doubt, by the way, that there is any such thing as a really-real-time "kernel." PC architecture is simply not real time.  Even the Linux "real-time" kernels, as far as I understand it, only prioritise the stuff (eg sound) that we want over other stuff (eg drawing mouse trails on the screen) that is really not important when lost in a symphony.

 
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #882 on: February 15, 2015, 10:38:10 PM »
Quote from: Thad E Ginathom on February 12, 2015, 10:26:53 AM
I doubt, by the way, that there is any such thing as a really-real-time "kernel." PC architecture is simply not real time.  Even the Linux "real-time" kernels, as far as I understand it, only prioritise the stuff (eg sound) that we want over other stuff (eg drawing mouse trails on the screen) that is really not important when lost in a symphony.
Thank you for your detailed response.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #883 on: February 19, 2015, 03:50:42 AM »
Im building a new gaming-PC, it will be my main audio source. Just wondering if there is any difference between windows 7 and 8.1, you know... sound wise. USB drivers etc.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #884 on: February 20, 2015, 04:41:33 PM »
Guys,

I tested lest week an LCD-X with my Eddie Curent 445 and I have been so amazed  :-00 that.... I just ordered one  :D (much better than my TH900 & ED5 ! )

now, I still have the Week-end to decide on the type of earpads:  leather or micro-suede.  Which one you recommend ?


(I really did not like confort (weight mainly) of the LCD-X, but...it sound sooooo good !)


thanks in advance for your advices.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #885 on: February 20, 2015, 08:02:04 PM »
Recommend the pads that you heard it with. This is because the pads will make the LCD-X sound slightly different. So if you use leather pads in your evaluation, safest bet is to use leather.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #886 on: February 21, 2015, 10:28:41 PM »
" Recommend the pads that you heard it with. This is because the pads will make the LCD-X sound slightly different. So if you use leather pads in your evaluation, safest bet is to use leather. "

I did not think about this, but... you may be right !  :)p15
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #887 on: February 22, 2015, 12:48:39 PM »
Just bought myself a lightly used DNA Sonett. I'm in the market for some new headphones. Apart from the HD800, which headphones match well with this amp?
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #888 on: February 24, 2015, 12:40:32 PM »
Quote from: bmichels on February 21, 2015, 10:28:41 PM
" Recommend the pads that you heard it with. This is because the pads will make the LCD-X sound slightly different. So if you use leather pads in your evaluation, safest bet is to use leather. "

I did not think about this, but... you may be right !  :)p15

I did no A/B Comparisons so I can't comment on the sound difference, but I had both and found microsuede to be more comfortable and less hot.

I also had 6 different audeze's at home and didn't keep any of them. Sold it every time after a few weeks because of comfort issues. But if you can manage it the sound will be worth it !!!
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #889 on: February 24, 2015, 03:47:19 PM »
Quote from: deniall83 on February 22, 2015, 12:48:39 PM
Just bought myself a lightly used DNA Sonett. I'm in the market for some new headphones. Apart from the HD800, which headphones match well with this amp?

HD600 is an excellent match with Donald's gear, but you might be looking for a different sound to complement the HD800's. Price?
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