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lm4der

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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1240 on: July 28, 2015, 09:10:01 PM »
Quote from: Griffon on July 28, 2015, 05:24:09 PM
TH900 is papa Bush, 600 is son Bush

That's a little harsh, they can't be that bad.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1241 on: July 28, 2015, 10:35:23 PM »
Quote from: lmader on July 28, 2015, 09:10:01 PM
That's a little harsh, they can't be that bad.


Just demonstrating the difference, you know.

TH900 more like Regan: looks good, can be good, fuck thing up in an artful way.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1242 on: July 28, 2015, 10:53:56 PM »
Anyone here heard the Pioneer SE-Master 1?

I guess I should just stick with the plan of getting HE-6 and save up for a crazy amplifier...
Whats the more affordable amps that drive the shit out of HE-6?
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1243 on: July 28, 2015, 11:23:42 PM »
Marantz 2285. Crazy synergy for a reasonable price. Beware though, these are difficult to get serviced in the event of breakage.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1244 on: July 28, 2015, 11:29:04 PM »
Oh its vintage...
What about newer stuff? :D
I was lookin at a SimAudio Moon 220i the other day, as I like Moon products, but im not sure...
Its a little cheaper then a Ragnarok, but obviously more power, as its a intregrated.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1245 on: July 28, 2015, 11:44:33 PM »
Quote from: Prydz on July 28, 2015, 08:43:57 PM
Yeah im kinda scared away from TH900 bcuz of their treble.

Treble's a very minor problem IMO, the midrange suckout is the only thing keeping me from praising these things to the heavens.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1246 on: July 29, 2015, 12:03:08 PM »
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« Last Edit: August 09, 2015, 06:52:59 AM by Multivac7 »
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1247 on: July 29, 2015, 12:18:47 PM »
hi Pirates!

I don't know if this is the right place for my question... I'll try anyway...

I'm hearing things in my portable setup that are "unnatural" and do sound like "defects".
But I lack vocabulary to be able to explain it. I think what I am hearing is clipping...

So I have two questions:
1. is it possible to have some knowledgable person put examples of audio "defects" (youtube vdo?) with the associated term to define it? Clipping, distortion, saturation... not in terms of measurement but in terms of listening with pieces of music?

2. with my rwak100-s, I hear with some files, what I think is clipping. I have been using it with O2/Arrow and Ie800. where could this defect be coming from? the source file? the player? don't think the iem can be the problem... How can I know if the source file is the culprit?

Please let me know if this is not the right place to post these questions....

cheers!
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1248 on: July 29, 2015, 12:42:34 PM »
Quote from: Multivac7 on July 29, 2015, 12:03:08 PM
I've chosen the Sennheiser HD 600 as my introduction but choosing a DAC/AMP is abit confusing and seems quiet hard to drive (spikes all the way to 550 ohms).
"Spikes all the way to 550 ohms"? What do you mean?

Quote from: Multivac7 on July 29, 2015, 12:03:08 PM
I've noticed that people seem to like to pair tube amps with the hd600 but they dont really appeal to me because they can introduce disortion and colour into the sound and seem inferior to solid state from a glance imo. But if u can change my mind I might be willing to consider them.
It really is safer to trust the advice of the veterans on this forum.
Btw, welcome to Changstar! You should introduce yourself on the New Members thread.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1249 on: July 29, 2015, 02:06:23 PM »
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« Last Edit: August 09, 2015, 06:52:04 AM by Multivac7 »
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