erik_squires
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| Work Headphones Under $200, sealed, easy to drive Just my luck, HiFiMan 400i and 400s are under $200 right now, and open back. :( They are teasing me! Erik | |
| To active speaker or not.. this is the question Actives, especially studio monitors, are a great choice! But there is no right answer. At the end of the day you have to love the sound. | |
| BEST SHIELDED XLR CABLES Make your own from solid silver conductors. :) https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-66070.html | |
| Tekton DI Monitors stfoth - Possibly. The reflections on the floor and ceiling from them will be complicated. I would definitely attempt a lot of absorption on the floor all around these. Between them as well as between them and you. Best,Erik | |
| Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ or Schiit Yggdrasil? The Schiit and Mytek are very very close in tone and resolution of low level detail. | |
| Work Headphones Under $200, sealed, easy to drive The B&W are definitely out of my price range. I should have made it clear also I'm looking for over the ear solutions, my bad. What about the Sennheiser Momentum series? | |
| Path Audio Resistors - Capacitance ? It is a high pass filter and Faraday shield. Read up on either. :) | |
| Tekton DI Monitors Yes, I get that D’Appolito array is different, but as far as the woofer to woofer spacing and lobing, along with the integration to the drivers, they are the same problems. The reason D’Appolito now prefers 4th order filters is exactly why they DI... | |
| Path Audio Resistors - Capacitance ? Hi @jhrlrd -You are right, but what you don't realize is that you are essentially describing both a faraday shield AND a capacitor. :) What is a capacitor but two conductors separated by insulators? The copper shield adds capacitance. Same thing h... | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe Ayre are slightly dark, extremely open. An incredibly black background for instruments to play on. Pass are .. their very own sound. Some call it refined. I call it trendy.Best,Erik | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe I love Ayre, far far more than Pass. If you think the two of them are close, by all means get the cheaper one. Best,E | |
| Tekton DI Monitors Hi @steakster I don't want to beat a dead horse, but no. The issue is the distance between the two woofers. On the other hand, as the review and others have noted, in the exact sweet spot, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the performance of ... | |
| Work Headphones Under $200, sealed, easy to drive Just discovered Mitchell & Johnson via Parts Connexion's July sale. Comments? I really have never heard of them, and the GL2 is just above my price point, but I could stretch if worth it. | |
| Work Headphones Under $200, sealed, easy to drive Thanks Cedar! | |
| Mytek Dac going Ac to DC power. Mayor - See my post on 7/18 for parts. :) Best,Erik |