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| Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described Buying insurance does not mean that you will get a refund if there is damage. It only allows you to claim damage. Carriers require packing which withstands a drop of 3 - 6 ft onto concrete. How many packages can meet that standard? And don’t e... | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC Update - thanks to everyone who chimed in answers! I bought an RME ADI-2 DAC fs, which has a headphone amp with 2 outlets, one for IEM’s. I also bought the Sennheiser HD600’s. They sound great together. This gives me the option to listen late ... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system The RME ADI-2 has full DSP processing with Bass, Treble, Loudness, 5 Band Parametric EQ, and Crossfeed. Has anyone found this to be a good solution for improving their SQ? It comes with both a remote and an app to allow control all of its functi... | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute @jl1ny Thanks again for your thoughts! I don’t have remotes for the subs, but I could rig an extension cord to turn them on and off to make a more precise assessment of how to set the volume level. I know it’s hard to describe in words what SQ s... | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute @jl1ny Good comments. My 15in and 12in sealed subs are turned down now so I don’t notice them. When I put my ear near them, I hear some output. For music with lows like an organ I hear the sub bass. My speakers and subs are all powered, so I do... | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute @mclinnguy Ah…you’ve been testing for 30 years! | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute @mclinnguy Oh, I’m afraid of what I might find out! Just kidding…I don’t have Roon, but I’ll find a way to give it a try. | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute @mclinnguy Once my wife and I were listening to some music with piano in it. She is a professional musician. In one passage I heard some “taps” that were lower frequency. I asked her what instrument that was and she said those were piano high note... | |
| Made Major Upgrade at $0 Cost in 1 Minute Thx for the comments! Everything is helpful. Comments from this forum have gotten me to the place where I am now. I’ll keep working at it, as my next step is to experiment with REW. Then maybe I’ll try some kind of bass management or DSP. But... | |
| All-In-One (NAD C-658) vs NODE N130 with Separate DAC and Headphone Amp @toro3 Thx I am working through the thread you mentioned. DIRAC might be an upgrade for my system. @mahler123 I’d like to try DIRAC. Good to know it’s just for one spot. | |
| All-In-One (NAD C-658) vs NODE N130 with Separate DAC and Headphone Amp @audiotroy Good to hear…at least the C658 streamer isn’t worse than the Node! Do you have any idea how the DAC in a C658 compares to a SMSL M400? Do you know what kind of power supply is in the C658? I would look at the Evo when I get the funds... | |
| All-In-One (NAD C-658) vs NODE N130 with Separate DAC and Headphone Amp I don’t mind trying DIRAC. Some NAD C-658 owners report they like it and some don’t. Comments on the C-658 seem mixed. Is the streamer the same as the NODE? Is my SMSL M400 better than the DAC in it? I don’t know the answers. | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC Thx @soix I have a better understanding. I’ll give it more thought. Often when I want to use headphones it’s late and I’m tired. I don’t know if I would opt to switch connections. I can see how some people end up with a separate headphone sys... | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC Here’s my system. I have a NODE N130, but I’m bypassing the internal DAC. A USB cable connects the NODE to a SMSL M400 DAC. The M400 has 2 RCA outputs, these are connected to my 2 powered B&O speakers. The 2 balanced outputs on my M400 eac... | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC @soix Thx! I’m not sure about connectors. Would I use the balanced out from the DAC to the balanced in on the Singxer? Right now my powered subs are using the balanced out on my DAC. Could I instead plug them into the balanced out on the Singx... |