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Frankie D replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..I did not know there were 2 versions. Please let me know both ( though I usually like good tight bass, not lacking in bass ).
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Frankie D reacted to AudioDuck's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.I have to say the one-two punch of the Verité Closed and Atrium Closed is a wonderful combo. My plan to buy the Caldera Closed to...
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Frankie D reacted to Pharmaboy's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.I also abandoned closed backs for similar reasons (primarily, migraine; secondarily, tinnitus). That meant selling my Eikon, a sad day...
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Frankie D reacted to JerseyD's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Stopped listening to closed-backs when I realized that like IEMs, they aggravate my tinnitus. I do make an exception when I’m in an...
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Frankie D reacted to kumar402's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Tonality and timbre aside, well driven MDR-Z1R is among most open sounding closed back and yes, I have heard almost all closed back.
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Frankie D replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..I corrected my request to show MDR-R10. I did not update to add in pads for the ATH. We can discuss that point later. Tks.
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Frankie D reacted to goldwerger's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Frankie, Couple quick clarifications: Song MDR-R10 (not Z1R) Audio-Technica ATH-L5000 with ZMF Universe Lambskin Solid pads - see...
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Frankie D replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..Hi all. I was having a brief discussion with @goldwerger about top closed backs. I was sure the ZMF Atrium Closed would be his...
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Frankie D replied to the thread RAAL 1995 Immanis.Curious as to what amp was used?
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Frankie D replied to the thread The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome..I have used both with Traillii, not that I was actually comparing. I also left the Bliss in Low Z as was using HPs and like the sound...
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Frankie D reacted to kajetanjazz's post in the thread The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome. with Like.Mostly using Traillii, not sure if 2ohm is significant enough. Still 17ohm with high Z gives nice colouration. Tried just for a sec...
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Frankie D replied to the thread The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome..Please also try the XLR output using an XLR to 4.4mm adapter. I use one by DDHIFI from amazon.