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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    yes biggest difference for me with BCDs is imaging, huge images, great detail.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Haha, my friend I use an apple dongle on the go with my android phone. I work from my laptop (trader) so anywhere I use my laptop I use my Dac and amp. typically though thats at home or in a coffee shop, if i'm out and about i'm usually not listening as i'm doing something or if I'm at the gym...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Slowly but surely the cycle is completing, as the inadequacy of portable DAPs begins to become apparent with newer IEM releases, people are starting to dip their toes back into desktop and especially transportable setups. When I first got into this people were stacking Dacs/amps and sources in...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

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    Reply to review by 'Ike1985' on item 'Nightjar Sovereign Symphony IEM Cable'

    How does it pair with Jewel and what do you think is the cause for the jump in performance? In other words, looking at the construction it looks very unique, any ideas how they did it?
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Can u provie impressions of the 465? TY
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    I would be much more interested in Hugo2 + Mass kobo than any AK dap + Mass Kobo, try that combo. Mass Kobo is the only Amp that has interested me. I avoided 2go in favor of waiting for a new DAC, went with a DDC instead for now. Rob Watts says DDCs don't matter, he's probably right but I...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Yea I'm still waiting for the next chord portable DAC, to my ears theres a clear reduction in clarity/soundstage separation and layering when stepping into do it all DAPs from my Hugo2. Thats why I'm still with an ages old transportable setup (hugo2 + CDM sometimes). Wish they would put out a...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    @wazzupi Do you own the 465? What are those devices you are feeding it with?
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Amps are huge, night and day difference especially with power hungry sets. I think an amp done right can easily exceed the performance of a good DAC but the sort of amps that due that are very expensive in my experience. In other words, it's my take that you can feed a great amp with a decent...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    HAHA YES, this is why I like jewel, treble is a but subdued so at louder volumes it's not grating and that bass go boom. I jam bro.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    IDK who said it but yes Aroma Audio is a bad name lol so is awful, wheres the marketing team! = P
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Was me, they also scale so try different sources. I'm using Hugo2 + CDM(JOZ 5719 tubes, stupid good).
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    Fellow cigar enthusiast, very nice. I've had some amazing sticks this year, probably best value to performance ratio was the Avo Fogata in Toro; vanilla cream undertone throughout, lemongrass, coffee, orange zest, caramel, sweet cedar, white pepper. Bought 2 boxes, put away in tupperdors...
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