Recent content by Jimbob54

Well reminded. Was on the back of that I had a look at the different streaming options. The same...

In my very limited testing most streaming services seem to carry the same version(s) of albums as each other. Im sure very easy to disprove and all I did was look at some very famous examples. My thinking is the record companies/ distributors just send them all swathes of the same files at the...

Not if it's a good amplifier. And the SA1 is a good amplifier.

No- this is where audiophilia and upgradaholics (second being my term) is wrong and partly why this site exists. If there was an actual audible change resulting from these gear swaps and upgrades then people might have a valid point (but why not use EQ to achieve a similar result with initial...

Ollo falls a fair bit short of target above 1khz https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ollo-s5x-headphone-review.46166/post-1646063 Edition XS has a fair bit of excess energy at 3kz which might bother some and the hifiman dip below that...

Which in no way answers my question. You seem hell bent on upgrading /changing /tinkering with the electronics part of your chain. Meaningful improvements in your audio will be found in EQing your headphones and treating your listening space and /or eqing your monitors.

Why do you think upsampling youtube and sending it through different digital connection types will yield better sound from your headphones/ monitors than playing the native sample rate of the file through USB to your RME?

Because other people gush over multibit DACs. Humans are funny like that.

What headphones that the RME cant power single ended ? I have a THX 789 amp strapped to my RME but only use it for the Hifiman 6 SE via balanced output that the RME is just a little underpowered for. Everything else I can play from the RME directly and most HP I play at below -10db on the RME-...

The new Oratory1990 one to Harman is very similar to my own but doesn't knock the 3k region down quite as much. I tune more to crinacle's 2020 target Oh and the Nova ain't small but it's well formed.

Suspect they envisage other standalone digital sources (Im thinking CD/TV) might want to be fed via the Wiim DAC into your amp but they would be SPDIF connections. Take your point but I doubt many would get this to then use as a USB DAC with a PC therefore they took the lower cost for vast...

I would seriously consider the Truthear Nova- less than $200 but once you leave the sub $50 market I think these might be the best value IEM I have tried IF you can EQ them. I wouldnt touch if you cant EQ and listen remotely loud as the 3khz area becomes uncomfortable.

If you are going PC-USB- SU6- Coax-RME how do you expect the settings in Madiface driver to have any impact on what the RME receives? Its not connected to the PC

Why the SA1 in the chain and not rme hp out to headphone, rme xlr to monitors?

Cant buy it either.