General Headphone Audio

[Things change I've changed]

I ordered my Crinear Reference.

CrinEar Reference

The World's Flattest In-Ear Monitor. CrinEar Reference hybrid IEM with HODWS dual woofers, Sonion & Knowles BAs, and durable CNC-machined aluminium shell.

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Temped to grab a pair myself, Resolve from Headphone Show seems to really like them and I tend to have similar preferences to him, I also trust Crinacles tuning, these should be a pretty good neutral sounding IEM.

 

[Aurhinius]

Thinking about it also... a lot to spend though and I wonder if the truthear pure might do the job close enough.

 

[Angst]

 

[Jenz]

FiiO Darkside Pro Low-noise regulated linear power supply

75W Toroidal TransformerSpecifically designed for low-noise audio, this toroidal transformer utilises a grain-oriented silicon steel circular core process for higher efficiency and minimised eddy currents. The seamless, fold-free coil design ensures a uniform magnetic field and minimal ma...

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@mrk we need a review

 

[mrk]

Not been sent one yet and I won't be buying it!

 

[Things change I've changed]

I've always thought someone needs to do this at a CanJam one day, bring some big hunk of an aluminon box with a large smooth volume dial but a basic dongle amp circuit inside and see what people think of it then do a reveal on YouTube after.

 

[Rroff]

I've always thought someone needs to do this at a CanJam one day, bring some big hunk of an aluminon box with a large smooth volume dial but a basic dongle amp circuit inside and see what people think of it then do a reveal on YouTube after.

I got a FiiO KA11 "free" with a headphone purchase when they were doing a deal - it is good, surprisingly for what it is, but it isn't that good. Also got some similar dongles "free" with the FF1s which don't have any identifying marks - possibly JA11s - which aren't terrible though pretty basic.

 

[Angst]

I've always thought someone needs to do this at a CanJam one day, bring some big hunk of an aluminon box with a large smooth volume dial but a basic dongle amp circuit inside and see what people think of it then do a reveal on YouTube after.

I agree, i think there are differences between something like that dongle and high end stuff but so long as it can power the headphones on test properly they are small and peoples biases and placebo are much larger factors. Just the feeling of using some high quality expensive hunk of metal i think would have a significant number of people commenting on how good it is.

 

[Timber]

...we need a review

With two compatible boxes I'm very much in the target audience for this. That said I'm so far down the building a new PC & selfhosting rabbit holes atm I've not had a chance to think about audio recently (which is probably a good thing).

I agree, i think there are differences between something like that dongle and high end stuff but so long as it can power the headphones on test properly they are small and peoples biases and placebo are much larger factors. Just the feeling of using some high quality expensive hunk of metal i think would have a significant number of people commenting on how good it is.

100% you would fool a lot of people. I suspect the argument back would be; not my normal headphone, show floor noise, out of the ordinary environment etc. But the reality is for a lot of people these dongles are probably good enough.

 

[mrk]

Music for a week and soon off to another trip for a week and coming back home firing up the set-up is going to be so good.