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Jackson Nelson
>this is what your average hd600 owner looks like
Owen Ward
Thread reminder to never buy Schiit products.
>solder splatter
>caps on output
>Either they don't measure their DACs, don't care or don't know how to design a clean DAC.
>For me the biggest letdown with all of this is the major disservice Schiit and others are doing to the community. They are toting these frankly "shit" amps as power houses
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Ryder Evans
i need rca-rca cables should i buy pyst cables??
Benjamin Lewis
>PYST cables are made from only the finest 6-nines Unobtanium™ alloy, molecularly assembled in our Alternate Universe™ reality-distortion tesseract field , using a secret geometry reverse-engineered from crashed UFOs, painstakingly smuggled out of Area 51 by deep-cover operatives. Performance is further enhanced by the use of a QuantConnect™ quantum-entangled pair of transmission interfaces, held at absolute zero by our exclusive Stasis Field™ technology. The cables are then wrapped in NanoAeroCap™, a nanotechnology-enabled aerogel anti-capacitance insulation system, featuring Fractal Interleaved Geometry™ to create negative inductance for maximum audio transmission quality.
How can you even still hesitate ?
Christian Parker
Idol trash here.
What's your setup like, user?
Truth. Also, adorable black cats do love HD600 owners.
Obvious made up shit. Schiit is a highly reputable company.
If you need them to be that short, it's a nice, solid, good-looking option. They aren't even expensive or anything.
Jayden Rodriguez
i just want some cables that are on the shorter side
Logan Morgan
Sigh, forgot the pic.
Sure, why not? But remember to use 4SCHILL on checkout.
Samuel Martin
10/10 user
Brody Lewis
MOMMY MOMMY
GIVE SLICE
ME WANT PIZZA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Andrew Campbell
I bought those when I ordered my OL DAC, been working fine for me. jdslabs.com
Evan Turner
go for it, they'll sound fine and they don't look bad.
How're you today idol user - I ordered my magni 3 to pair with my fulla yesterday, excited to hear my 600's with more juice.
Grayson Stewart
monoprice.com
Even cheaper from Monoprice themselves.
Noah Collins
I'm unable to do laundry because the common washing machine been used by neighbours all day.
Fuck this shit etc. At least it's cheap. Well, "cheap"... for Dublin standards. Housing situation is crazy here.
>magni3
That's exciting indeed. Here I'm waiting for MSR7 to ship. Monday possibly, Tuesday for sure.
Owen Allen
Where the fuck can I get decent RCA/3.5mm cables that are 6 inches to 1.5ft in length? All of the trash on Amazon has incredibly poor ratings on Fakespot.
Asher Thomas
amazon basics.
Carter Thomas
Build your own.
Ethan Evans
Their minimum length is like 3ft, user. This is why I'm asking.
Parker Diaz
What's the best place to source all the raw materials and parts?
Angel Phillips
I want to lick her feet
Nathan Reed
Hey /hpg/, crossboarder here. I'm looking for a new gaming headset, and I am thinking about either the GSP 350 or 600. Does anybody know if the 600 is really $100 better than the 350? Are there any other multiplatform sets that are better than both of those within the same price range?
Carson Russell
>gaming headset
No. See wiki.installgentoo.com
Emphasis on: wiki.installgentoo.com
And: wiki.installgentoo.com
Angel Perez
there are many alternatives to the pyst cables
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Jose Sanchez
Sennheiser pc37x
Jacob Hall
Why though? The PYST are a fine choice.
Ryder Flores
hifime and emotiva cables are pretty good
here's the emotiva 8in cable
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Juan Wilson
They're overpriced and when things like exist
Jason Hernandez
I'm going to get headphones and mic for my desktop anyways. I just want a good pair for Xbone, which you can't do with separate headphone+mic (at least as far as I'm aware of).
Wyatt Reed
you vote with your wallet don't give money to a shit company
Justin Walker
most of the ones i posted are available in various lengths (0.5-1-2-3ft) while the pyst cables come only in one length
Matthew Fisher
Tell the truth.
Eli Perez
Guys, is JDS Labs selling any underwear by any chance? I need a pair of boxers (few in fact) and would like something that is liked around here. Can't find any on their website.
Please help. Thanks.
Eli Gutierrez
Why not Schiit underwear?
Schiit-proof and everything.
Isaiah White
I can't help but notice some treble distortion on my HD600, is this normal ?
Caleb Bennett
No. The HD600 treble is known to be very refined.
Perhaps your volume is too high and the treble is grating your ears/you're not used to HD600 yet?
Luke Moore
No.
Jackson Thompson
Hi Tyll from InnerFidelity here
Just here to remind you that the HiFiMAN HE400S is the best headphone in its price range.
David Davis
>tyll
Still strongly recommends HD600 and proudly displays it on its wall of fame.
Ryder Morgan
>This relatively inexpensive planar magnetic headphone punches way above its weight class. In fact, I found it to be modestly superior to the Sennheiser HD 600/650, delivering a more present mid-range and tighter bass
Benjamin Reed
Mouser.
>You will not post any of the following outside of Sup Forums: ...uncalled for catchphrases...
Jordan Reyes
I could kill you in 10 different ways with this headphone jack.
Nathan Martinez
Less neutral, less comfortable, less well-built, less durable.
But sure, they have more forward mid range and tighter bass.
Update us when tyll removes HD600 from the wall of fame (ie never).
Luis Nelson
Did you say less durable?
Adam Anderson
Yes, less durable.
>chifiman
>ever
Parker Bell
>quote from HD660 reviews where some reviewer says it won't break
>other user posts more snapped headband
>random user comes in with goldenears compensated measurements of the HD600
>samefagging user posts reddit guide
and the cycle goes on again
John Rodriguez
But Snapheiser is even worse.
Noah Cooper
Evan Cruz
>quote from HD660 reviews where some reviewer says it won't break
e.g. Tyll says that of HD600/650/660S in the 660S review.
Robert Mitchell
It is, despite random plebbit threads.
Also, fuck off to reddit, pleb.
Jackson Peterson
Ethan Ortiz
Aren't these the same threads, from the same reddit?
Justin Miller
Reddit is where they recommend Schiit over and over again because the name sounds like shit. Also, look above for objective reasons as to why Schiit is straight garbage.
Ryan Carter
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Jose Carter
The 800mA draw on USB2 guys? Unlikely story.
Jordan White
I know people who have had their HD600 for 10+ years. But it takes not being a burger brainlet and stretching your headphones like an idiot and then getting surprised when they break.
Plastic, in general, doesn't break randomly.
Brandon Miller
God I wanna nut to her feet.
Juan Anderson
Chifiman headphones are good DIY projects
Jacob Peterson
Sounds like any headphone really. Most headphones will easily last 10 years if you actually attempt at being somewhat careful with them.
Joshua Davis
Last week I bought a new DAC, It's an Audio-GD R2R 11. It sounds good but since two days ago suddenly I hear a single clicking noise everytime I play a video, song or launch a game. It's very minor but it annoys the fuck out of me, everything was good when I bought this thing and all of the sudden there's this. Sometimes I can even hear a click/distortion during a song which is really bad. I know for sure it has to do with my DAC because when I put other headphones in the DAC the clicking is still there, and when I plug headphones directly into my motherboard there are no clicks.
Things I've tried so far:
>tried all different sample rates
>reinstalled USB driver
>checked DPC latecy (1000 constant, no spikes)
>bought an optical cable and used that instead of the USB cable - this caused different but similar issues. It would still click when I start something up, but less frequently. The noise sounds different though, more annoying. It would also randomly disable my audio, I would have to turn my DAC off and on again and it would be back.
>BIOS update
>updated all my drivers
How the fuck do I fix this?
Aiden Young
>tfw not tidy or organized enough for /hpg/
Kevin Jenkins
Juan Reyes
Opinions on your amp?
Josiah Fisher
>I found that picking up the Fulla and rocking it side to side recreates the static
You're joking right? If not that anons retardation litetally shaking his fulla that's a defective unit.
Easton Foster
>highest interrupt to process latency
Some hardware is screwing you up big time. 4ms latency spikes.
Focus on figuring out which hardware it is.
As a start, do some enumeration, with some like speccy, and show us what you've got there.
Ayden Foster
I love it dearly
Landon Nguyen
Buy a USB to Coax adapter and connect it with a 75ohm coaxial cable. Had a similar problem with my DAC. Clicking from the USB and Optical thanks to shitty drivers. This fixed it.
Dominic Turner
Gustard make a very high quality USB audio interface called the u12 with a very high quality crystal oscillator. This means you aren't any more jitter prone using coax like you would be as opposed to using Asynchronus USB.
Gavin Carter
using asynchronous usb*
Ian Green
Not exactly. Some headphones have more elaborate construction that is more prone to damage. For example rubber elements in AKG headphones deteriorate over time, especially with use. HD600 construction is very simple, and unless you abuse the shit out of them, there is nothing to break. Incidentally, chinkfiman headphones are prefect example of overly complex (in terms of build) headphones that break easily with normal use.
>silver o2 in basic configuration
>black ol dac
This setup is so disgusting aesthetically, I could not use it even despite knowing it sounds great. Objective2 without rear rca inputs, rear power connection and 6,3 jack is into the trash it goes tier.
Jonathan Hill
not buying a bryston bha1 for that 20 year transferable warranty
Isaiah Butler
>sounds great
That it does
Connor Brown
Buy a fuckin' DAC that fully supports UAC2, mate. Check the XMOS whitepaper about UAC1 vs UAC2 interrupt timing and streaming latency and shit: epsglobal.com
Thomas Rivera
nope, same problem when i use an optical cable instead of the USB so it can't be that. it's something with my pc hardware.
Eli Sanchez
Return it.
David Cruz
lol you guys are fucking idiots
Tyler Martinez
I'm not the one who bought dubious R2R chinkshit.
Brayden Garcia
you do not understand the issue at hand here, the problem isn't the DAC. idiot.
Ethan Nguyen
Why are r2r dacs all the rage lately, they disappeared in the 90s in favor for delta sigma and for good reason. They are actually worse. I've never been able to tell a difference in my system.
Eli Ward
Yeah, the problem is the retard who bought the DAC.
Joseph Ross
It isnt the dac its the way its interfacing with your pc. I had the same issue.
USB to dac - clicks and pops
Optical to dac - clicks and pops
Xonar d2x s/pdif out to dac - no audible artifacts clicks pops.
Dylan Ross
you don't understand it
Tyler Martin
You're right i don't understand what it's like to be retarded.
Adrian Roberts
you don't understand audio equipment, retard
Jackson Reed
what's the difference between the xonar optical cable and the other optical cable?
Leo Myers
No I understand it that's why I don't own R2R niggertech
Alexander Mitchell
Thomas Anderson
you don't understand audio in general
Alexander Cruz
The difference between using the Xonars digital out as opposed to the PCs digital out is that you are using the internal clock of the soundcard instead of the internal clock of the motherboard (which hopefully is of higher quality) The signal itself is the same but if the motherboards clock has issues the receiver (the dac) has to deal with it and it manifests itself as jitter and depending how bad it is it can be audible during playback as clicks and other unwanted distortion. This is why Asynchronous USB is so popular because it uses the clock thats inbuilt in the DAC but in some cases driver issues can make USB a no go, so you have to deal with the additional jitter optical and coax are prone to due to poor implementations.
Ethan Jones
Understand these nuts
Samuel Martin
So I'm running my fostex t-50 rp off of a fiio Q1 that is slowly dying, would there be any noticeable sound difference from upgrading to a magni 3 or O2 if the volume is already more than loud enough for me?
There's so many conflicting opinions that it's really hard to tell truth from placebo, supposedly even if the volume is loud enough certain frequencies can be "Cut off" on a weaker amplifier, and the T-50rp is apparently relatively hard to drive. Is there any credence to this?
Parker Garcia
if you want to use optical or coaxial without any of these disadvantages buy a USB audio interface like a Gustard U12 as instead of using the internal clock of your motherboard for spdif/optical out you use the high quality one built into the u12
William Fisher
No. Don't listen to idiots, especially not ones who buy R2R DACs.
Cameron Johnson
to put it simply
Asynchronus USB Dac
you use the clock thats inbuilt in the dac which is usually good
Toslink/Coaxial digital audio
You use the clock inbuilt in the sending unit (this case being the motherboard) which is in most cases shit and is prone to jitter
Luke Ramirez
Seconding , people without headphones give best advice.
Brandon Reed
Post your headphones then.
Kayden Perez
huh that actually makes sense, i would rather fix the issue with my motherboards internal clock instead of buying something else though, i like the sound of the R2R and i don't want to replace it. also i find it weird that i didn't have the clicking issue at all the first week, i want that back.
you're new to audio
Logan Diaz
I bought counterfeit mee audio m9 pros on eBay (they were only $10 off MSRP). I've filed through PayPal and will win the case, but how do I hunt down and murder the guy who sold them to me? Thanks HPG
Jack Morgan
I don't have headphones, why would I post here if I had headphones?
Aiden Turner
Its a shit scenario, some dacs can deal with having a poorly timed signal sent from the motherboard some can't. It isnt something you can really fix unfortunately other than buying an external USB interface or another soundcard with digital out (this may not work) or another motherboard entirely with a better digital out implementation
Luke White
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