Haha.
You may be an audiophile if….
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Just don’t try adjusting anything in the 2nd image
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Tune in Tokyo 
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You mean all by itself? You didn’t even invite it over? 
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yup! It’s these damn Chinese DACs trying to invade my privacy by showing up unannounced! I knew I should have stayed made-in-america with an Yggy…
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Just got these Tago Studio’s today. These are pretty sweet, supposedly for studio use but they manage to sound gentle and delicate!
***UPDATE: Wow, I’m enjoying these! I can recommend it to people that want a work/studio headphone that’s relaxed sounding. It’s unique in that it’s work sounding but not at the same time 
. It’s balanced, everything is laid out in front of you, yet it’s infused with natural and gentleness, almost encourages you to work more. It sorta sits in between work and leisure. A visual analogy would be like wearing Uniqlo to work LOL
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So, the Soekris dac2541 arrived today. Couple of points:
- SA-1 strugged with it for volume/power with my current config, so if I was already in the process of trying to sell it, I’ve pretty much doubled down on selling it.
- Gotta be careful with the volume knob on the DAC, but luckily there’s the clip indicator.
- Hooked up to the Jot2 it sounds like all the characteristics of the RNHP+BF2 (not /64) combo stepped up, but with additional treble energy (that I find slightly in excess) and consequently better perceived detail retrieval. I also have much better headroom.
I’ll let the combo simmer for a bit and add more opinions to the Soekris thread. If the brightness is tamed as my brain adjusts or I tinker with the filters enough, I might be in a real dilemma, lol.
*Should probably that when I use “dilemma” it’s more like having two similar stacks with slight variation. I do plan on upgrading to a higher end warmer amp (prob the Violectric V222 or something sub-5k used) to have a “smooth/warm stack”. The amp needs to be of similar dimensions, not VCR-sized.
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Can’t speak to the 2541 specifically but R2R tends to want a good long time to settle in on power up. From a day to as much as three days depending on the DAC.
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Unless they remove the feature on the new Soekris, I think you can fix the volume/line output level so you don’t have to worry about the volume pot.
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I… I think i got a little lucky.
I kind of went down the vintage HD600 rabbit hole as the more modern one i had left me split if i should keep that or the hd6xx.
I saw an ebay post and noticed the black vs white filter. Consorting with @Littledrummerboy I took the educated roll that this one was made a bit earlier on.
Thanks to @j.fopps as well for a bit of help and contrasting notes, and getting me a solid hd600 to begin with.
I think this is where i stop looking, cool the OCD, and stay slightly jealous of those with 1st revision grail vintages.
But this should be a decently earlier pair. It needs a TON of cleaning and it must have been well loved as the pads are basically down to the plastic.
Ill throw listening comparisons in the usual thread.
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That “brightness” is why I ended up going with a warmer amp with my soekris (v281). I ended up leaving a Bf2 on the Jot 2 for that reason. YMMV
Wait most importantly - Congratz!! I forgot to say that first…
And yes, you can fix the volume of the DAC - download the manual - its pretty easy to setup. Its been too long for me to attempt to tell you how, correctly.
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I know I know, not another allnic cable!
Fwiw, I decided to keep the demo cables I’ve tried (aes & pc). Liked them a lot.
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I decided to buy a e-reader since I’m getting back into reading books and i thought it would be fun and very useful to use one with manga since most of my manga reading is digital already.
I ended up going with a Onyx Boox Nova Air, should be here in a few days
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Those look stout and well insulated.
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Sweet! Looking forward to hearing how it is for you.
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Not a purchase I was expecting to make but the Soncoz QXD1 I was using for PC audio out started to die bit by bit so I needed a replacement. I wanted the option of a line in as well as full compatibility with Linux - so no software. Now that all my music plays via a separate sound chain its function is less all around and very specifically about decent enough sound reproduction and low latency.
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