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blargh4 t1_je338wp wrote

Reply to Cable differences. Is it all in my head? by TemporaryLlamaDrama

>louder=better

Almost certainly this. Even relatively small volume difference are going to confound any comparison you make.

Some IEMs may be somewhat sensitive to differences in cable impedance (and, probably more importantly, the amp's output impedance, which will double with the balanced output), but the Starfields shouldn't be.

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ku1185 t1_je2y1qy wrote

Reply to What music service do you guys use? by dpalma9

Mainly Amazon due to its catalog and price, though software isn't perfect and some of their tracks are off (e.g., OG Taylor Swift albums have a lot of tracks replaced with her newer ones).

I'd say Qobuz was the best in terms of sound quality, but catalog was lacking some foreign music I listen to.

Tidal had a decent catalog, but I was a little turned off by all of the different "versions" of albums they had. Supposedly different masters, some versions sometimes sounded better than others, sometimes I couldn't tell. Interesting though, if nothing else.

Spotify and Youtube are probably the most accessible with the best catalog and a good recommendation engine.

Never tried Apple music, but I am very curious about the classical music version they recently announced/released.

Oh, and buy/download what I can if it's not on one of these services, I guess.

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ArkhamKnight0708 t1_je2tcn6 wrote

Reply to Anyone know where to get hifiman sundara yokes? by NoobBrawler0211

You might be able to email Hifiman Support and ask for them.

Other options include buying the whole assembly or getting the cheaper comfort headband that they sell. It apparently has the right dimensions. Apparently Audeze headbands also work and I'll be testing that soon when I receive mine

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hatlad43 t1_je2qbr9 wrote

Reply to What music service do you guys use? by dpalma9

Usually youtube music to stream the album first, as I can avoid the ads with [that adblocker], if I like them I'll try to find the album on Bandcamp. I'm willing to purchase the copy if it meant the artist will get the share, but yt premium to avoid the ads.. yea no.

Though if there's no copy of the album on Bandcamp I have to stick with YT music in the end as they have such a large library.

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ElectronicVices t1_je2q3ht wrote

Reply to comment by ThatsPurttyGood101 in Anyone every try these cheap Chi-Fi headphone tube amps? More info in Comments by ThatsPurttyGood101

At least some of those in your pic appear to be OTC tube amps... (Output Transformer Coupled). These are still "true" tube amps but are not 'Output Transformer-Less' tube amps. Whether or not any of them are OTL/OTC/Hybrid can only be answered by cracking the case. Personally a cheap tube amp sounds like a good way to fry some cans to me. I would stick to Darkvoice/La Figueroa/Little Dot/Schiit/Bottlehead on the lower end of the cost spectrum. Woo, Rogue, Feliks Audio, Cayin and others on the higher end of that same spectrum.

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