Recent content by Barnaby

No, I don't find them to be bassy on the whole, and I'm only talking about some music which is from Apple Music, via my Mac mini and into my Hegel. On the whole not. But then my impressions are still forming and I've also found that I had the EQ on in my mac so I edited my post a bit to reflect...

Well these Grados arrived a little while ago and I've been playing with them. It is early days of course but first impressions are that I like them quite a lot. They are a lot warmer sounding than I thought they would be and I almost feel like I was hoping for a bit more sparkle from them...

I have heard so many people say that about Grados, but I've never tried them before. I have ordered them. As I say they were cheap ( £150 opened box ) so as you say, worth a punt in my view. I just thought it might be interesting to have a different take on the music. TBH I have got such huge...

“I'd be interested to hear your thoughts once you've had a listen, maybe your ears are better than mine” Hah! I very much doubt that. Mine are 70 years old and plagued with tinnitus and hearing loss. Good point about the connection cost. It will be after Christmas before I order the cable now...

For some reason I didn’t get notification and on my phone I missed the news posts including yours @DougK1 so apologies for not acknowledging your link. I did come across this site here which seems do the same thing and in either case for about £40 it’s worth a go I’d say.

All righty. Here's an update from me. I have mulled several options over and listened to a couple of DACs. I tried the FiiO and when I compared it to the Topping I preferred the latter, however, as there is a newer Topping DX5 II out which has PEQ I have returned both and ordered that one. It...

Quick update for anyone interested. I have bought a Fiio K13 R2R which has a PEQ and so far I've found it to be very useful, not because of any deficiencies of equipment etc but just because productions and styles of music differ. All good stuff IMO

Thankfor that Doug. I’m not minded to chuck my money at one though as the Sennheiser ones aren’t that cheap and so you buy a cheap one and nothing happens and then you get told it’s the cables and then you buy a more expensive one and then.., SoI’ll just leave it 😆

Yes I have the HD 650 which have the removable cable fitting into both sides so should be capable. I haven't heard much in the way of noise with these so maybe not much point.

Will do 😉

Thanks for clarifying all this. Apologies for not noticing the tc thread already going. This all started because I’m looking got a xx way to EQ my Apple Music in iOS and failing outside the presets. The reason I’m looking is due to age related high frequency hearing loss which I doubt any amp...

Yes, I currently have the Topping and I honestly don't usually like to do it, but I'm wondering about trying the Fiio and if I prefer it returning the Topping. It's a bit naff thing to do but OTOH it is now really hard to find items to try on the High St and online retailers are reaping the...

Hello again fellow listeners, I have recently bought a Topping D3X Pro + DAC/Amp and am likely to keep it, however, I did notice that the Fiio K11 R2R that was also on my list sports a "4.4mm balanced out" If I was swayed into returning the Topping and getting the Fiio, I am wondering what to...

I'm coming to believe this trend to remove treble and bass and balance buttons a few years back was simply a con to make the hifi industry a huge amount of money. I haven't compared these but all of this talk of particular amps sounding warm or clinical etc surely could have been resolved by...

Thank you all for your help. My problem is that I didn't have the opportunity to test these DACs and I decided I'd go for the Topping in the end and I'm quite happy with the sound. I've spent too much of my Iife sweating over small decisions and I'm just going to enjoy the music as it is. I will...