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What the shit? I connected an XLR to 1/4" adapter to my JH13s and connected it to the SE output on the amp, and voila, the noise is much much less. At first I thought it was gone totally but I turned up the gain to high and heard it again, then turned it down to low and I can just *barely* hear it. Since when is a single-ended connection less noisy than a balanced one? I'm even more confused now. And I'm pretty sure it's not the cable—I tried another one with a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter, same thing. Edit: Wait, I'm an idiot—the balanced out has twice the gain and so the noise is amplified, duh.

It's not entirely quiet above 30%, it's just that the buzzing sound goes away. I definitely hear some hiss above the 30% mark. This is not good, no? If I can get my hands on a multimeter, I'll ask for further instructions. Or I could ask the person who made the cable for me...

Hmmm. Ok, thanks for the information. Shit, I'm almost sorry how much I like the sound of my JH13s when dialed-in to a non-noisy position. Looks like we could be looking at a re-investment in other equipment as "modification." Fuck. Fuck!

I'm sorry to be such a rube, but I have no idea what to do with this information...

Something odd. Just got a balanced cable for my JH13s, and plugged them in. Now I know IEMs are pretty sensitive, etc. but I hear a little buzz and hiss at 0 volume that goes away around 10 o'clock. I'd think such a thing would just get louder and louder as I turned up the volume. This is on all three inputs, and whether set to low or high gain it goes away at the same point on the dial. So now I'm dialing down the volume on my PWD so I can listen at 10 o'clock and higher to avoid it. Can anyone explain why this is happening? I mean, apart from me not getting a GS-X? I know that's one possible explanation.

Talk to Anakin Skywalker.

^^ An actual LOL. For almost half a minute, I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

O, too, LOL'd.

Had two of those bacon cupcakes today. Came here to confess.

Celebrated my anniversary with the wife by going out to sushi in Canoga Park.

FTFY

Moi aussi.

I thought he did sell it. Didn't he?

Can't wait to see measurements. I mean for a fucking suit to match.

Flavor of the month at one of my local cupcake places: That shit blows you. Away.

Is that Hopstretch?!

I'm trying, with some difficulty, to NOT GO BACK AND WATCH IT. And now my back is itching. Shit.

Shit even at full price that's quite a deal tho. Are they shielded? They might be good for a desktop setup (haven't checked the dimensions tho).

"More real than real." That's their motto.

If I were gonna try it, I'd prolly go with the siphon referenced in that Intelligentsia guide I linked, not because Intelligentsia is the fucking Oracle, but because it's a lot cheaper than others I've seen, and it'll probably give you a good taste of what it's like...

I never had one myself before recently.

Two-year old daughter had a fever this week over a couple of nights. Unpleasant. Woke up this morning and mom saw a tiny white area on her tongue that wasn't there before. Mom's reaction: OMG STREP. Me: it's nothing. She goes to work, and because I'm working at home today, I took her to the doctor this afternoon. Parking lot's a bitch, no spaces, everybody's crammed in like a motherfucker. At least the child was happy. Waited 30 minutes. Doctor's assessment: she bit her tongue, and it's healing. Sarcastically: "Wait, doc, it's not STREP OMG!?!?" "Um, no. Have a nice day!"

Necroing for advice...paddles charged...CLEAR! Just bought one of these a few months ago, but now suddenly I have downgrade fever—something I never knew existed. I'm using it on my work system—I think it's both overkill and underutilized. It sounds great, but I'm using my MacBook Air with Amarra/Pure Music/whateverthefuck as a source and serving it out via USB to the thing. I tried the network bridge and it definitely sounds better using that, but I prefer using my MacBook to play music. In any case, not using the bridge is me not taking full advantage of its capability...and I'm also tired of tweaking with firmware revisions and all that. If I sell, I could partially fund a new headphone amp (the GS-X) and an NAD M51 or Oppo 105. Is this a Bad Idea?

Re: Bot Fly I literally stopped 17 seconds in, saying to myself: "You won't be able to unsee this if you continue." So I didn't.