thrice Posted January 24, 2008 Report Posted January 24, 2008 Hehehe you guys! Any poor guest on these forums would think that RSA kit makes your iPod sound like the ass of a rhino that lives off a diet of cabbage and beans. I couldn't resist
Dusty Chalk Posted January 24, 2008 Report Posted January 24, 2008 Smarties = YummyExactly. If you're going to be taking a placebo, at least go yummy.
xand1x Posted January 24, 2008 Report Posted January 24, 2008 But the important question is do they have synergy with tkam? Silly nate. Everything has synergy with tkam, according to PFKMan23
PFKMan23 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 Silly nate. Everything has synergy with tkam, according to PFKMan23 Lies. There are many things that don't have good synergy with tkam.
xand1x Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 Lies. There are many things that don't have good synergy with tkam. Your signature isn't very convincing
Iron_Dreamer Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 Has the supposed similarity between the Predator and Hornet amp sections that was mentioned some time ago been confirmed? I have a borrowed Hornet here to compare with the Pico, and I'm interested if that translates much to the Predator's amp section. The Pico is pretty clearly better sounding than the Hornet (though I think some complaints about the latter are a bit overblown).
mjb Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is... i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input. i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day) mjb
grawk Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is... i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input. i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day) mjb I might be able to give oyu a decent deal on a usb capable minidac, if it comes to that. Send me a pm.
n_maher Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 I might be able to give oyu a decent deal on a usb capable minidac, if it comes to that. Send me a pm. MOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOTMOT!!!! ;D :dance:
mjb Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 i picked up a predator about a week ago and am really enjoying it for what it is... i have yet to hear a pico, so my enjoyment of the predator is relative to no other portable 1-boxen to me, the amp section does not sound like a hornet nor an sr-71...not sure if i like it or not...it isn't bad though. there is some sort of synergy with the dac, since i think it sounds better from the dac than input. i have no use for portable gear (just something that will fit in a backpack for transport to work where i plug it in). i'm almost certain i'll go back to a da10 or minidac and sell the predator in the next week or so (mostly because i don't want to wait a month or two for a pico...but i am very eager to hear one some day) mjb i've decided that, to me, the predator's dac sounds pretty good, but the amp, not so much... even though it's within the 30 days, i was actually just going to sell it since i don't like returning stuff if it lives up to my expectations and i'm only moving on to something else...but i've concluded that overall, i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp...which in my book, falls quite short of expectations mjb
Fungi Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 i've concluded that overall, i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp... Oh wow, that's pretty terrible.
dc Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 i prefer my dell laptop headphone jack as an amp are you just being kind to the predator or is the dell headphone out that good?
krrm Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 The sound from my Dell laptop :mikey2: is certainly not good. How it will compare to a Predator, I don't have an opinion about. But the Pico is fantastic.
mjb Posted February 1, 2008 Report Posted February 1, 2008 are you just being kind to the predator or is the dell headphone out that good? the headphone jack (i.e. laptop's internal soundcard dac and amp hp out) on the laptop is crap (for a number of different reasons), but as an amplifier, it is far more "open" and "powerful" sounding (read: not necessarily louder)...the predator amp just makes everything sound more compressed, thin and slightly more distorted than even the laptop. that said, the predator dac is really not half bad, in fact when i run the hp out as a "line-out" to a different device, it sounds ok...sort of like any other $200 dac might sound...nothing special ) mjb
aerius Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 I just don't know what to say to this Clearly a non-Canadian who had his brain frozen into mush by our cold winters. Or maybe he was just born stupid.
Smeggy Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 That post was priceless Oh, aerius. Your boobies are awesome
Dusty Chalk Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 I just don't know what to say to thisUh, hasn't Justin been at this longer than Ray? I mean, just for starters... Shill?
n_maher Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Uh, hasn't Justin been at this longer than Ray? I mean, just for starters... Shill? Ray is old, therefore his designs must be superior.
Smeggy Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Ray is old, therefore his designs must be superior. It's well known we old fuckers are better at everything.
grawk Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 It's well known we old fuckers are better at everything. Especially nearly deaf old fuckers
Smeggy Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Especially nearly deaf old fuckers Whut?
aerius Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Anyone who listens to music as loud as Ray does would be mostly deaf by the time they're his age.
n_maher Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Anyone who listens to music as loud as Ray does would be mostly deaf by the time they're his age. I think it was more related to jet engines than music.
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