Dusty Chalk Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 What a strange fucking thing to happen... Semi-obscure 14 year old equipement that hardly sells at a premium as the subject of a scam? Why fuck with people over $145 You don't remember William Goody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclragnarok Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 What a strange fucking thing to happen... Semi-obscure 14 year old equipement that hardly sells at a premium as the subject of a scam? Why fuck with people over $145 More believable? I must say that I trusted the seller largely because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 You sent in money too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclragnarok Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 You sent in money too? No. I was thinking about it, but I decided not to after I realized that the DA-500 is too big for what I was gonna use if for. That's when I posted the link to the listing in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Well, hydro got the Denon and its been "lent" to me. The only other source I have to compare it to is the Accuphase but the denon holds up well. The highs could be improved and its not the most transparent dac in the world but overall I'm pretty happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Ok, so I've been listening to the denon for a while and it seems like theres a midrange suckout somewhere. Does anyone have a FR graph of the denon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I don't, but I find that surprising. I've been running mine for a while now and the fact that it's fairly balanced, to my ears at least, is why I like it so much. While it may not be amazing at anything, it's never had any real glaring faults, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I've just been casually listening and it seems to me that theres a chunk of sound missing in distorted guitar and in the upper part of male vocals. It might be just me being used to the Accuphase sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hYdrociTy Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 "lent" permanently. I don't want that pos in my audio chain it's like a demented dac system born in the wrong implementation. maybe it will get over it's insecurity and finally come out as a nos dac. then again you could just get a real philips chip. i guess all the wrongs add up to a giant glob of wrong that some find pleasing. If i could sum up the sound in one word without going into the negatives, it would be "concrete." maybe if the filby mods are done it might just sound ok. this fotm is totally unwarranted. the vinyl craze hitting everyone is something else though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostonetr Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 whew.. I read it wrong at first. Was like how did he find the d5000 enjoyable and compare it to an accuphase (not the same type o stuff)? Some of those mods look familiar [noparse][/noparse]. Really need to advance on selling some of my gear (dumping a certain pricey wood cup headphone) and get cash for those filburt (filbby does sound better, I praise yo great spelling skillz again hydro) mods. backup plan is to teleport PFK's parasound to my place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hYdrociTy Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 backup plan is to teleport PFK's parasound to my place. That's actually my main plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Karma for not buying Digital Link III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 permanently. I don't want that pos in my audio chain it's like a demented dac system born in the wrong implementation. maybe it will get over it's insecurity and finally come out as a nos dac. then again you could just get a real philips chip. i guess all the wrongs add up to a giant glob of wrong that some find pleasing. If i could sum up the sound in one word without going into the negatives, it would be "concrete." maybe if the filby mods are done it might just sound ok. this fotm is totally unwarranted. the vinyl craze hitting everyone is something else though your ears are broken. I think its def better then the lite dac and probably the AA DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 You guys expect a lot for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 heh, its very good for the price, I have to give it that. I'm just saying what I feel the faults are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 My new desktop headphone rig: Sounds great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yes please! PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Looking good, Jack! I bet it sounds sweet too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hYdrociTy Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 what a perfect senn setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diebenkorn Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yes please! PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight? Those are teeth marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hYdrociTy Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 'pressins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 PS: Has anyone ever told you you grip your mouse too tight? I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat. As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat. As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi. Maybe you should check out that almarro Charlie is selling to get some tube love into your speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I really enjoyed listening to the setup last night. I agree that the DA-500 doesn't do anything wrong to these ears, which adds up to a pleasurable listening experience across a range of genres. The midrange may not be the liquid cool goodness of the 840C, but I do not think it is sucked out. In fact, I couldn't help but be slightly reminded of the DL-103. Maybe this is just the subconscious part of my brain struggling to find a house sound between two items from the same company created half a century apart, but I swear I didn't consciously arrive at this comparison. I was listening to the vocals in the midrange, and started thinking "this sound reminds me of some other source I've heard," then the DL-103 came to mind. Neat. As for the Wheatfield, I hadn't really spent quality time with it since I eliminated my headphone rig a few months ago (it didn't get a lot of attention in the speaker room, because when I was in there I listened to, you guessed it, speakers), and I am definitely happy to come back to tubes. Tubes are so awesome. I often forget that it was a tube amp (PPX3 Slam) that first really made me a believer in hi-fi. Would you be interested in a Denon tube amp too? I have one for one millyun rubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Would you be interested in a Denon tube amp too? I have one for one millyun rubles. send paypal invoic pls. ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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