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RE: crossfeed

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In Reply to: RE: crossfeed posted by nsgarch on May 17, 2012 at 22:10:18

I use balanced drive and even though superior channel seperation can exacerbate the "ping pong effect" at times, I would not be without it. I also keep an external, defeatable crossfeed switchbox on hand for those times when a recording sounds too "ping pong". It's a good tool to have on hand. That said, the effects of crossfeed can seem subtle or even negligible with many recordings. A good tube headphone amp tends to make the soundstage explode. For the most part, this makes it easier to get lost in the music - and in the illusion of stereo space.
"He was one of those men who live in poverty so that their lines of questioning may continue." - John Steinbeck

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request for info (rfi) - nsgarch 06:50:05 05/18/12 (1)
genungo, regarding the 'defeatable crossfeed switchbox' you mentiioned: is this something you made? or bought? I'd like to find (or make) an upstream device that would add this function to any headphone amp (regardless of whether it's driving the headphones single ended or balanced.)

This is the one feature that, for me anyway, finally makes headphones just as viable as loudspeakers (for a primary listening device.)

Thanks
- RE: request for info - genungo 17:21:49 05/18/12 (0)
  Do a search on ebay for "sharpywarpy", who sells inline crossfeed units for portable Cmoy headphone amps. He uses good quality parts and does not charge much for his work. I asked him to make me a special version with RCA inputs and outputs, and a bypass switch so that I could turn the crossfeed on and off while listening. He did it for only $25 plus shipping. Mine is housed in an Altoids tin, but I'm sure he would make you a more substantial unit using even better parts if you requested it. My unit seems to be sonically transparent when it's in bypass mode so I don't worry about it degrading the signal in normal use.
  "He was one of those men who live in poverty so that their lines of questioning may continue." - John Steinbeck
  
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