RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig

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Posted by Bill Way (A) on May 28, 2014 at 12:53:43

In Reply to: RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig posted by Frihed89 on May 25, 2014 at 09:26:14:

I'll give a nod to the 650s and 701s as well.

The biggest improvement I made to my cans was incorporating a Corda Crossfilter into the Bottlehead Crack amp, which drives HD800s. It doesn't help with everything - in fact, on some recordings it's awful, but on others it is invaluable. The crossfilter sends a small, variable amount of signal from left to right with a tiny delay, and vice-versa. It reduces the hole-in-the-middle or ping-pong effect of headphones in a very natural way. The down side is it reduces the perceived dynamics slightly. The circuit is completely passive.

Meier Audio published the schematic for the crossfilter on the web. If you know the input impedance of your headphone amp and the output impedance of your preamp/source, you can simplify it as you won't need the two rotary switches and associated resistors that adjust for this - just install the individual resistors you need for your gear.

WW

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Topic - I want to update/improve my headphone rig - Mike K 08:51:56 05/19/14 (12)

Nice system. Just be sure to keep a fire extinguisher handy... - genungo 14:43:09 05/20/14 (5)

Not generally this model - Frihed89 09:49:23 05/23/14 (0)

Internal Pics of my old SDS - mulveling 08:57:57 05/21/14 (2)

RE: Internal Pics of my old SDS - Caucasian Blackplate 16:36:36 06/03/14 (0)

Pic of the outside - mulveling 09:14:40 05/21/14 (0)

RE: Nice system. Just be sure to keep a fire extinguisher handy... - mulveling 08:54:55 05/21/14 (0)

RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - geoffkait 18:07:00 05/19/14 (0)

RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - mulveling 11:59:11 05/19/14 (3)

RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - Frihed89 09:26:14 05/25/14 (1)

RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - Bill Way 12:53:43 05/28/14 (0)

The Singlepower is in fact a non-SLAM unit * - Mike K 17:40:50 05/19/14 (0)

RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - Capt. Z 10:42:39 05/19/14 (0)

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RE: I want to update/improve my headphone rig - Bill Way 12:53:43 05/28/14 (0)

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