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Not terrible postman panther Votes: 34 Fine happy panther Votes: Great golfing panther Votes: Total voters Last edited: Apr 16, Rottmannash Major Contributor Forum Donor. Looks like they bought the old stock of Amazon Alexa pucks lying around. A review on a Friday night? Isn’t this a night off usually? BTW, any thoughts on reviewing the Fostex t60rp? Pardon me if I’m out of line here. The list of supported music services through their app seems quite good Apple Music is missing as usual.
You can also have multi-room as per their website. Of course, I have no idea how well it works in practice. Joined Dec 6, Messages 1, Likes 1, It supports Tidal Connect. It integrates nicely with Alexa. It supports many more streaming services than Roon. Good enough for me. Tangband Major Contributor. View attachment As you can see the former factor is a “hockey puck.
It did not work so when I used my computer USB port. Initial setup is by connecting using Bluetooth and the available App. I connected using BT but the Android app would not see it. I had to shut off BT and turn it back on for it to recognize it. While this is disappointing, I have had similar issues with other streamers.
Once there, the app was reliable and gave me the option of configuring Toslink output for bit exact and its maximum sample rate which I appreciated. It also updated the device on first connection. As usual, Airplay itself becomes the bottleneck as we see with Toslink digital out: View attachment Not sure if Airplay forced the sample rate to change to 48 kHz or the device did it.
Using it with analog out we get: View attachment While we are beating the company spec, performance is lackluster as is typically the case in this category of product. Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance. Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins. Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run. I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo.
Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal. I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content. I hope the company looks at supporting Roon endpoint. Analog output of the unit is just OK. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC.
Click to expand Joined Jun 5, Messages 1, Likes 2, There are a lot more Roon boxes than AirPlay2 boxes. Toslink can be set to fixed in the app. Jim Active Member Forum Donor. So this is some kind of replacement for the chromecast audio? Jim said:. Because otherwise google searchers are left with something like this: Spoiler: themasterswitch: “Best music streamers of ” src.
Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Toslink looks great, especially with Wi-Fi. Other than that, eh. TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. Joined Feb 1, Messages 1, Likes 2, Seems fine to me, but one question just curious : is the device generally incompatible with USB-C charging, or is it only the higher power requirement that prevented it from working with your USB port?
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, If I picture the typical Roon user, on the hunt from a streamer, I see him on his computer googling “Best streamer under “.
When I picture the typical customer for this, mass market music listener looking for convenience and good sound, I picture him googling “Best streamer under “. One less zero. Not the same person at all. Tks Major Contributor. Joined Apr 1, Messages 3, Likes 5, This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads G.
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This is probably due to setting you put for upsampling. It is quite possible these audio files do not have the metadata tags that would have enabled them to be correctly catalogued and found easily. In this case, they appear with only a title that is their filename. In album view, files without metadata are grouped by folder, which are then displayed as albums.
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This is due to insufficient memory available for storing the audio buffers. Why don’t I have sound after I enabled upsampling?
You can connect your streaming account directly in the application. Android update is available here. Be careful if you have a 2. This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode. If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it.
Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar. Select Airplay in the selection menu that appears.
To prevent this from happening, exit other memory-hungry applications e. This is probably due to setting you put for upsampling. It is quite possible these audio files do not have the metadata tags that would have enabled them to be correctly catalogued and found easily. In this case, they appear with only a title that is their filename. In album view, files without metadata are grouped by folder, which are then displayed as albums.
You probably have a pre Mac. First make sure that your Mac and your network drive are connected to the same local network, with no router in between.
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For a very good clock, the price is fair. For a very good clock and a very good USB converter, the price is outstanding. The sound I am getting is much better – for me I get more clarity on brass instruments, more ‘edge’ on guitar strings – basically more clarity and detail, more realism in what was already a good set-up.
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It makes all of my sources sound great. Apple TV optical out sounded really good and free from jitter. High frequency response seems even more extended. You can easily identify room reflections in a studio recording and it’s easier to notice tiny reverberations in the room compared to before.
Noise floor is really pitch black as it can be. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC. Click to expand Joined Jun 5, Messages 1, Likes 2, There are a lot more Roon boxes than AirPlay2 boxes.
Toslink can be set to fixed in the app. Jim Active Member Forum Donor. So this is some kind of replacement for the chromecast audio? Jim said:. Because otherwise google searchers are left with something like this: Spoiler: themasterswitch: “Best music streamers of ” src. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Toslink looks great, especially with Wi-Fi. Other than that, eh.
TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. Joined Feb 1, Messages 1, Likes 2, Seems fine to me, but one question just curious : is the device generally incompatible with USB-C charging, or is it only the higher power requirement that prevented it from working with your USB port? PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, If I picture the typical Roon user, on the hunt from a streamer, I see him on his computer googling “Best streamer under “.
When I picture the typical customer for this, mass market music listener looking for convenience and good sound, I picture him googling “Best streamer under “. One less zero. Not the same person at all. Tks Major Contributor. Joined Apr 1, Messages 3, Likes 5, This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
You must log in or register to reply here. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor. SuicideSquid Active Member. Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess.
Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups. Ata Senior Member Forum Donor. Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ.
Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me. The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range. I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing. I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp?
Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth.
No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio.
Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes
The MCH-Streamer is a multi-channel asynchronous USB interface that supports a myriad of digital I/O formats including TOSLINK, ADAT, S/PDIF (coax), I2S, TDM, DSD and PDM data formats. Packaged on a tiny 40x62mm PCB, the MCHStreamer is a perfect fit for OEM/DIY integration or as a testing tool for your R&D team. In converter mode, the MCHStreamer is a . Audirvāna Origin is sold as a license (one time purchase) for US$ ,99 and ,99€ (sales tax included), and US$ 89,99 and 89,99€ (sales tax included) for Audirvāna customers i.e. owners of a license of a previous version of Audirvāna (1,2,3 or ), or 12 months subscribers to Audirvāna Studio (Access plan or 12 months of the Classic plan). The miniDSP SHD Series support a range of network streaming services, including Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz. Even so, many of us still have a collection of music files that we want to play through an SHD Series processor. In a networked computer music system, a network attached storage (NAS) may be used for music file storage. Jun 21, · Home Theater: AppleTV / Sony X / Audirvana -> Denon XH -> KEF LS50 Meta mains, KEF Q center and SVS SB Pro sub Home TV Room: AppleTV -> Sony STR-DN -> Wharfedale Diamond mains, Richter Thor IV sub.
Desire to learn and share knowledge of science required as is 20 years of participation in forums not all true. There are daily reviews of audio hardware and expert members to help answer your questions. Click here to have your audio equipment measured for free! JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. WiiM Mini Review Streamer. Thread starter amirm Start date Apr 16, Rate this streamer: 1. Poor headless panther Votes: 7 2. Not terrible postman panther Votes: 34 Fine happy panther Votes: Great golfing panther Votes: Total voters Last edited: Apr 16, Rottmannash Major Contributor Forum Donor.
Looks like they bought the old stock of Amazon Alexa pucks lying around. A review on a Friday night? Isn’t this a night off usually? BTW, any thoughts on reviewing the Fostex t60rp? Pardon me if I’m out of line here. The list of supported music services through their app seems quite good Apple Music is missing as usual.
You can also have multi-room as per their website. Of course, I have no idea how well it works in practice. Joined Dec 6, Messages 1, Likes 1, It supports Tidal Connect. It integrates nicely with Alexa. It supports many more streaming services than Roon. Good enough for me. Tangband Major Contributor. View attachment As you can see the former factor is a “hockey puck. It did not work so when I used my computer USB port.
Initial setup is by connecting using Bluetooth and the available App. I connected using BT but the Android app would not see it. I had to shut off BT and turn it back on for it to recognize it. While this is disappointing, I have had similar issues with other streamers.
Once there, the app was reliable and gave me the option of configuring Toslink output for bit exact and its maximum sample rate which I appreciated. It also updated the device on first connection.
As usual, Airplay itself becomes the bottleneck as we see with Toslink digital out: View attachment Not sure if Airplay forced the sample rate to change to 48 kHz or the device did it. Using it with analog out we get: View attachment While we are beating the company spec, performance is lackluster as is typically the case in this category of product. Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance. Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins.
Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run. I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo. Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal. I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content.
Android update is available here. Be careful if you have a 2. This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode. If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it.
Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar. Select Airplay in the selection menu that appears. To prevent this from happening, exit other memory-hungry applications e. This is probably due to setting you put for upsampling.
It is quite possible these audio files do not have the metadata tags that would have enabled them to be correctly catalogued and found easily. In this case, they appear with only a title that is their filename. In album view, files without metadata are grouped by folder, which are then displayed as albums. You probably have a pre Mac. First make sure that your Mac and your network drive are connected to the same local network, with no router in between.
Windows or MacOS then tries to find another available audio device. Since the 1. This can be configured in the audio Signal Processing section on the audio preferences page.
This gives access to the large number of EQ, room correction, headphone crossover filters available on the market including the one that are already in your Mac. Free Trial. First steps. Connect with your music. Set up your audio device. Minimum :. OS X Recommended :. Windows Ask the community. Visit the forum. The free-trial privilege is limited to one free trial per Account. What are the minimum system requirements?
Contextual help is displayed in the software, for each part you might eventually need help with. This replaces the user manual, that is why there is no pdf version of it.
Subscriptions and subcription management. How do I create my Account? You will still be able to use Studio until the end of the current subscription period. If you reactivate your subscription, you will be billed according to your subscription plan. I want to cancel my subscription, can I get a refund? Legacy Versions. How to fix the “Too Many Installations” Error?
Streaming Services. Where can I download the Remote application? If you are on Windows 10, make sure you have version 3. How to stop music completely? Technical Issues. Why can’t Safari, Chrome or any other application play sound during playback? Otherwise you can use a third party software like AirFoil for doing that.
I get one-second dropouts in the middle of a track. The main reason for this is memory swapping to disk, namely the audio buffer currently playing. This is due to insufficient memory available for storing the audio buffers. Why don’t I have sound after I enabled upsampling? In this details panel you can also add missing metadata.
I get some clicks about 3 to 4 times per second. The audible results are clicks. Why does my computer audio output switch to built-in output during playback? Is it possible to use an Audio unit or VST3 equalizer, filters, etc.?
Of course, I have no idea how well it works in practice. Joined Dec 6, Messages 1, Likes 1, It supports Tidal Connect. It integrates nicely with Alexa. It supports many more streaming services than Roon. Good enough for me. Tangband Major Contributor. View attachment As you can see the former factor is a “hockey puck. It did not work so when I used my computer USB port.
Initial setup is by connecting using Bluetooth and the available App. I connected using BT but the Android app would not see it. I had to shut off BT and turn it back on for it to recognize it. While this is disappointing, I have had similar issues with other streamers. Once there, the app was reliable and gave me the option of configuring Toslink output for bit exact and its maximum sample rate which I appreciated.
It also updated the device on first connection. As usual, Airplay itself becomes the bottleneck as we see with Toslink digital out: View attachment Not sure if Airplay forced the sample rate to change to 48 kHz or the device did it.
Using it with analog out we get: View attachment While we are beating the company spec, performance is lackluster as is typically the case in this category of product. Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance.
Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins. Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run.
I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo.
Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal. I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content. I hope the company looks at supporting Roon endpoint. Analog output of the unit is just OK. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC.
Click to expand Joined Jun 5, Messages 1, Likes 2, There are a lot more Roon boxes than AirPlay2 boxes. Toslink can be set to fixed in the app. Jim Active Member Forum Donor. So this is some kind of replacement for the chromecast audio?
Jim said:. Because otherwise google searchers are left with something like this: Spoiler: themasterswitch: “Best music streamers of ” src. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Toslink looks great, especially with Wi-Fi. Other than that, eh. TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. Joined Feb 1, Messages 1, Likes 2, Seems fine to me, but one question just curious : is the device generally incompatible with USB-C charging, or is it only the higher power requirement that prevented it from working with your USB port?
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, If I picture the typical Roon user, on the hunt from a streamer, I see him on his computer googling “Best streamer under “.
When I picture the typical customer for this, mass market music listener looking for convenience and good sound, I picture him googling “Best streamer under “. One less zero. Not the same person at all. Tks Major Contributor. Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products!
Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me. The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range. I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing. I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp?
Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio.
Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website. Difference could be variation in design or different coupler.
Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. Last edited: Jun 21, Joined Oct 4, Messages Likes Aperiodic said:. Isn’t limited dynamics more or less ‘part of the deal’ with most planar drivers, whether speaker or headphone? Especially ‘single ended’ planar magnetics where the magnetic field drops according to the inverse square law as the distance of the magnet to the driven surface increases as happens when you turn it up?
Thus the force being applied varies in a non-linear fashion relative to input volume. Not so with electrostatics, where the panel is acted on by stators on each side- as the force drops off on one side, it increases on the other. But ‘stats have similar mechanical constraints in excursion. Never owned a planar anything, but I’ve heard quite a few and I don’t remember dynamics being anything special in most of them. PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, Hope one gets reviewed at some point.
Totally different price range though, and not sure of the amplification needed. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Look at that low distortion! Too bad it’s a brick wall though, or should I say precipice at least with your setup. SuicideSquid said:. Maiky76 Senior Member. View attachment The headphone as tested came with the upgraded sheepskin pads.
I am told the company has moved away from the stock pad that is supplied with these anyway. Four small Velcros hold the pad which I found insufficient as it was easy to pull the pad off. The build feels somewhat plasticky and creeks a bit. Fit is very different than my Stax headphones and is tight around my ears.
Electrostatic headphones require special amplifier with high voltage bias feed. I went into my bin of Stax headphone amps I have and selected the SRM which is transistor based to avoid issues with aging tubes in my other ones.
The testing you see is the combination of these two working together. Note : The measurements you are about to see are made using a standardized Gras 45C. Headphone measurements by definition are approximate and variable so don’t be surprised if other measurements even if performed with the same fixtures as mine, differ in end results. Protocols vary such as headband pressure and averaging which I don’t do. As you will see, I confirm the approximate accuracy of the measurements using Equalization and listening tests.
Ultimately headphone measurements are less exact than speakers mostly in bass and above a few kilohertz so keep that in mind as you read these tests. If you think you have an exact idea of a headphone performance, you are likely wrong!
Fitment on the fixture was challenging with respect to bass. After much playing I think I got it close but likely you can do a hair better with more effort. Nectar Sound Hive Measurements As usual we start with our frequency response measurement: View attachment Very strange pattern of peaks which I am guessing are resonances caused in the panel. The peaks are well above our target so likely the sound will be bright especially when combined with flat bass response.
The combination of headphone and amplifier could not go above dBSPL. Anything above that produced horrid distortion that was off the charts. So there is a massive cliff here. Group delay is messy: View attachment No sensitivity or impedance measurements since I can’t probe the headphone by itself. Nectar Hive Listening Tests Out of box tonality is good but I quickly ran into some high frequency notes all of a sudden jumping out at me.
Particularly designed for the demands of high-end consumer audio, the device expands a new sonic universe with increased musicality, clarity, and precision. USB interfaces are the most commonly utilized devices for digital audio transmission in a computer-based music playback environment.
But the convenience and ease of use often times come at a price of lackluster audio quality to the critical ears of high-end consumer audio aficionados and of professional users. We have invested into our own research to uncover the underlying principles and the root of the problem with high-end audio via USB. In a nutshell, electromagnetic interference of any kind, but particularly those caused by audio computers and other IT devices, will induce noise and seriously disturb the audio transmission.
In addition, the USB interface is galvanically isolated from the other parts of the circuitry and employs its own ultra-low noise audio oscillators that once again are autonomous and isolated from the other processes. All of these features in combination with the subsequent re-clocking process, proprietary to MUTEC, leads to a significant acoustic improvement of connected digital audio devices that usually manifests itself in increased width of the sound stage, more precise imaging, and with a more musical representation of the recorded space and the instruments within it.
Stock consumer audio devices, laptops, and audio computers can now achieve a new level of sonic perfection that was previously reserved for equipment with much higher price tags. Audio streams received via USB will always be converted to five audio outputs allowing multiple devices to receive the same audio simultaneously.
Upon selecting one of the audio inputs, the signal will be converted into a USB audio stream to be sent to the computer. The re-clocking process takes care of delivering your audio at the utmost precision in both cases.
The desired clock rate for the digital outputs can be selected on the front panel with options between Since those are derived from the internal re-clocking process they have the same ultra-low jitter qualities as the basic clock signal embedded in the audio signals.
Furthermore, the clock outputs may be independently switched in pairs to scale to clock rates of up to FS1 x , coming out to It is widely known that a master clock improves the sound quality of digital audio devices such as CD players and music streamers or mixing desks and DAWs more or less. But carving out finest details in audio recordings to reproduce individual instruments as clearly and with the best spatial resolution as possible is best achieved with high-resolution re-clocking of the audio material.
Extreme oversampling of incoming data allows the audio to be recombined and merged with a newly generated ultra-low jitter clock signal at ultimate precision, enhancing the re-clocked audio with unparalleled richness of details, spatiality, and musicality. Source: LowBeats. Presuming an extremely high-grade external reference, it is possible to perfect the audiophile quality and precision of the audio clock beyond the already stellar internal re-clocking algorithms of the device. Our engineers have derived a reference clock rate for our DDS direct digital synthesis process through extensive lab testing, which reduces jitter and noise artifacts present in all other DDS algorithms to their absolute minimum.
The reduction of power supply noise has been taken to yet another level by employing the latest cutting-edge components. All of these measures combined yield an additional, clearly audible improvement in transparency, spatiality, and musicality of the re-clocked audio as our distinguished beta-testers can attest.
This helps to stabilize existing clock systems and improves the level of sound reproduction quality in the studio environment. Deutsch English. A new sonic Dimension for USB Audio USB interfaces are the most commonly utilized devices for digital audio transmission in a computer-based music playback environment. The new Authority for High-resolution Audio Re-Clocking It is widely known that a master clock improves the sound quality of digital audio devices such as CD players and music streamers or mixing desks and DAWs more or less.
Technical Data. Interfaces 1 x USB2. User Stories. Peter MacTaggart, Switzerland The result almost leaves me speechless. I have heard a lot, but I had never achieved such an airy sound image. The soundstage imaging is wider, deeper, even cleaner. There is absolute silence between transients. Any kind of noise and coarseness have disappeared.
The bass reaches down deeper. The music touches me much more deeply. I am very open to experimentation and have heard a lot of setups, but I don’t know anything that is quality wise above this combination.
Equally striking, and this speaks for the exceptionality, is that even recordings with errors regardless of genre no longer disturb the listening experience at all. An error in the recording is perceptible as such and remains a clearly detectable detail of the whole, but without changing it generally.
The sonic image remains absolutely intact and one simply takes note of the finger pointing at the fault. But without being distracted from the overall impression and being disturbed by it. This opens up the space even further, the sound becomes even more detailed and transparent than before. The music sounds less fibrous. Everything seems to be more in a flow. Edgar Kramer, www. Ruud Jonker, www. However, it is also clear that reducing jitter and blocking as much as possible interference signals that mix with the audio signal via digital connections contribute to higher sound quality.
Read the full review Dutch only. Robert Wagner, www. The stage is bigger both wider and deeper and the sound floods the room even more organically. It sounds incredibly natural and you dive deeper into the atmosphere.
It is somehow easier to follow the melody and at the same time voices are worked out even more differentiated. Read the full review German only. Now hearing instruments in the music mix that I did not know were there before and a very, very wide stereo sound stage. Michael Alder-Blumenthal, Germany After all essential functions and settings had opened up to me there was an extensive listening test.
It is a quantum leap in our audio chain with MBL omnidirectional radiators!!! By the way, the REF10 has already been ordered. Srajan Ebaen, 6moons. I wish it were different. Read the full review.
An inner voice telling you that this is exactly how things are supposed to sound? It’s like a locking in place. At the end of the day it’s not about sampling rates, bit depths, cable qualities or lengths, or the number of LEDs on the front panel. What counts is the music – the emotional experience and the capabilities of the listening chain to take a step back.
That translates into a huge compliment and a strong recommendation from my part. Let’s not fool ourselves: the future and even the present will be digital. It’s about time those bits get recomposed properly. And don’t trust those marketeers, trust your own ears! Jules Standen, www. It makes a great converter sound even better. Please note: gearslutz.
Chris C. The timing is much more precise and the rhythm section of the songs gets more punch. Also the spatiality and separation of the individual instruments increases in depth and width considerably. Listening to my music is simply pure fun now. Having a technical question, I got feedback in a short time with a detailed statement from Mr. Thanks much for everything! Although my set-up sounded very well already, the acoustic characteristics changed immediately to much more spatiality, voices and instruments now sound more sophisticated and the depth of the whole sound-stage has enlarged enormous.
I never thought that the changes in sound will be so considerably audible. That’s amazing! Thank you for sending the update. Much appreciated! The Yggdrasil had only gotten it half way there, but the MUTEC elevated it to the level which brought the performance and instruments into the listening room. The piano sounds like it is in my room as I write this and I thank you for an excellent piece of technology! I have never heard better music reproduction in my system over the 40 years in this hobby!
This tried and true description applies: “It’s like cleaning a dirty window I am blown away! As a whole the playback seemed more natural, more relaxed, and with increased depth and transparency. This verdict is true for all digital formats. Read the full user story. The device is a true Swiss army knife for the digital signal chain thanks to its versatility. The sonic improvements particularly when using the USB connection are astonishing.
This is a must try! At the moment, I mostly use it as a USB-to-AES interface for clients who like to bring their production laptop to the mastering session. What a great investment! They are immediately present as soon as the device has been inserted into the signal chain. This is a very well designed piece of equipment – well done!
Felix Klostermann, bonedo. The stereo imaging becomes cleaner and the bass response tightens up.
Nectar Hive Frequency Response. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor. SuicideSquid Active Member. Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess. Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups. Ata Senior Member Forum Donor.
Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ. Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me. The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range. I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing.
I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp?
Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth.
No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass.
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Be careful if you have a 2. This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode. If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it.
Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar. Good enough for me. Tangband Major Contributor. View attachment As you can see the former factor is a “hockey puck.
It did not work so when I used my computer USB port. Initial setup is by connecting using Bluetooth and the available App. I connected using BT but the Android app would not see it. I had to shut off BT and turn it back on for it to recognize it. While this is disappointing, I have had similar issues with other streamers. Once there, the app was reliable and gave me the option of configuring Toslink output for bit exact and its maximum sample rate which I appreciated.
It also updated the device on first connection. As usual, Airplay itself becomes the bottleneck as we see with Toslink digital out: View attachment Not sure if Airplay forced the sample rate to change to 48 kHz or the device did it. Using it with analog out we get: View attachment While we are beating the company spec, performance is lackluster as is typically the case in this category of product.
Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal. Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance.
Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins. Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run. I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo. Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal.
I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content. I hope the company looks at supporting Roon endpoint.
Analog output of the unit is just OK. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC.
Click to expand Source: LowBeats. Presuming an extremely high-grade external reference, it is possible to perfect the audiophile quality and precision of the audio clock beyond the already stellar internal re-clocking algorithms of the device.
Our engineers have derived a reference clock rate for our DDS direct digital synthesis process through extensive lab testing, which reduces jitter and noise artifacts present in all other DDS algorithms to their absolute minimum.
The reduction of power supply noise has been taken to yet another level by employing the latest cutting-edge components.
All of these measures combined yield an additional, clearly audible improvement in transparency, spatiality, and musicality of the re-clocked audio as our distinguished beta-testers can attest.
This helps to stabilize existing clock systems and improves the level of sound reproduction quality in the studio environment. Deutsch English. A new sonic Dimension for USB Audio USB interfaces are the most commonly utilized devices for digital audio transmission in a computer-based music playback environment.
The new Authority for High-resolution Audio Re-Clocking It is widely known that a master clock improves the sound quality of digital audio devices such as CD players and music streamers or mixing desks and DAWs more or less. Technical Data. Interfaces 1 x USB2. User Stories. Peter MacTaggart, Switzerland The result almost leaves me speechless. I have heard a lot, but I had never achieved such an airy sound image. The soundstage imaging is wider, deeper, even cleaner. There is absolute silence between transients.
Any kind of noise and coarseness have disappeared. The bass reaches down deeper. The music touches me much more deeply. I am very open to experimentation and have heard a lot of setups, but I don’t know anything that is quality wise above this combination.
Equally striking, and this speaks for the exceptionality, is that even recordings with errors regardless of genre no longer disturb the listening experience at all. An error in the recording is perceptible as such and remains a clearly detectable detail of the whole, but without changing it generally. The sonic image remains absolutely intact and one simply takes note of the finger pointing at the fault.
But without being distracted from the overall impression and being disturbed by it. This opens up the space even further, the sound becomes even more detailed and transparent than before. The music sounds less fibrous. Everything seems to be more in a flow. Edgar Kramer, www. Ruud Jonker, www. However, it is also clear that reducing jitter and blocking as much as possible interference signals that mix with the audio signal via digital connections contribute to higher sound quality.
Read the full review Dutch only. Robert Wagner, www. The stage is bigger both wider and deeper and the sound floods the room even more organically. It sounds incredibly natural and you dive deeper into the atmosphere. It is somehow easier to follow the melody and at the same time voices are worked out even more differentiated.
Read the full review German only. Now hearing instruments in the music mix that I did not know were there before and a very, very wide stereo sound stage. Michael Alder-Blumenthal, Germany After all essential functions and settings had opened up to me there was an extensive listening test. It is a quantum leap in our audio chain with MBL omnidirectional radiators!!!
By the way, the REF10 has already been ordered.
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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Nectar Hive Review Electrostatic Headphones. Thread starter amirm Start date Jun 20, Rate this headphone: 1. Poor headless panther Votes: 20 Not terrible postman panther Votes: 53 Fine happy panther Votes: 27 Great golfing panther Votes: 9 8.
Total voters This is a review and detailed measurements of the electrostatic Nectar Hive headphone. Nectar Hive Frequency Response. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor. SuicideSquid Active Member. Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess.
Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups. Ata Senior Member Forum Donor. Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ. Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me.
The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range. I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing.
I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp?
Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member.
Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio. Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website. Difference could be variation in design or different coupler. Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. Last edited: Jun 21, Joined Oct 4, Messages Likes Aperiodic said:.
Isn’t limited dynamics more or less ‘part of the deal’ with most planar drivers, whether speaker or headphone?
Especially ‘single ended’ planar magnetics where the magnetic field drops according to the inverse square law as the distance of the magnet to the driven surface increases as happens when you turn it up? Thus the force being applied varies in a non-linear fashion relative to input volume. Not so with electrostatics, where the panel is acted on by stators on each side- as the force drops off on one side, it increases on the other. But ‘stats have similar mechanical constraints in excursion. Never owned a planar anything, but I’ve heard quite a few and I don’t remember dynamics being anything special in most of them.
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, Hope one gets reviewed at some point. Totally different price range though, and not sure of the amplification needed. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Look at that low distortion!
Too bad it’s a brick wall though, or should I say precipice at least with your setup. SuicideSquid said:. Maiky76 Senior Member. View attachment The headphone as tested came with the upgraded sheepskin pads.
I am told the company has moved away from the stock pad that is supplied with these anyway. Four small Velcros hold the pad which I found insufficient as it was easy to pull the pad off. The build feels somewhat plasticky and creeks a bit. Fit is very different than my Stax headphones and is tight around my ears. Electrostatic headphones require special amplifier with high voltage bias feed. I went into my bin of Stax headphone amps I have and selected the SRM which is transistor based to avoid issues with aging tubes in my other ones.
The testing you see is the combination of these two working together. Note : The measurements you are about to see are made using a standardized Gras 45C. Headphone measurements by definition are approximate and variable so don’t be surprised if other measurements even if performed with the same fixtures as mine, differ in end results. Protocols vary such as headband pressure and averaging which I don’t do.
As you will see, I confirm the approximate accuracy of the measurements using Equalization and listening tests. Ultimately headphone measurements are less exact than speakers mostly in bass and above a few kilohertz so keep that in mind as you read these tests. If you think you have an exact idea of a headphone performance, you are likely wrong! Fitment on the fixture was challenging with respect to bass.
Rate this headphone: 1. Poor headless panther Votes: 20 Not terrible postman panther Votes: 53 Fine happy panther Votes: 27 Great golfing panther Votes: 9 8.
Total voters This is a review and detailed measurements of the electrostatic Nectar Hive headphone. Nectar Hive Frequency Response. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor. SuicideSquid Active Member. Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess. Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups.
Ata Senior Member Forum Donor. Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ. Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me. The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range.
I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing. I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp? Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone.
LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio. Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member.
Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website. Difference could be variation in design or different coupler. Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. In particular, you will get a 3-month free-trial advantage to discover our Integrated HD Streaming Partners. To subscribe to Studio you will need to create your account.
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This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode. If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it. Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar.
Select Airplay in the selection menu that appears. To prevent this from happening, exit other memory-hungry applications e. This is probably due to setting you put for upsampling.
It is quite possible these audio files do not have the metadata tags that would have enabled them to be correctly catalogued and found easily. In this case, they appear with only a title that is their filename. In album view, files without metadata are grouped by folder, which are then displayed as albums. You probably have a pre Mac. First make sure that your Mac and your network drive are connected to the same local network, with no router in between.
Windows or MacOS then tries to find another available audio device. Since the 1. This can be configured in the audio Signal Processing section on the audio preferences page. This gives access to the large number of EQ, room correction, headphone crossover filters available on the market including the one that are already in your Mac.
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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. WiiM Mini Review Streamer. Thread starter amirm Start date Apr 16, Rate this streamer: 1. Poor headless panther Votes: 7 2. Not terrible postman panther Votes: 34 Fine happy panther Votes: Great golfing panther Votes: Total voters Last edited: Apr 16, Rottmannash Major Contributor Forum Donor. Looks like they bought the old stock of Amazon Alexa pucks lying around.
A review on a Friday night? Isn’t this a night off usually? BTW, any thoughts on reviewing the Fostex t60rp? Pardon me if I’m out of line here. The list of supported music services through their app seems quite good Apple Music is missing as usual. You can also have multi-room as per their website. Of course, I have no idea how well it works in practice. Joined Dec 6, Messages 1, Likes 1, It supports Tidal Connect.
It integrates nicely with Alexa. It supports many more streaming services than Roon. Good enough for me. Tangband Major Contributor.
The miniDSP 2×4 in a box is a flexible pocket size DSP processor with 2 x analog IN, 4 x analog OUT. Combined with a plug-in software for programming, one can configure the on board Audio processing filters real time from a PC or Mac environment. Once the board configured, the device operates standalone and doesn’t require a computer anymore. The miniDSP SHD Series support a range of network streaming services, including Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz. Even so, many of us still have a collection of music files that we want to play through an SHD Series processor. In a networked computer music system, a network attached storage (NAS) may be used for music file storage. Jul 21, · @El Guapomade a couple of Atmos decoded 12ch mkv’s which I posted links to on JRivers forum. They do not play under Win, but work on Mac and Linux. Hendrik is aware of the problem, so it’s likely a LAV-decoder issue. Didn’t seem to put it on top of his list though.. Check these threads on Interact. Feel free to bump them to get Hendrik’s attention. Products Buy Support Forum Professional About Codec Central. dBpoweramp Music Converter two great programs in one. dBpoweramp offers a free no-obligation, fully functional trial for 21 days. Supports FLAC, mp3, m4a (Apple Lossless, AAC for iTunes & iPod), Windows Media Audio (wma), Wave and AIFF. The world-renowned 1G-Clock technology that we introduced with the popular MC-3+ Smart Clock by MUTEC has been setting new standards for the generation of nearly jitter-free clock signals. Our engineers have derived a reference clock rate for our DDS (direct digital synthesis) process through extensive lab testing, which reduces jitter and.
Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal. Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance. Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins.
Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run. I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo. Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal. I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content.
I hope the company looks at supporting Roon endpoint. Analog output of the unit is just OK. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC.
Click to expand Joined Jun 5, Messages 1, Likes 2, There are a lot more Roon boxes than AirPlay2 boxes. Toslink can be set to fixed in the app. Jim Active Member Forum Donor. So this is some kind of replacement for the chromecast audio? Jim said:. Because otherwise google searchers are left with something like this: Spoiler: themasterswitch: “Best music streamers of ” src. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Toslink looks great, especially with Wi-Fi.
Other than that, eh. TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. Joined Feb 1, Messages 1, Likes 2, Seems fine to me, but one question just curious : is the device generally incompatible with USB-C charging, or is it only the higher power requirement that prevented it from working with your USB port?
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, If I picture the typical Roon user, on the hunt from a streamer, I see him on his computer googling “Best streamer under “. When I picture the typical customer for this, mass market music listener looking for convenience and good sound, I picture him googling “Best streamer under “. One less zero. Not the same person at all.
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Top Bottom. Nectar Hive Review Electrostatic Headphones. Thread starter amirm Start date Jun 20, Rate this headphone: 1. Poor headless panther Votes: 20 Not terrible postman panther Votes: 53 Fine happy panther Votes: 27 Great golfing panther Votes: 9 8.
Total voters This is a review and detailed measurements of the electrostatic Nectar Hive headphone. Nectar Hive Frequency Response. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor. SuicideSquid Active Member.
Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess. Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups. Ata Senior Member Forum Donor. Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ.
Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me.
The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range. I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing. I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp?
Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones.
They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio. Oh well, on to the next good thing.
Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website. Difference could be variation in design or different coupler. Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. Last edited: Jun 21, Joined Oct 4, Messages Likes Aperiodic said:. Isn’t limited dynamics more or less ‘part of the deal’ with most planar drivers, whether speaker or headphone?
Especially ‘single ended’ planar magnetics where the magnetic field drops according to the inverse square law as the distance of the magnet to the driven surface increases as happens when you turn it up?
Thus the force being applied varies in a non-linear fashion relative to input volume. Not so with electrostatics, where the panel is acted on by stators on each side- as the force drops off on one side, it increases on the other. But ‘stats have similar mechanical constraints in excursion. Never owned a planar anything, but I’ve heard quite a few and I don’t remember dynamics being anything special in most of them.
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, Hope one gets reviewed at some point. Totally different price range though, and not sure of the amplification needed. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Look at that low distortion! Too bad it’s a brick wall though, or should I say precipice at least with your setup. SuicideSquid said:. Maiky76 Senior Member. View attachment The headphone as tested came with the upgraded sheepskin pads. I am told the company has moved away from the stock pad that is supplied with these anyway.
Four small Velcros hold the pad which I found insufficient as it was easy to pull the pad off.
– Они все… – Красно-бело-синие? – подсказал парень. Беккер кивнул, стараясь не смотреть на серебряную дужку в верхней губе парня. – Табу Иуда, – произнес тот как ни в чем не бывало.
Дэвид положил трубку. Она долго лежала без сна, ожидая его звонка. Но телефон молчал.
Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp? Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone. LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio.
Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website. Difference could be variation in design or different coupler. Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. Last edited: Jun 21, Joined Oct 4, Messages Likes Aperiodic said:. Isn’t limited dynamics more or less ‘part of the deal’ with most planar drivers, whether speaker or headphone?
Especially ‘single ended’ planar magnetics where the magnetic field drops according to the inverse square law as the distance of the magnet to the driven surface increases as happens when you turn it up?
Thus the force being applied varies in a non-linear fashion relative to input volume. Not so with electrostatics, where the panel is acted on by stators on each side- as the force drops off on one side, it increases on the other.
But ‘stats have similar mechanical constraints in excursion. Never owned a planar anything, but I’ve heard quite a few and I don’t remember dynamics being anything special in most of them.
PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, Hope one gets reviewed at some point. Totally different price range though, and not sure of the amplification needed. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Look at that low distortion! Too bad it’s a brick wall though, or should I say precipice at least with your setup. SuicideSquid said:. Maiky76 Senior Member. View attachment The headphone as tested came with the upgraded sheepskin pads.
I am told the company has moved away from the stock pad that is supplied with these anyway. Four small Velcros hold the pad which I found insufficient as it was easy to pull the pad off.
The build feels somewhat plasticky and creeks a bit. Fit is very different than my Stax headphones and is tight around my ears. Electrostatic headphones require special amplifier with high voltage bias feed. I went into my bin of Stax headphone amps I have and selected the SRM which is transistor based to avoid issues with aging tubes in my other ones. The testing you see is the combination of these two working together.
Note : The measurements you are about to see are made using a standardized Gras 45C. Headphone measurements by definition are approximate and variable so don’t be surprised if other measurements even if performed with the same fixtures as mine, differ in end results. Protocols vary such as headband pressure and averaging which I don’t do. As you will see, I confirm the approximate accuracy of the measurements using Equalization and listening tests.
Ultimately headphone measurements are less exact than speakers mostly in bass and above a few kilohertz so keep that in mind as you read these tests. If you think you have an exact idea of a headphone performance, you are likely wrong! Fitment on the fixture was challenging with respect to bass. After much playing I think I got it close but likely you can do a hair better with more effort.
Nectar Sound Hive Measurements As usual we start with our frequency response measurement: View attachment Very strange pattern of peaks which I am guessing are resonances caused in the panel. The peaks are well above our target so likely the sound will be bright especially when combined with flat bass response. The combination of headphone and amplifier could not go above dBSPL.
Anything above that produced horrid distortion that was off the charts. So there is a massive cliff here. Group delay is messy: View attachment No sensitivity or impedance measurements since I can’t probe the headphone by itself. Nectar Hive Listening Tests Out of box tonality is good but I quickly ran into some high frequency notes all of a sudden jumping out at me.
And overall impression being somewhat closed. I went ahead and programmed a bunch of filters to boost the bass and smooth out the repeating ringing: View attachment The sound was now much more open and triggered brightness was gone. Alas, as soon as I moved on from my female vocal tracks, the bass became extremely distorted with my first filter in place.
I played around with it and no filter would allow me to have the combination of good bass and no distortion. Distortion was so bad that I finally turned the filter off. Even without the filter, the ability to play loud is simply not there. Go past slight above average listening level and the sound starts to get dirty and congested. Keep turning up the volume and you now start to get mild static to go with that. Crank it up more and hell breaks loose at o’clock.
The new Authority for High-resolution Audio Re-Clocking It is widely known that a master clock improves the sound quality of digital audio devices such as CD players and music streamers or mixing desks and DAWs more or less. Technical Data. Interfaces 1 x USB2. User Stories. Peter MacTaggart, Switzerland The result almost leaves me speechless.
I have heard a lot, but I had never achieved such an airy sound image. The soundstage imaging is wider, deeper, even cleaner. There is absolute silence between transients.
Any kind of noise and coarseness have disappeared. The bass reaches down deeper. The music touches me much more deeply. I am very open to experimentation and have heard a lot of setups, but I don’t know anything that is quality wise above this combination. Equally striking, and this speaks for the exceptionality, is that even recordings with errors regardless of genre no longer disturb the listening experience at all. An error in the recording is perceptible as such and remains a clearly detectable detail of the whole, but without changing it generally.
The sonic image remains absolutely intact and one simply takes note of the finger pointing at the fault. But without being distracted from the overall impression and being disturbed by it.
This opens up the space even further, the sound becomes even more detailed and transparent than before. The music sounds less fibrous. Everything seems to be more in a flow. Edgar Kramer, www.
Ruud Jonker, www. However, it is also clear that reducing jitter and blocking as much as possible interference signals that mix with the audio signal via digital connections contribute to higher sound quality.
Read the full review Dutch only. Robert Wagner, www. The stage is bigger both wider and deeper and the sound floods the room even more organically. It sounds incredibly natural and you dive deeper into the atmosphere. It is somehow easier to follow the melody and at the same time voices are worked out even more differentiated.
Read the full review German only. Now hearing instruments in the music mix that I did not know were there before and a very, very wide stereo sound stage. Michael Alder-Blumenthal, Germany After all essential functions and settings had opened up to me there was an extensive listening test. It is a quantum leap in our audio chain with MBL omnidirectional radiators!!! By the way, the REF10 has already been ordered.
Srajan Ebaen, 6moons. I wish it were different. Read the full review. An inner voice telling you that this is exactly how things are supposed to sound? It’s like a locking in place. At the end of the day it’s not about sampling rates, bit depths, cable qualities or lengths, or the number of LEDs on the front panel.
What counts is the music – the emotional experience and the capabilities of the listening chain to take a step back. That translates into a huge compliment and a strong recommendation from my part.
Let’s not fool ourselves: the future and even the present will be digital. It’s about time those bits get recomposed properly. And don’t trust those marketeers, trust your own ears! Jules Standen, www. It makes a great converter sound even better.
Please note: gearslutz. Chris C. The timing is much more precise and the rhythm section of the songs gets more punch. Also the spatiality and separation of the individual instruments increases in depth and width considerably. Listening to my music is simply pure fun now. Having a technical question, I got feedback in a short time with a detailed statement from Mr.
Thanks much for everything! Although my set-up sounded very well already, the acoustic characteristics changed immediately to much more spatiality, voices and instruments now sound more sophisticated and the depth of the whole sound-stage has enlarged enormous. I never thought that the changes in sound will be so considerably audible. That’s amazing! Thank you for sending the update. Much appreciated! The Yggdrasil had only gotten it half way there, but the MUTEC elevated it to the level which brought the performance and instruments into the listening room.
The piano sounds like it is in my room as I write this and I thank you for an excellent piece of technology! I have never heard better music reproduction in my system over the 40 years in this hobby! This tried and true description applies: “It’s like cleaning a dirty window I am blown away! As a whole the playback seemed more natural, more relaxed, and with increased depth and transparency. This verdict is true for all digital formats. Read the full user story.
The device is a true Swiss army knife for the digital signal chain thanks to its versatility. The sonic improvements particularly when using the USB connection are astonishing. This is a must try! At the moment, I mostly use it as a USB-to-AES interface for clients who like to bring their production laptop to the mastering session. What a great investment! They are immediately present as soon as the device has been inserted into the signal chain.
This is a very well designed piece of equipment – well done! Felix Klostermann, bonedo. The stereo imaging becomes cleaner and the bass response tightens up. Furthermore, the re-clocking feature is capable of refreshing inferior digital signals and converting them to a range of formats. The entire music becomes more enjoyable and clearer. We’ve also determined that the musicality of individual music pieces we’ve listened to would be audibly heightened as a whole.
What a great device! Right out of the box it sounds fantastic. After listening to it for a few days, I do believe that it is superior to both the Berkeley Alpha USB, which some believe is the standard, and also to the Lampizator USB Transport, which I have been using for the past year.
You definitely have a winner here.
TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. Joined Feb 1, Messages 1, Likes 2, Seems fine to me, but one question just curious : is the device generally incompatible with USB-C charging, or is it only the higher power requirement that prevented it from working with your USB port? PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, If I picture the typical Roon user, on the hunt from a streamer, I see him on his computer googling “Best streamer under “.
When I picture the typical customer for this, mass market music listener looking for convenience and good sound, I picture him googling “Best streamer under “. One less zero. Not the same person at all. Tks Major Contributor. Joined Apr 1, Messages 3, Likes 5, This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
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The new Authority for High-resolution Audio Re-Clocking It is widely known that a master clock improves the sound quality of digital audio devices such as CD players and music streamers or mixing desks and DAWs more or less. Technical Data.
Interfaces 1 x USB2. User Stories. Peter MacTaggart, Switzerland The result almost leaves me speechless. I have heard a lot, but I had never achieved such an airy sound image. The soundstage imaging is wider, deeper, even cleaner. There is absolute silence between transients. Any kind of noise and coarseness have disappeared. The bass reaches down deeper.
The music touches me much more deeply. I am very open to experimentation and have heard a lot of setups, but I don’t know anything that is quality wise above this combination. Equally striking, and this speaks for the exceptionality, is that even recordings with errors regardless of genre no longer disturb the listening experience at all. An error in the recording is perceptible as such and remains a clearly detectable detail of the whole, but without changing it generally.
The sonic image remains absolutely intact and one simply takes note of the finger pointing at the fault. But without being distracted from the overall impression and being disturbed by it. This opens up the space even further, the sound becomes even more detailed and transparent than before. The music sounds less fibrous. Everything seems to be more in a flow. Edgar Kramer, www. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio.
Oh well, on to the next good thing. Aperiodic Active Member. Joined May 2, Messages Likes Curvature Member. Joined May 20, Messages 46 Likes Taking manufacturer’s FR from the website.
Difference could be variation in design or different coupler. Matches up fairly well to 1kHz, after which the ear sim comes into play. Last edited: Jun 21, Joined Oct 4, Messages Likes Aperiodic said:. Isn’t limited dynamics more or less ‘part of the deal’ with most planar drivers, whether speaker or headphone? Especially ‘single ended’ planar magnetics where the magnetic field drops according to the inverse square law as the distance of the magnet to the driven surface increases as happens when you turn it up?
Thus the force being applied varies in a non-linear fashion relative to input volume. Not so with electrostatics, where the panel is acted on by stators on each side- as the force drops off on one side, it increases on the other.
But ‘stats have similar mechanical constraints in excursion. Never owned a planar anything, but I’ve heard quite a few and I don’t remember dynamics being anything special in most of them. PeteL Major Contributor. Joined Jun 1, Messages 2, Likes 2, Hope one gets reviewed at some point.
Totally different price range though, and not sure of the amplification needed. Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Look at that low distortion! Too bad it’s a brick wall though, or should I say precipice at least with your setup. SuicideSquid said:. Maiky76 Senior Member. View attachment The headphone as tested came with the upgraded sheepskin pads. I am told the company has moved away from the stock pad that is supplied with these anyway. Four small Velcros hold the pad which I found insufficient as it was easy to pull the pad off.
The build feels somewhat plasticky and creeks a bit. Fit is very different than my Stax headphones and is tight around my ears.
Electrostatic headphones require special amplifier with high voltage bias feed.
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Great golfing panther Votes: 9 8. Total voters This is a review and detailed measurements of the electrostatic Nectar Hive headphone. Nectar Hive Frequency Response. Doodski Grand Contributor Forum Donor.
SuicideSquid Active Member. Joined Jan 20, Messages Likes I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen to headphones above 90dB, let alone dB, but still, what a mess.
Vraxoin New Member. Joined Jul 5, Messages 1 Likes 0. Just a retrofit? At least the closed back almost demanded application of some dampening material to the cups. Ata Senior Member Forum Donor. Great to see another well priced electrostat review, it is not too bad and somewhat correctable via EQ. Would have been great to be able to compare to the affordable end of Stax products! Ata said:. Click to expand It was kindly purchased used by a member and drop shipped to me. The unit Hard to rate this anything other than “poor” – so many better options out there in this price range.
I retract this post due to the manufacturer raising some interesting questions about the testing. I really appreciate the manufacturers engaging here in constructive manners. Last edited: Jun 22, Are we sure that the massive amount of “audible” distortion is caused by the headphone and not by the driving amp? Maybe a more powerful well one with more output voltage amplifier is needed for this headphone.
LTig said:. BTW, the major issue is the frequency response here which is anything but smooth. No we are not sure. I get a similar problem with my Stax headphones. They just don’t want to get loud, especially in bass. Garrincha Senior Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages Likes I had high hopes for these to be decent for price to performance ratio. Oh well, on to the next good thing. Subscription is the model that reconciles both objectives.
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This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode. If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it. Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar. Select Airplay in the selection menu that appears. Noise performance is not great either: View attachment There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink: View attachment This is the best you can do with bit dithered signal.
Using the same signal but now testing the analog output we get: View attachment So just a hair better than using Airplay. The internal DAC as expected, is a mass market product than high performance. Using the same for jitter we have: View attachment Noise floor is fairly high which can hide a lot of sins.
Since my analyzer can’t control streaming devices, these are all the tests I can reasonably run. I think we have a good picture though. Conclusions If you use the App and Toslink output, you basically have a transparent wireless link to your stereo.
Connect it to your favorite DAC and your performance will only be limited by the rest of your system. For me personally lack of Roon support is a big deal. I don’t want to use their App to play or stream content. I hope the company looks at supporting Roon endpoint. Analog output of the unit is just OK. That aside, it is great to see bit exact digital output in a budget streamer allowing you to improve its performance to any level you want using your own DAC.
Click to expand Joined Jun 5, Messages 1, Likes 2, There are a lot more Roon boxes than AirPlay2 boxes. Toslink can be set to fixed in the app. Jim Active Member Forum Donor. So this is some kind of replacement for the chromecast audio? Jim said:. Because otherwise google searchers are left with something like this: Spoiler: themasterswitch: “Best music streamers of ” src.
Joined Nov 3, Messages Likes Toslink looks great, especially with Wi-Fi. Other than that, eh. TomJ Active Member. There is however good news if you use the App and output over Toslink. As a whole the playback seemed more natural, more relaxed, and with increased depth and transparency.
This verdict is true for all digital formats. Read the full user story. The device is a true Swiss army knife for the digital signal chain thanks to its versatility. The sonic improvements particularly when using the USB connection are astonishing.
This is a must try! At the moment, I mostly use it as a USB-to-AES interface for clients who like to bring their production laptop to the mastering session. What a great investment! They are immediately present as soon as the device has been inserted into the signal chain. This is a very well designed piece of equipment – well done!
Felix Klostermann, bonedo. The stereo imaging becomes cleaner and the bass response tightens up. Furthermore, the re-clocking feature is capable of refreshing inferior digital signals and converting them to a range of formats. The entire music becomes more enjoyable and clearer.
We’ve also determined that the musicality of individual music pieces we’ve listened to would be audibly heightened as a whole. What a great device! Right out of the box it sounds fantastic. After listening to it for a few days, I do believe that it is superior to both the Berkeley Alpha USB, which some believe is the standard, and also to the Lampizator USB Transport, which I have been using for the past year. You definitely have a winner here. It has transformed my system to another level. The music is more involving and much more enjoyable.
At the time of writing this, I am listening to the music and I just can’t get the big smile off my face. Thanks again for your effort in making such a great product at an affordable price. The sonic palette becomes richer and more differentiated, transients are more precise, and the sound space gains definition and size. I also seem to have noticed an increase in dynamics.
I have now unlocked the full potential of my existing devices and feel ready for the future. Helge Stanjek, Germany To sum it up: the improvements in sound quality are more significant than I would have expected. Individual voices or instruments are more focused, intricate details are more audible. Critical recordings that have been mixed with a tendency towards harsh high frequencies e. Threshold: Hypothetical benefit the most from the improvements. Strings Tartini loose their last remnants of brittleness.
The biggest improvements could be heard in piano and cymbal section. Furthermore, the already solid sound stage of the Linkwitz LXstudio speakers became more structured and outlined. For a very good clock, the price is fair. For a very good clock and a very good USB converter, the price is outstanding. The sound I am getting is much better – for me I get more clarity on brass instruments, more ‘edge’ on guitar strings – basically more clarity and detail, more realism in what was already a good set-up.
I’m really pleased! I also feel that the bass response upright bass or similar instruments is cleaner and more precise. This is a great device! Lothar Wichards, Germany It arrived yesterday – a beauty in black.
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