So a properly wired, good Quality Bal → SE Adapter would be fine? Got it.
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These are the adapters I use:
And these are recommended as well:
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ty for the Reccs :3
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I be like
(luckily I have nothing that uses that)
Edit: ha, ha just realised that’ll be what the massive adaptor that came with the Xenns UP is.
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The thing is that in balanced source you have independent ground (meaning “0”) signal for left and right channel and the active signal moving coils in driver is sent in accordance to that. Those ground signals may and would in real life be different for both L and R channel (let’s say L0 = +0.05V from the power supply GND and R0 = +0.08V).
If source “wants” active signal from L to be equal +1V from L0 it is in practice 1,05V from battery GND, but it does not matter as you have L- = L0 in your cable. If you short circuit the L- to GND you receive an offset signal strength by 0.05V. For R channel you have identical situation, but you add some extra imbalance as R0 was not equal to L0 therefore R side would be having higher signal amplitude than L.
Does it make sense?
TL:DR good adapter would not compensate for the imbalance in source itself so it is better to skip them in total 
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I’m very sick atm, and reading all these posts just made my brain explode 
Weekend, at last 
I was feeling bass. Grabbed my Meles and ran this:
I’m healed.
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Folks, if you can access Amazon UK… Stop whatever you’re doing and go buy the Final VR3000. Their discount coupon can make the set worth a mere £18 GBP. I have no affiliation with Final or Amazon, but holy shieeeeeeeet this set BLOWS. MY. MIND.
See my impressions here:
Purchase link here, and don’t forget to apply the £31 voucher:
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Done, bought
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Done x2 just for the tips 
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I really don’t need them, but you convinced me. Always wanted to try those Final E tips (that’s what they are btw… “Ear tips (Type E 5 Sizes)” VR3000 for Gaming | final)
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Final E500 are even more expensive than this set with this discount, £1 GBP more… Crazy.
The tips are amazing but I only have one set and sometimes I have to rotate. Guess a another set wont hurt. Maybe IEMs are even good 🤷 should be better than e1000 
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Bookmark this comment and come back when you’ve received and heard the VR3000. I’m not even joking.
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Do you mind a little more detail in the feedback? I still don’t want to buy after a huge reduction, based on the FR graph… any quick ways you’d sum up what rocks and also what is a weakness?
I know its goals/tuning are different to the A4000 but I was massively unimpressed by the A4000
Edit: thanks PoppinTeddy I can se you’ve been laboring on a reply — appreciated and I’m looking forward to it!
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I know. But it’s hard to tell what it will be like. Less bass… but probably balanced out by less upper mids and treble. I would never want even less bass than the A4000. At least to the eyes I’m not seeing a reason to jump on its graph.
The drop in treble seems abnormally late.
Clever use of the tool, thank you.
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