We all start somewhere, brother.
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IMOā¦ if someone asked me what to get to really just start enjoying good headphones, Iād probably say Get an Atom or Liquid Spark and pair it with a Khadas Tone Board. Done. You may very well have your end game with thatā¦ BUT then donāt get on forums and start reading peopleās impressions on higher-end stuff. lol. Delete your account and move on to other things in life. haha.
Once you move up to THX, then you are already entering āpointlessly expensiveā audiophile territory. Nobody really NEEDS 6 watts of power at 16 ohms. Not even close.
IMO, this hobby is just for funā¦ but and thereās a lot of money āwastedā for sureā¦
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Correct, thatās why you get a rnhp instead lol
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Not even. I love me the Atom/KTB or D10 stack.
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Lol I was joking obviously. To each their own. Definitely not āashamedā of owning a 100$ 120dB (or something like that) SINAD amp.
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ā¦and overpowered. 1 watt at 32ohms!!
My Fostex T50RPs disagree. 
Really? You canāt run those off an Atom??!?
You can, but more power is always appreciated lol
Itās more than enough. Half volume at high gain is loud. But itās on loud songs. Non-normalized songs would need more than that, and after 3/4 thereās noise.
So Iād say 1 watt is ok for everyone for T50RPs (even if you sometimes listen to āaudiophileā songs using half the audio volume āspaceā). But not āoverpoweredā. If low gain equals more or less 500mw, this wouldnāt be enough for T50RPs, lol.
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Just apply my rule and just say no the T50RPās I have a pair, but I really donāt like them.
I love mine lol.
Stock? Treble murder. Shure 840 pads mandatory. They become bass cannons.
Try just turning the foam. These becomeā¦ completely different after that.
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I donāt have an issue with the treble the issue to me is in the bass to midrange transition, thereās is some sort of obvious transition which I feel makes the whole headphone sound incoherent.
Obviously other people disagree.
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let me tell you one thingā¦ I thought about it in some āall is darkā hours 
since I have the RME ADI 2 ā¦ IĀ“m more listening to music and do less research on forums or youtube ā¦
not that I would have reached a endgame - donĀ“t believe in this for 99% of people and sure not for me never ever ā¦ever
for me itĀ“s more of a āegg or chickenā situation in the next months
with the RME ADI 2 fs (4493) + ifi xDSD + THX AAA 789(may drop came in september) and all my easy to drive headphonesā¦
I see no point, get me a RNHP which might sound āmore musicalā ā¦it would be a sidegrade and pull me back from earlier getting a real(SPL P Xe) upgrade so I just add a tube amp in the next months
when I get my SPL Phonitor XE at the end of 2020, I believe somehow I need a hard to drive headphone like the HEDDphone - just for example -(maybe in august this year) to justify the amp purchase - wonder now if the THX AAA 789 will drive it ok-ish or the SPL has to be bought first
the ifi xDSD is already so āmusicalā in my humble opinion, so the RNHP becomes obsolete(for me) - you canĀ“t get them all (without using send back policys like a cheap out asshole) and if you try it the nice way, you never reach your āhigherā goals. There will always be something tempting on the wayā¦
right after my RME ADI 2 purchase a few weeks ago, I read a review and the comparison with the Biftrost 2 ā¦ wow and it got me thinking - I confess. Again the DACs are different and one has the features I wanted the last 1.5 years and the other is maybe a touch nicer to listen to - so what(not very audiophile I know)
and it can be, I wake up one morning and get me the Bifrost 2 or the RNHP and tell you all: āwho is interested in my words from yesterdayā - which is more of a one to one translation of a german phraseā¦ hope this makes sense 
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Theyāre the easiest to mod. Just moving the foam makes an impressive, enormous difference. Might fix yours. 
The rumor about M0N being a Neve is confirmed.
Itās Michael 0. Neve, isnāt it?
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Ok, I have officially joined the gang here and sporting a nice red SPL Phonitor X, and yes I seriously bought it just because it was red, I like the red equipment, matches my mood, Iām a happy fucking guy 
Whatās the trick to getting a remote to mate up w/ it? Iām trying to follow the instructions but not getting it to work.
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I just hit the button on back (it should click) (Not a press a hold, just a simple press) and the volume knob should zero itself out. After that, just keep hitting volume down a few times, until the red light blinks, then hit volume up a few times until it blinks again. Should be good after that.
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How are you liking the Phonitor?