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Hi, Just thought I would make a note here of your handling of my issues. I ordered a pair of HD6xx headphones and then earlier today recieved the package. I drive to go and get it, as I like in the UK I had to pay import tax and handling fees. These total £47.92. The breakdown being £35.92 in tax and £12 in fees. These taxes were calculated of the shipping label of the box, which marked the shipment as the 6xx headphones of $199 value. Before leaving the parcel depot, I open the box to find a $35 lord of the rings mousepad. So now the problem is not only do I not have the headphones, but you have marked the shipment wrong so I have paid £47.92 fees for the handling of the mousepad. Which would have acrued £0 of fees if marked correctly as it is under £135. I go back to the desk but as I have already paid the fees I am unable to reject the shipment, but as the box said 6xx, there was no way for me to know before opening it. I contact support and they offer me a replacement, which...
Jan 17, 2025
Computer --USB--> R2R DAC --RCA--> 789 --> headphones?
I've got the 58x FWIW so am wondering if this is a good combo
My LCX passes through to the CTH and my THX passes through to the LCX.
THX off, LCX sounds good. THX off, LCX on, CTH sounds good. THX on, LCX off, CTH sounds bad, but here's the weird thing, I'm noticing something in the THX sound when it's connected to a powered off LCX.
Now granted, the units on my desk are all mostly pre-production prototypes from various stages of development, but it definitely seems like my LCX is putting out something strange. I'll ask our team to investigate.
Also, I am getting a balanced DAC which I will be connecting to my LCX. Will the pass through out on the RCA connections still work, or will they only work with the SE inputs?
Another user commented the RCA passthrough on LCX will not work if connected to a balanced DAC by XLR. I guess you could also input the nonbalanced DAC to SE input on LCX to passthrough to CTH, and you could select your source DAC on LCX. That way both DACs are connected and you could switch between the two to compare on LCX, but only nonbalanced DAC will work on CTH.
If your balanced DAC has an unbalanced output, you may be able to connect that directly to the CTH (in addition to the LCX by XLR). I'm not sure if the Grace balanced DAC will do both at the same time for example.
Hope that helps.
A follow up question... If both LCX and CTH are connected by the pass through, then I can listen to both? If that is the case, does the audio quality suffer?
Interestingly, the CTH sound was still distorted when the LCX was off. Turning on the LCX fixes the sound in CTH. The problem persists if switching the connections. Unplugging the LCX from the DAC also fixes the problem. So this problem is not due to the passthrough connection. The LCX must be causing some interference in the SDAC through the RCA input when off.