Recent content by N0BOX

Yeah, I couldn't remember what the low end claim was for the HD 650s. I thought at the time I wrote that that it was 5Hz, but it looks like it is 10Hz. Close enough, anyway, even if they aren't going to put out near the power at 10Hz that they do anywhere else in their frequency response curve.

If they had had that deal when I was looking, I would've ended up with the HD 600s instead of the HD 650s, regardless of the desire for a bit of extra warmth to in my music. :)

Interesting. The only set of AKG cans I've listened to cost more than $1200, and while they had a wider soundstage and much more detailed highs, plugged into the same music player they had a disappointingly weak low end. I don't have a clue what model they were. I chose the 650s over the 600s...

This is a hardware issue with the headset jack of the phone, but a software fix appears to be possible. It looks to me like a daemon (background program) that monitors the jack and tries to detect what type of plug has been inserted could be created. Detection should be possible, since an...

Yeah, and it's sad because at the moment this phone is one of the favorites in a thread labelled "Best smartphone for audiophile" on the Head-Fi forums. It looks like there are several new phones in the works that are going the way of the G3, G4, and V10 that are pairing a quality DAC with the...

Yeah, since my whole music collection is either in mp3s or iTunes AAC files, I subscribed to Tidal. It has a few annoying UI issues, but once you work your way around them it ends up being worth it. At least to me. I have found that it is natively compatible with the Hi-Fi DAC, and it can...

I bought my V10 basically because I wanted a music player and headphone amp in one device to use with my Sennheiser HD 650s. It is capable of driving them loud enough for my taste (though anyone who has damaged their hearing might need more volume). The HD 650 is one of the standards to which...

So, with a little it of testing and prototyping, I managed to put together a neat Headphones-to-Headset adapter that is compatible with most Android phones. I put another cable together basically the same way, but instead of leaving the black wire disconnected, I ran it and another wire from...

Unfortunately, that wouldn't solve the problem. What our problem is is that the headphones we are using cause the GND and MIC wires to be shorted together (this is normal, and a phone should be able to deal with this without any trouble) and that the headphone jack allows the plug to wiggle...

Success!! (as far as I can tell, anyway) I ordered some parts from Digi-key (an online electronics supplier): Tensility International Corp 10-00341 Switchcraft Inc. 35LJNS (There is also a gold-plated part, P/N 35LJNAUS, but it was almost $4.50 more) I would have posted the links to the actual...

That doesn't turn it off for me, unfortunately.

I've had everything even remotely related to "Ok Google" or "Google Now" turned off since I bought the phone, but it still pops up whenever my headphones are plugged in. Not only is there a hardware issue with the headphone jack, but there is a software issue whereby the Google voice search...

Yes, there already exist adapters to go from TRS to TRRS, but they connect the "RS" of the TRRS plug to the "S" of the TRS jack, and if the issue involves contacts of the TRRS jack of the phone losing contact with the "S" of the TRS or the "RS" of the TRRS plug, then the same issue will...

Me, also. I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 650s that I sometimes try to wear while taking the dog for a walk, and my phone will start/stop over and over and over again until I get mad and unplug it just to stop the annoyance (hitting "stop" in the music app doesn't do any good). The Google Voice...

Me, also. I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 650s that I sometimes try to wear while taking the dog for a walk, and my phone will start/stop over and over and over again until I get mad and unplug it just to stop the annoyance (hitting "stop" in the music app doesn't do any good). The Google Voice...