Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI find myself guilty of deep-diving into headfi-territory audiophilia once in a while, this time it got to me as well and I started thinking how neat it'd be to finally do it and get some high-end replacement for my 250 ohm dt990 pro cans, and I've heard both the hifman arya and sennheiser hd800s and know they are quite a lot better.. but THEN comes the amp question... and the rabbithole deepens.. and then the DAC and in the…
This guy also built and open-sourced a universally admired headphone amplifier and DAC. His O2 amp: http://nwavguy.blogspot.bg/2011/07/o2-headphone-amp.html His O2 DAC: http://nwavguy.blogspot.bg/2012/04/odac-released.html JDS Labs and others sell them commercially for those who don't feel like building them by hand.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 365
- Total comments
- 167
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-18 | Headphone and Amp Impedance (2011) | pmoriarty | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-01-23 | Headphone and Amp Impedance (2011)First breakout | pmoriarty | 117 | 57 |
| 2020-11-07 | Amplifier Impedance Explained | spekcular | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-02-17 | Headphone and Amp Impedance (2011)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | Tomte | 243 | 110 |