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Yes, that looks to be the same as headphones.com

Not so psyched about the BBB reviews of headphones.com

Pretty sure this is also a safety feature

The click is from the mute relay, which closes upon warm-up. I agree that it's annoyingly loud. I've always done as @dubharmonic suggests and plugged in headphones/iems after the relay has closed. Been doing this for years with no ill-effects.

Thanks for the advice! That's also what I've been doing. I didn't know if that's usual, and the occasional times when I forgot to do this, my ears weren't too happy

Hah! Miss you, buddy! Hope you're well.

The black blocks cosmic rays. Muons or something like that.

@tommytakis's junk prolly sounds bleached out and dry as shit.

WE111C. The ones in the balanced to single ended thread. I'd try them but wondering if it's worth the hassle

my estimation is the sound with the transformers will be slightly but surely preferable

@k4rstar you were right. I tried out a few things and Yggdrasil --Balanced--> Transformers --SE--> FreyaS sounds best. I can now alternate between passive for violin/single instruments and Nexus (usually at 1) for most other music. Thanks for the advice!

I really want to. I have a pair, but I need to get a tube tester first. Looking at the etracer. I'm driving the Tannoys with the 45's. Transformers are Hashimoto

really @k4rstar ? already a tube savant regarding dwarfed 2A3s sound compared to broken 2A3s vs. a broken EC amp?

@jexby lol, I have already owned more tube amps than you will ever hear. there is a lot more out there than EC =)

I don't recall seeing a direct comparison either. I think you will have to triangulate based on your first hand experience with 2 and the impressions of the 3. I sold a BW2 (to fund a Starlett) and the Asgard 3 is serving in its place now

Asgard 3 does a reasonable facsimile of the BW2, just less of everything except extension on both sides where it has more

The 940C are my favorite film caps that are non-audiophile priced. My preferred caps are the solen Teflon tin foil caps but they're pretty expensive.

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Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed: https://bit.ly/2NPxVLc

HA-FDX1. You get three nozzles, so three different sound flavors. My favorite IEM above the CA/Other IEM stuff that I heard.

Bought them and been listening to them for a few days. Thank you for the recommendation!

That is a dope setup. Really hard to beat especially for the $$

This should be the highly recommended system for all, newcomers and experienced alike. Inexpensive, available and a common point of reference for all.

Then onwards and upwards it is!

Right... I feared this response :)

Or not. Enjoy your new and improved MB v2 (get that if you haven't already)
And don't read my latest profile comment ;)

I always wondered about those dots, thanks.

Hah! HD800 does too. Too lazy to get the HD600 out of its box to check.

Would never have realised it is braille, rather than a random tactile symbol. Thank you for the enlightenment!

Just realized the HD 6XX has this too

Thanks for stopping by :-) It was fun listening. Hope the tube tester serves you well. Cheers!

metal remote for heavy metal genre, plastic remote for pop music.

Thanks! The idea came from some wall art while visiting the company's Tokyo office

I was planning on moving it once we have a real console there intead of a bench, but now I have more reason to move on it.

yes, you want the speakers isolated and on a different structure than the electronics, and TT since tiny vibrations coming up the TT base will compete with the tiny groove vibrations and muck things up.

For fun, I added my 211 amp to the mix: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xSgYuMr98ZE1so9v5

Not that exact model - but if there's a family resemblance to the SM5872 as implemented in my CD player, highs compared to Modi Multibit (maybe inappropriate) are hashy.

Yeah, I have a belt drive CEC CD player. I think it's best to connect it then to Gungnir Multibit.

Amazing

That's magnificent.

And brings back memories of trying to read stuff off the label at 78RPM.