ButtUglyJeff

^^^ an SBAF exclusive

I don't really understand what attracts people to closed back planars aside from the old Fostex T's. Most planar diaphragms are dipole - lots of reflections that need eliminating compared to a more directional DD. For me, open planar (HE6) + closed dynamic (Eikon) is the complementary arrangement to beat. EDIT: got confused about "C", thinking this meant CLOSED and not CLASSIC like in the case of LCD-2C. whoops.

Well, there is the LCD-24. Supposedly the engineers want to make it but the higher ups are like naw dawg.

@Lyer25 Did you notice the Massdrop offering includes 2 sets of pads? "2 sets of ear pads: the stock pads used on the 99 Classics, plus an extra set with additional damping foam over the driver." Do either of those sound like the original ear pad offering?

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-meze-99-noir-closed-back-headphones?mode=shop_open&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=6127109657340&utm_term=6132428067140&utm_content=6132428066940&fe=delay_ftue%2Ccarousel%2Csu2&fbclid=IwAR0sQOYtSIvVpUk_PbJclSVPS9f3LlrJvOghPcIYON7puPNpNq7RbbqDnlk

Curious. Last I checked the original pads were just smaller in diameter— Meze made the pads larger to accommodate larger ears, but that's apparently what led to the boomier sound. Piling dampening over the driver might reduce bass on top of attenuating treble a bit. Haven't tried that yet and no spare material to play with now.

Ask Tyll

Who knows, might be their best avenue of product innovation in some time...as an Apple product user at work and home this makes me sad.

You know they're good when Beats is in the name twice. And also Pro. Oh, and POWER.

Unfff. Can I come over?

Its a 10 pounder, so plenty to share

Good call, doesn’t look like there’s an SE replacement coming anytime soon. SE fans are real! There are dozens of us! Dozens!

I'm very glad he's on the mend. Please take care of yourself!

Sorry to hear about your Dad mate :( I hope he continues to get better.

That's good news. May he continue to improve.

Please do!

@Lyer25 Transducers first.

Common sense and financial realities will always have to prevail. Grazie! Still curious to read impressions though, always a pleasure to get someone else's input on gear.

8 grand, baby.

I frequently use ZX300's wireless receiver function to cover my streaming needs. Not the most convenient since you gotta bring a phone and a DAP on the go, but it works great and sounds...not bad actually. Just my $0.2. Which Hiby DAP are you looking at?

I was looking at the Hiby R6, but I'm open to anything. They just seemed to be a successful Indiegogo company that is sticking around. Man, I'm so sick of having to read about shit instead of getting to listen to first. So jelly of the Tokyo/Hong Kong crowd...

Sorry if you've known about this already, but the Hiby R6 has the output impedance of 10 ohms I believe, so it may not pair well with some BA IEMs. Hiby R3 seems interesting though: <1-ohm OI, smaller size, at half a price of R6 but with less juice. Might interest you! Wish I had a chance to try both too, sound like neat little devices.

I think the junior is with feedback as standard and maybe other changes, Marv will know

@bengo maybe, its just odd that the Aficionado was originally called Studio Jr...

I get the feeling Craig really wished for a more neutral amp that's cheaper than the Studio. He has been pushing for the feedback version of the Af recently and this probably gives him the way to sell a more delineated amp line especially with the phase out of the ZDS.

Woman... they are going to dominate the world

They get ya every time...

Oh dislike @direstraitsfan98

I might take that bet.

Mods don't have any real powers. It's the admins that rule the world. Please focus all blame on @zerodeefex

@jexby is too busy to mod but will feel obligated to do stuff when I bug him.

#teamdynamic never needed to hide. Bring your PortaPro, HD600 and HD650. They will always be good.

Sadly I don't write enough any more to justify using a fountain pen, but for sure I'm hanging on to my Parker Duofold and Waterman Le Man. Maybe I should look into using them occasionally with an inkwell instead of cartridges.

Fountain pen was a godsend during grad school. There was a lids down/no phone policy in place so had to take 6+ hours of notes by hand every day.

I used fountain pens exclusively during grad school when I had to take notes for 3 hours. Now I carry a cheap ballpoint to hand to co-workers so they don't damage my beautiful #6 gold nib fountain pens.

And @ergopower, there are so many beautiful bottled fountain pen inks. Check out Diamine or Iroshizuko for some astounding colors.

I think i read something about Apple being aware of it and they have a program set up for it.

The annoying thing for me is the USB-C only ports. The plus side is that I can charge the laptop from either side now since it doubles as a charging port. The touch bar is interesting but it can get a little too sensitive sometimes. My finger will just get close sometimes and it will 'press' the button.

maybe a bad idea. You might want to check if it has the latest 8th gen intel processor. If not, probably not worth it

Sure it will be fine, just do not make it your music computer. Laptops mostly suck. The keyboard may be more important than the optical drives that failed within a few years on the older Macbooks, though.