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^to be clear, my right ear has much more substantial hearing damage than my left. My left ear is much more "even" in hearing; my right ear has huge dips in the mids, making everything in the right ear basically only treble and bass.

Hang in there, we have medicines like these on the horizon: https://www.regainyourhearing.eu/ But I do have some hearing damage as well and it doesn't mean you couldn't enjoy music or even analyse how well audio devices perform subjectively.

Honestly man, good music is good music and you basically almost never get decent "balance" between most casual speaker setups anyway and that never stops things from being fun. Reactive sinuses often have left ear treble dead at times and that never stops me from enjoying things.

No idea but I'll take your stuff for free.

Free? It'll cost you the shirt off your back!

YMO doesn't mind that…he goes shirtless all the time.

HD8XX > HD800SDR. Lose less, gain more. But we're talking 3%. At best. And, assuming EQ is in play.

That's good. When people are asking which HD800 to buy the HD8XX simplifies things since they don't need to acquire an OOP HD800 and SD mod.

@roshambo123 hard for me to say really because I frankly [still] have not heard a HD800 I truly liked that much. I think if I had to pick one I'd pick the HD8XX over the SDR but that's also personal preference.

Chelsea v Man City was good

Dude's got a set of pipes to fill a stadium and while his recentish work was kinda meh there's just a butt-load of classics that'll hallmark roadtrips and karaoke bars for years to come.

@rhythmdevils Thanks! Unfortunately my main system is balanced out only and IIRC these are hardwired SE.

@Merrick Very easy to reterminate to balanced because the stock cable is like the HD650 cable, both channels remain separate cables that are glued together.

@Syzygy not so much unhappy; more like "hmm I trust rhythmdevils's ears; there must be something to good orthos" and thus curiousity. Not necessarily looking to replace anything I have haha!

@Skyline absolutely. I especially found it fascinating that they tried to follow it up with a bigger ride (Son of Beast), but that ride was plagued with issues and eventually dismantled.

@CEE TEE looks like I'll have to add something to my watch queue

Haha yeah, I rode Son of Beat once. The ride was so rough that my restraint got locked down on me way too hard during the ride and pretty much crushed me. I had a headache the rest of the day and was grateful that I was still able to have children in my later years. It was very much in doubt in the aftermath of that ride.

I'm trying to look it as a high-quality switcher I could use now with a solid state preamp I could build around for quite a while.

Not a bad way to look at it really. Don't buy it if the only thing you need is XLR-to-SE conversion

I am kind of sad the GS is gone. That was my next move...now I have to pony up or find used.

I do miss the A1 sound at times.

It's cool that at least you keep the A1 (also A2) this time -- the original A1-->A2 upgrade they kept the A1 boards

^You don't run games with a video render in progress and expect anywhere close to decent performance unless you're running a monster.

I saw you drinking

I always seem to enjoy more at the end of the day. I'm sure there's good science around this, but for me it's a combination of work getting out of my head, quieter family environment, the house fans not running so hard, and usually a decent cocktail.

Are u running OG tubes still?

I had to replace output tubes because I was dumb and dropped one. Rectifier went bad, replaced that too. Input tube still completely fine.

Being the same price, would you take DNA Starlett over ecp T4 when it comes to driving Utopia?

I've never actually heard a T4 so I can't say.

Agreed DNA + Utopia is an amazing combo

I've had one since launch and I still think it rocks. Often scratch my head when seeing some of the negatives people post about it. Yes I have heard the 3F :)

Synergy plays a large part. There are some headphones that the Jot 2 doesn't sound that fantastic with IMHO. I can see how some wouldn't like the Jot 2, but it's definitely not a bad amp

For sure... You can't judge it by plugging in HD600 if that's your fav phone... Suck pairing imo

You doing it yourself?

There is a talent in creating a delectable brisket. I have yet to pull it off. Ribs I can do.

Invite me over

hey I just started gymming again too! twinsies or wut

Is "gymming" a word?

It is now. Living languages evolve, new words and expressions emerge...

"I don't know" are the most powerful words in science and medicine, too.

Definitely so. Still stuck at home but having a sense of productivity (hopefully at a job that isn't horrible) is an immensely rewarding thing. Best of luck with it!

I am only semi-retured because of maintaining interaction with colleagues and technical stimulation. When a person stops learning s/he is dead.

I was going to vote for being a bum, then I read @atomicbob's post.

Oh heck, can't hide it anyway.