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Interstella 5555 is dope. So many epic moments...

As much as I love certain tracks from RAM (Fragments of Time is still my favourite song by them) I just think Discovery is their best "album" in the sense that it's sonically cohesive and just one bop after another from start to end.

And yup, hard to say no to Matsumoto Leiji; Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 were faves growing up.

The album and songs are unforgettable. I love the hell out of each of the animated versions of the songs and the drawing style is gorgeous. That whole album really set the tone for me for 2003.

I heard near the end Fry's required vendors to front the products prior to getting reimbursed wholesale, basically consignment. Apparently the vendors simply declined, causing shelves to be barren around the time they finally shutdown.

I heard about that as well, and my thought was that if it was true, that's the writing on the wall

@murray Sigh, adding the cost of good long cables plus a whole soundproofed room then. Man this stupid hobby is so expensive when you want more than mediocre sound :P

I lie to myself every night that this time I'm going to bed early.

Shutting down my bedside rig and putting away the phones would wake up my wife, so there's a strict "lights off; power down" policy ... sigh
But it does mean I go to sleep earlier.

Close your eyes and pick one up.

First world american problem. In Canada, you have to choose if you want to re-mortgage your house before buying a single stogie for the evening, lol.

My setups as well would not have been possible if not for SBAF

Truth. My set up has benefited from the knowledge and generosity of the folks here. The Systems Synergy thread remains a gold reference.

Given that I'll soon be rocking a set-up in which each component has been awarded a schlong (Pi2aes, 2541, DSHA-3F, Auteur), I am quite indebted to SBAF. Wouldn't have found this gear without yall.

Amen.... Golf is my measure activity of choice!

dropping the ball

^for the record, this stuff will go on loaner (no, this does not mean spam my inbox full of PMs asking to be put on the tour. Wait until the thread goes up)

I have been impressed with my Enog. I am willing for my Enog to go on loaner if you have a lot of requests. The two are not quite that different. Jnog adds USB, and slightly different op amps.

Hmm.

Nice work @E_Schaaf im actually interested in hearing these even though they’re electrodynamics

@Elnrik I will play it coy and defer any details to @E_Schaaf and @tommytakis

Any you can share with us now?

Some stuff has been posted on SBAF. Other things; well, I don't want to say too much because things can happen (plans do fall through), but if all goes well we shall have some exciting loaners.

It all leads into your bedroom.

The Nair is awesome! I miss that perfect tonal and FR balance. Best of any iem I’ve heard. If I had cash to throw around I’d get one just for fun.

I can’t wait for the Nair 2 ;)

I said this in my review, but I love how it gets out of the way of the music. Doesn't call attention to itself and works well with modest sources.

You "should it" indeed. :P

edit: damn it he edited it from "I should it" to "I should try it" >_>

I hope you don't have cats. Every warm spot you sit, they claim it.

Right, I forgot about that. Finding electric power, Ohm's Law, etc. Still, I really like what I'm hearing with these old 600 ohm Senns.

Do all of the same rules apply to high-ish impedance planars like the 200 ohm LCD-4?

I have an AKG K 240 DF old school 600 ohm pair you can have for shipping costs if that's your thing. I tried to like them, didn't work.

When one reads (even better, hears a nice reading) of "I, Pencil", it makes it plain that none of us really know much about anything.

We are all pretty darned specialized in our understanding of things.

https://imgur.com/a/A7qrDsk

@yotacowboy maybe I'm just too dumb to actually do that. I love my EC Ultralinear and DNA Starlett too much.

I failed this week.

I now have enough experience not to buy anything that is in the same league as my current components. Just no longer makes sense to me. Either I go next tier (tons of money) or I just shut up and enjoy what I have now. Since I don't have funds to go next tier I just shut up.

Wish I had the Aeolus again to try it on the last dac I auditioned. Maybe you can try it for me?

Maybe an updated impression? With my new purchases, I may be soon adding something ZMF-flavored.

Edit: Especially if you have a 3F/DAC2541 to try it on.

Should listen to "Within"...the unevenness of timing between the piano solo with different touch/articulation and dynamics starting from 29sec. Also hearing post ringing/synth voice like between 1:04-1:06, with the siblance. Also 1:53, you can tell the piano goes ever slightly flat. Dunno if its a Yggdrasil/schiit thing. Can't hear those details in something like a soekris....hence I just can't go back.

@Cellist88 "Within" is one of my favorite Daft Punk songs. Maybe I'm biased because I play the piano. And tbf to Soekris, 2541 did a good job; just wasn't to my tastes/level of Yggdrasil GS.

If by "bass note articulation" you mean "extra texture", yeah I can hear it in that note. The stuff @Cellist88 mentioned is easier to hear with Stellia than modded HD800. I then noticed for the first time the first verse of Instant Crush is quietly double tracked in modal voice, also easier to pick out with Stellia but audible with HD800 now that I know it's there.

I think you need some external action with what you were born with.

I generally test my rig with whisk(e)y. I'll have to tell the home office I need additional funding for micro-batch beer testing. :)

I find myself turning up the volume after each beer as if my ears were the ones getting drunk.

glowing penis?

It's the image of music in flight!

Useful as ambient light https://imgur.com/EF6VHYq