dubharmonic

Can't believe this beauty wasn't included: https://www.jenalabs.com/

Here's a lovely one for y'all: https://www.londonsound.org/.

Actually, I wish I'd known about this guy before I left London!

Potentially useful for anyone in SE England.

Thanks, @Thad E Ginathom - that's great to know about. I'm from SE 'gland and may need his services with some vintage gear.

Still really want to hear a Utopia (and Euforia!) Glad you are enjoying it!

New Utopia?

@Ksaurav402 nothing new, just good stuff!

If out of stock at Amazon, they're even cheaper from Koss - with free CONUS shipping: https://koss.com/products/kph7-colors?_pos=1&_psq=KPH7&_ss=e&_v=1.0

You might want to consider headphones that have volume limiters to keep them from deafening themselves. I gave my 5 year old the JBL JR300 and that has worked well. Koss probably sounds better, but need to watch the volume if the device they are using doesnt have a limiter.

@Raimei Templar my v young niece kept asking me to turn the volume up when she tried my LCDs and I was scared at how loud she wanted to listen! hardware vol limited is a great idea.

Bought this on 4k recently and introduced my 12-year old daughter to it. Proud father moment, right there, haha.

Live in the now!

Sometimes I wish I got paid.

Really, I think "imagine" is the right word there.

Mind you, old HDDs used to make a noticeable amount of physical noise.

But in the depths of the machine (or the internet) it really is all data. Just data. I know some audiophools just hate the idea of just ones and zeros. Tough shit.

Bitrates, electrical noise, and physical noise aside, the performance drop I noticed right away is library management. Thousands of albums and their metadata need faster I/O than playing lossless content.

Yes. That might well take more than playing the music.

There was 800 love on this site, then the 650/6XX, and now I hope the 600 gets its due. Not that there aren’t fans here, but it really deserves more than being in the shadow of its siblings.

@Claritas this time Stellaris and Euforia with Spring 2. Last time I didn't emotionally connect with it, if that makes any sense.

@dubharmonic That makes perfect sense. Emotional connexion is what matters most. Without it, I have little desire to listen. And HD-600 can be hard to connect with, because it sounds like nothing special. There's no wow factor. It's swell that you're giving it another go. I wish you luck with it.

If you take it off do you die, or is it just extremely painful?

I don't want a tornado in the middle of my head

If they filter COVID, I need them for the office.

The Bathys I haven't heard just yet, getting a pair in next week. But told by my colleagues who heard it, generally decent and a well tuned ANC headphone. On the technicalities it is generally good/better in DAC mode. And it is quite a punchy headphone

So with that built-in USB DAC, this is more or less an active loudspeaker in headphone form. That’s something I’d really like if it’s done well. And I love the Focal house sound. Damn, if it sounds good, I fear I’ll have to buy this.

Resolve posted his impressions+squigs: https://headphones.com/community/reviews-learning-and-news/focal-bathys-first-impressions

I regret binders and I regret slim cases. I love digipacks. I can see binders working if you have them in a similar genre. I have considered wooden trays to sit near my CD player

As others have stated once in a binder you kinda never open it. It just saves space and isn’t very ergonomic, more steps to begin the spinning

Plastic sleeves from sleeve city, stored in a nice case from Odyssey: https://www.odysseygear.com/case/cd-cases/

No regrets.

I think @zach915m is.

LOL Neil Young. Audiophile? ORFAS, GFYS.

Curious that the two artists who've spoken out on this are both Canadian.

Young's songs can sound immature to me. makes me think who the hell was he to talk like that at that age. Joni, on the the other hand, was born a poet; just wonderful. CSN: I love their songs, Y wrote lovely melodies, but not so keen on the words.

Thanks for this, i got my eye on a Sublime acoustics K231 active crossover now!

Didn't know it was mentioned, I feel asleep before that. Seems someone on the forum mentioned that before. Guess there is something to it.

Yeah and those ripole subs are interesting too. For diy that is, not spending 3k on a sub and still need an amp.

Hipsters who are about to get robbed in Brooklyn.

Between her and Taylor Swift, they are tying up all the vinyl production facilities.

I think we caught the minor part of that storm yesterday. A bit of lightning but nothing serious. But we were also a bit paranoid since it was the one year anniversary of the Derecho that took out 20% of the state

Oh dang! Our power went out a few weekends ago for the same thing. Although it was only out about 6 hours. 13 is rough in this heat. Stay cool.

We lost two fruit trees due to high winds. Thankfully the power stayed on. I hope you have power again.

Send me your hard drive. ;)

The Lord's work.

Very tedious and laborious, but makes browsing through one's digital collection so much more enjoyable.

makes sense - produce the products whose abuse will necessitate your other products. Like big pharma!

@E_Schaaf, I wish I could "epic" that comment :)

Perfect for the gradually-going-deaf ORFAS crowd.
HD-SuperFaceTweeter TBA soon.
Glad I just bought spare HD800 pads.

BBF forevar?