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https://astrophonica.co.uk/album/fracture-presents-turbo

You weren't kidding...this is NOT wind-down Friday music. LOL. I may have to go out and run because of this.

... at the cost of a weird stage, kind of deep fried crispy plasticy timbre from the pad materials, a consistently opaque coloration. Too bad the pads aren't made with better leather, better foam, etc.

Loads more listenable than any other stock Fostex though. Don't feel the difference in magnet strength as much as I thought I would vs the 900. It's there, but not obvious. 900 just scales farther.

Overall do you think the lynx card benefits are worth the price?

I think so. There's also a difference in engagement factor that is hard to describe. It was more difficult to focus on the music when I was without Lynx for a few months.

Depends on where you are with your gear. If you're not satisfied with the general tone and performance of your DAC, get a better DAC instead. But having the Lynx does mean you'll take better advantage of whatever DAC you end up with - with a better transport than USB. I see it as a further investment in gear I already have.

Nice. What programs do you normally use? I mostly use iPad Beatmaker 3 and recently got Aum but I need to learn it. I love all the synths you can get.

I told him no but he bought them anyway. I kinda hope he follows up... said he would not ever consider getting a headphone amp? why?

I'm betting he listened to a Grado RA-1 'cause Stereophile told him to 30 years ago.

Why listen to the advice of a person you called to ask advice from when you can just do what you wanted anyway.

No noise when plugged into a different amp, which points to the sub amp. But the sub amp creates no noise through the other sub even though I literally drive both subs from the same taps, which points to the sub itself.

Finally paying penance for your modding ways I see :P

In all seriousness, do you have another sub or amp to test with? I'm kind of like that with computers; throw hardware at the problem until it goes away.

Have you checked inside for small babies?

I did the toothpick trick with the custom stands on my Maggie 3.6's while I still had them. The holes on the 900 cups (yes they're wood) are a bit too small for that to work though, unless I used a single splinter. Lacquer might be the trick, my first attempt was to wrap the screws in micropore tape to try to thicken them. Unsuccessful lol

Presuming the micropore was too thick - plumber's tape?

Maybe try wood glue. Lightly grease the screw and stick it in the glue. Once the glue dries, the screw should come out and leave threads in the glue. This worked perfectly on a speaker box I made from mdf that had the holes stripped.

Yikes. Income inequality being laid bare in this country...Blacks and Latinos dying at double the rate of whites thanks to their “essential” jobs and prior lack of healthcare & subsequent preexisting conditions while the rich folks get paid to stay at home and get Whole Foods delivered.

(Not to make this whole thing about race obv, line is really being drawn on a socioeconomic level, but unfortunately comes to light in statistics via race in the reports I have seen so far)

We live inequitable society where the rich get to stay home and enjoy their fun toys. And the poor have to keep working otherwise they can't afford another meal.

The headphones? Yeah, most talk about the bass boom but there was something hard in the treble that made things a bit painful at higher volumes. Love the build and fit, but sound wasn't up my alley.

Weird thing is the bass actually sticks out more audibly as a localized hump than on the TH900s, which is mostly flat in the sub and midbass and then evenly slopes down. First time I heard the Cascades I didn't notice that the bass hump is equally just a scoop in the low mids, which makes them lean and sharp.

Maybe I'm weird but I actually hear stock TH900 bass as pretty well integrated save for the lower mid scoop— can't remember my impressions but I have them on here somewhere, bass was too much even for me, and I use HP-3 without venting.

If only people knew what the TP and masks were used for in this case (probably would bring out pitchforks and torches).

I don't feel like I'm lacking anything performance-wise from my setup and I don't want to leave the impression that i'm displeased with what i've got. What attracts me to the Super 7 is just that it has tubes and is super configurable and tweakable. I guess I could always just get a bottlehead. I just like to tweak.

What want twerk?

I know where two Super 7s live. they are protected by the Jedi council at last check point.

rear spider and foam removed. front foam removed. somehow not too hot or edgy for my sensitive ears, but extension feels improved on either end. might have brencho hear em soon

Would you be willing to wave them in front of a webcam on Saturday morning?

If not I'll post pics shortly. Gotta sleep on it and see how they sound in the morning before sharing