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That's why I still really appreciate the "free-air" measurements @purr1n sometimes does, haha. It does reveal issues that greater acoustic impedance couplers might mask

Nice pics! The 5D is great. Easy to use and has excellent color and contrast. My only gripe was the slow and somewhat inaccurate focus. And of course only 12MP.

99% of the time I use manual lenses and shoot JPGs. I don't edit much, it's a very casual thing for me - I could probably even get away with less :)

Did you get that Mind Fuzz album?

They didn't have Mind Fuzz, just some other tapes I hadn't heard as much about and priced a bit high (there was no way to demo tapes there, just records). The headphone I brought was similar to an O2, just with a couple flavor tweaks

Great way to discover music! Especially at well-curated shops. I often take photos of what I leave behind and listen later. Have also been finding good recs on various collector feeds on IG. Though, of course, it also drives up the price of records all around.

probably. on my list of stuff to look into.

1: Yes, very likely
2: Not sure I understand, but I don't think there's much there
3: It definitely changes with damping, etc. What I'm most interested in is how much nonlinearity we can see with headphones. At maximum excursion in either direction, how does the impedance change?

3: They do this stuff for speaker drivers regularly and that's one of the advantages of low inductance designs (copper cap). Low inductance -> less of an impedance change. Less distortion.

Couldn’t get into Rag 1.5. Must have been a synergy thing, was too sharp and steely on HD650 and Elex (no surprise on the 2nd one). Always felt fatigued by it. Similar feelings I had with Jot 1 as well. Only way I could tolerate it was to put Freya+ in between in buffer mode and set the rag on low gain and turn the volume all the way up (unity gain).

If not for the size I would have a Rag 1.5 on my desk right now, also no need for the speaker outs. But the Rag is what the Mjolnir 1 grows up to be! The endgame moniker fits in my mind. It was great pushing the Genesis G, and also the PM-1!

Have owned one for 5+ years. It's a solid amp, but didn't mesh well with HD600/Utopia nor did it have enough juice for Maggies. I also could only tolerate low gain with most headphones. The unit is so versatile I can't bring myself to sell it, so it's in a closet for now in case I need a backup amp for anything.

Since you're shooting film, I'd suggest find a more special lens which flavors match your taste, and also spend some time on Flickr lens groups. Leave the generic duties to the cell phone.

Think your 35 is already a winner. If you plan to do indoor shoots, 21 might be a good addition. If you’re planning to shoot portraits, the 85 is good.

I always liked the 85mm for walkabout/street photography. 28mm was my "sunsets" lens for all those film years, but I am not sure it'd be worth picking up if you already have 35mm in the bag.

YGPM :)

I mostly agree with @bixby and @Thad E Ginathom but I think something good that was lost with cassettes was everyone making mixtapes. I'm grateful to my Dad for giving me a Kenwood receiver, Sansui tape deck, and some big woofer 70's speakers around age 9 and saying that music would become very important to me soon, so I should start finding what I like.

There's nothing competitively hifi about cassette sound quality in general but I deeply enjoy it for certain genres of music where the sense of pumping and saturation enhances the textures in the mix. House, lofi of various kinds, hip hop, reggae, dub, rnb... I do have some jazz cassettes that beat some lemon vinyl pressings of the same music. Give and take

Also helps that cassettes are often 1/3 the cost and a fraction of the size of a record. Plenty of nice sounding tapes of contemporary music still being released in Japan and Europe

How sweet? ygdm

Sweet like a man at sea. Luckily I'm pretty taxed on bills, so this wont be happening HA HA HA. One of the headphones on the top of my list that I'd like to hear.

Bills are high and nigh but for half off Ill make due and take the opportunity to purchase now at great discount.

I always liked the 7xx series for what it was, but sold mine ages ago. Curious what you'd come up with!

YGPM.

Ahh shitballs. 92 is a good run though! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uAseUVFPNXI

https://www.highdeftapetransfers.ca/products/ahmad-jamals-alhambra-pure-dsd best version of Alhambra.

when i got my cat from the local shelter, she was haughty and i could tell thought little of me, bit and scratched both me and my partner, but for some reason, i was like "this is the one" and she turned out to be the most affectionate, if sometimes a lil saucy, cat ever.

Our cat was super nervous at first too, but also wanted to be around people all the time... so for a while she spent all her time hiding under chairs and couches, but always in a room with somebody else.

When the new cat brings back a mouse or a bird for you, you know enough. You have a new friend.

Your curiosity and work ethic are a delight to behold!

With the exception of 2x on boring work training videos, I don't understand "speed reading" content that's intended to please us emotionally. Why would I fast forward through enjoyment?

Sometimes the speed adds enjoyment for me, or rather, reduces the opportunity for distraction, which in turn makes it a more immersive experience. I am definitely ADHD and was medicated for several years (I was a good kid and took my meds as directed), but had to stop for cardiac reasons.

That makes sense. I'm not ADHD and rather prefer obsessive thinking and high anxiety.

Yeah Buddy! You'll be seeing my money sometime this year. Still love my Mini-S very much. Keeping me tied over for a while

Using the O2 or some other unnamed super secret beauty?

O2. Familiar driver, but new and exceptional flavor ;) some breakthroughs with various nylon meshes applied to the back of the driver and fancy kinetic coupling definitely helped.

@Azimuth bout halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga. My parents place.

Between the Cumberland Plateau and the Smokey Mountains is a nice place to be.

This is why almost every headphone I've ever considered is closed. Spending some time with one on and no music playing helps appreciate just how valuable good isolation is, even if it can't block everything.

Shoutout to all of the ETA supporters for funding this research. Hope y'all can reap the benefits with our next launch... If there's one thing I've decided its that none of the variants are unequivocally best. It's truly like flavors of ice cream.

I've noticed a trend in the market towards constantly using lighter, thinner, more efficient materials across driver technologies. It makes sense on an intuitive level, but it's been refreshing to explore the opposite approach too. Lots of novel textures and sounds I never thought I'd hear from a headphone.

Aside from the obvious duller transients and lesser macro dynamics I have a speculation that stiffer surrounds yeld more plankton and texture and vice-versa (soft surr> less plankton/texture but more clarity).

Would love to build headphones in the future just to play with those interesting variables.