fraggler

Cool? Or cold? How about clinical?

Cool = below room temp water, but not super cold
Bright = Chew minty gum and try to drink ice cold water after

At its best, it sounds like Glenn Gould: somewhat staccato, very little to no sustain pedal. PMx2 especially; ER4S, regardless of filter.

Best bet is to trim the inner plastics, it's too thick to fit in the holes.

Sennheiser did have a guide to getting them on. I can't find the pic in my folders, but you put the pads on the headphone as much as you can & then place one side of the headphone w/earpads facing down on a desk & then you apply even pressure from the back.

Just don't apply pressure to the thin metal parts from the back.

One went on with only minor frustration, it took a serious amount of pressure against the desk to get the other on. Looks like the tolerances weren't great. I feel like I just smashed half the life out of them.

My *theory* is that they are making these parts for the HD800S now, and maybe the design is only 99.9% compatible. That 0.1% with the pads causes grief.

Have 2 Echos, a Dot connected to a Turbo X, a Show 5 connected to the Festival, and a 3rd gen Dot creating a pretty seamless envelope of pleasant sound throughout the place now. No single point of sound blasting to fill it up.

Impatiently awaiting the Stadium

I have a Festival and Turbo X as well. The Festival is less impressive because of its size. It can really put out the volume, but the bass is a bit boomy. The Turbo X has a lot of bass rolloff but is pretty cool because of how it sounds in relation to the size.

In complete agreement :-D

@dubharmonic In terms of ZMF, first is a tie between Auteur and Verite for me. Had a chance to listen to both extensively and choosing between them is like choosing between your children.

And funny enough, the Verite was my least favorite, though I have only spent a few songs with it. Maybe my wallet is mind controlling me.

Maybe...could be the chain too. Of course I need more Verite head-time myself....

RIP fraggler's wallet

There is no help. There is only financial gymnastics.

The Auteur will eventually join me as my last headphone purchase. I’ve been climbing that particular hill for a number of years and these are the summit headphones for me.

Looks super great. Best wishes!

It's grass roots efforts like these that will turn around cities & neighborhoods. Not politicians, not charity. It takes good people doing good things to help others learn how to be successful.

Congratulations

My local HP shop posted these on wechat yesterday. I'm very curious! I've also been interested in full size but figured they'd be too hot in the summer.

@fraggler @DigMe Did you guys ever get to hear these?

No. Haven't had a chance to get to the HP shop.

Lovely how the 600-series accessories are so cheap.

The ethernet is probably the only plus for me for audiophile reasons, otherwise it's a bit overpowered. DAC cards or spdif cards are more important

Finally more RAM! Time for a stop at Micro Center.

Looks like 1- & 2GB models ship on the 28-Jun, 4GB model ships 1-Aug.

I had a look around, the only country I could find the 4G model ready to ship is in the UK.

I didn’t think the stock was that bad either, but then again I’m old

Well, at 40, I am neither old nor young. I am still sensitive to the treble of my HE-560, so I am not all deaf yet. I am not actually sure which tubes I have. Whatever Ogodei included with the amp. Probably older tubes, as I definitely hear the L2 as fairly laid back.

Just wait til you get to a thin mix with loud cymbals.

The shrines were fine, but there wasn't a memorable payoff to almost anything. I want to earn cool gear that helps me advance the story, not pick up scrap along the way.

Maybe this BOTW sequel will have a less-empty world to explore, and less grunting and chuckling in talking to NPCs. A better plot wouldn't hurt, either. This, OTOH, will be a hell of a game to have a Switch port for, especially for frequent air travelers: https://twitter.com/witchergame/status/1138480181558071302

Yeah, (s)witcher 3 (sorry, bad pun) is definitely day 1 purchase for me. Still need to finish Skyrim for the umphteenth time.

I love BOTW, still struggling in Master Mode because Link is so friggin' weak at the beginning, but the game itself is entertaining enough without a story. But then more of that is just... too repetitive. I also think a better story would be better.

Modded HD650 for the moment. Acquisition of the amp has complicated fun money allocation for the moment.

ECP Audio certainly rocked my world - both DSHA-3F and T4

I got to compare my L-2 w/ CineMag output transformers to a Cavalli Liquid Fire. The guy who sold me the Liquid Fire had seller's remorse. I honestly felt the L-2 was the better amp and trucked it right back to him. Even tried some 6n23p-EV and Philips E88CC tubes in the Liquid Fire. Liquid Fire is probably better than Liquid Platinum, definitely not as good as the Liquid Crimson.

The reviews though

Say "Monolith, eat tape" and that mix tape you made for your significant other will immediately become entangled in the gears and mechanisms of your player. Revenge is always sweet.

"shoulder cushion" ....lol.

Are you opposed to 3D printing?

Not really, though I am likely opposed to how much a custom keycap would cost.

$13 for white and $17 for any other color

https://www.shapeways.com/product/274MBNFB5/blank-spacebar-keycap-5-5x

Or you could get stainless steel for $72!

I don't know how affordable these guys are, but they've collaborated with ECP Audio before

http://www.pickettfurniture.com/

What are you looking for anyway? If you need someone to CNC some panels for a speaker, you can try these guys.

https://www.chicagorouterworks.com/

Thanks! I am actually trying to get some help building a goliath/transformer table: https://transformertable.com/ I have the skills and tools to build a rough version, but no way to plane and finish to a furniture grade finish.

Don’t even get me started on hover boards...

On the bright side, it's not a techno- or a dystopian-wasteland yet. Cherry 2000 might be a movie for the latter, as far as sexbots go.

Sorry for necropost, but I only just realized your avatar is from my favourite movie evah!

I have a couple on hand to try if I get bored, but probably the OPA2134.

Which ones? I have the AD823, RC4580, TL072, LM833. For now I've settled on the 4580. I gave each roughly 20 hrs of listening time before deciding. Great DIY-Fi amp, enjoy!!!

I also have the RC4580 since it was a recommended pairing with the mosfets (I basically built the kit, but sourced everything on my own). Also have an OPA227 I can pull from an old CMOY.