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Any word on whatever new amp he was working on like a year+ ago?

He switched jobs to something more crazy and stuff has slowed down quite a bit

There is a loaner list here at SBAF as well if one wants to give them a shot

Definitely.

Yes. The Asgard 2 works great with my HD650!

With shipping? Get it.

Is there an option to change between Stereo and Headphones in the Realtek driver software?

If nothing else, it would be fun to AB if it could. That was a great idea, chakku, but that wasn't an option I could pick. Probably means I can't...

The option is in the Windows sound wizard setup thing as well but I'm not sure if it would do the trick. You might have to fire up that google-fu if that doesn't work!

A "fun, dumb" summer blockbuster in the best and worst ways

Thanks! I remember that one. I guess I'm going through your posts. It won't hurt a bit!

Found it, after about 300 or so posts. Really interesting advice in this thread: http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/nano-idsd-or-jds-odac-rca.748/

Really quite interesting and true in hindsight. At the super budget level, an amp makes a bigger difference. Just hard to believe that until you effectively get to Gungnir Multibit or at a minimum a Bifrost, DACs are barely worth it. For $250 right now, I say get a GOV2 and call it a day until you can spend 10x that.

Glad you had such a great time with your family!

Did you go on It's a Small World?

We did. Last one for the night as a family! It was the holiday version so not sure how it compares to normal.

Don't know the guy: Here's the link though: http://www.head-fi.org/t/790412/hd800-with-stock-cable-and-box

Yeah, I actually shot myself in the foot regarding my set up. I had a HD600, Modi 2 and Magni 2. It was a fairly new pair of HD600 and still tough on the jaw. Like an idiot, I sold the hole set up, and went once again to iems. And yet, short of a TOTL iems, there is just no comparison... So mid-fi purgatory, here I come. Again.

Don't really know where to go next. Maybe back GOV2 and balanced HD650 or HD600? I like that the GO would be portable and I could use it at home with maybe a TH-X00 (when I find one). I could rotate them between home and office...

HD6X0 + GOV2 (maybe hold out for + to get the better case and battery) is probably the best bang for the buck I can think of, that's for sure.

There are two FS on HF (one unopened).

Someone's bound to sell their hd650 eventually.

Eats, shoots, and leaves


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The sound isn't for me--way too dark--but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to a basshead.

I own the vModa m100. It was my first "big" Headphone purchase. They are decent if you want bass head cans. I find that v shaped signatures are the antithesis of the signature I like, which is that I value the mids too much. But for a basshead, they do a nice job. I like how they look, and the build is great.

I've owned it 4 times at this point (sold my latest one in Shadow last week). They EQ extremely well, are lightweight, reasonably durable, fashionable, and very comfortable. Only thing you can't correct with EQ on them is the slightly metallic treble timbre. That ends up being the dealbreaker for me every time.

Hope they restore the power soon

They're working hard. 100,000 homes/locations have actually gotten power back from when we started. I'm thankful that we never lost power, but its completely hit or miss who has it.

You are fortunate
Nice to hear that you have helped by having guests