Inoculator

Now if only I had a bigger listening space where I could really optimize their position...someday. Funny to think about these sitting on a shelf in a van for monitoring back in the day.

BBC stuff? Yes, designed to be only slightly further away than headphones, I guess.

@Thad E Ginathom yeah I am using very nearfield, just a few feet apart/away. Only big issue is I can only have a few inches out from the wall. I like the sound with no toe-in actually, but then end up with a bad bass reflection behind my monitor. Seems just a slight toe-in to get that back energy going away helps a lot. Might experiment with some sort of absorbing panels along that wall.

Thanks for the heads up. Made me check my email and what do you know I'm in the same boat! Been a long wait but pretty happy to know it's on the way, even if it ends up taking 30-60 days to get here haha.

Same here. Night gathers, and now our watch begins.

I'll buy one of your amps used when one of you gets upgradeitis

Nailed it! EQ only does so much as well, as the 3k dip starts to ring audibly if you level it out more than 2 or 3 db. I admit that I am probably going to sell my VC, unless the incoming Starlett convinces me otherwise...

@crenca I am probably in the same boat once my Auteur arrives and I get to compare the two. I guess I am a cautionary tale, I loved my Auteur, never should have sold chasing Verite/TOTL. Learned a lot about my preferences through the process though, so not all bad.

Verite is incredible with certain things, but I listen to a lot of indie folk/rock and female singer-songwriter stuff, and the vocal presence suckout with the 3k dip is just too much for me. And I like the more forward staging of the Auteur. Verite stage is too much in outer space rather than physical space if that makes sense. Hoping to have my SW51+ or Pendant to compare Verite/Auteur

Still have a pair of these from...1985 maybe? Haven't used them for probably 20 years. But I liked them then. From a 35 wpc Marantz of the same era. Those were the days. Think the ex has 'em.

I need to try one of those but the software/interface worries me. Please give us your thoughts on that as well as the sound.

Plenty of that here:
https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/dummies-guide-to-pi2aes-throw-away-your-pc-or-laptop.8878/

@k4rstar What exactly do you not like about the Blue Jeans 1694A? Particularly interested if it has anything to do with hazy, undefined treble.

poor sense of rhythm and air is what I experience with blue jeans cables. something about the construction.

if you want treble definition: http://www.gothamcable.com/en/gothamcables/digitalunbalanced

Bandcamp download is in 24-bit 48 kHz
https://fleetfoxes.bandcamp.com/album/shore

@Hammy thanks for the heads up. I was crossing my fingers that the digital download with my vinyl preorder would be lossless, but turns out was just mp3. Glad Bandcamp has a hi-res option for $8.

Record store says the LP release won't be until February next year. That seems like a long time to wait to add it to the shelf.

It's actually not uncommon to see people preferring the Auteur. Both are great nevertheless.

@Inoculator Don't reveal it now lol. Enjoy having the knowledge now that ppl will know about later.

@lagadu haha that probably will be the case. My original plan due to love of the Auteur/eikon driver was to keep the verite and Eikon, since the eikon was about 90-95% of the Auteur performance for me. But I found over time that closed backs are just too fatiguing for me, and I needed some cash for a new speaker amp, so said goodbye to the eikon. Now full circle back to the Auteur.

With the addition of mind-altering substances my built-in phone speakers sound better than my two-channel stuff no lie

You haven’t lived until you’ve silver plated your ears. The reflections are killer, the wetness spectacular. That could just be blood though, it was molten after all.

I wish I could attain JARS, I scored a silver plated amplifier surgery cable for wicked cheap a while back. I swear with HD650 and SW51+ it added that last smidge of excellence.

Nashville audiences sing along with everything. Can confirm.

I love the HD 600, and this is for sure an HD 600. Smoother tuning, less forward. Lots more testing ahead. Initial thoughts though is if you love the timbre of the HD 600, but want to lose some of the top end sizzle, these are for you. I will be sure to write up thoughts to share over the next week or so of listening.

I miss my black auteur . HD800 killer IMHO

Will write up stock vs JAR comparisons when I finally get it.

Audio jewellery at it’s finest, because they actually sound good too.

Careful wearing those out ‘cus the ladies are gonna mob you ;)

Hear hear! Love this company and the payment ecosystem they've built for artists. The digital+vinyl perk is also fantastic and increasingly common.

@Superexchanger bandcamp does it just so much better than anyone, highest quality, good tags, etc. A couple of labels like Sub-Pop and Polyvinyl do lossless as well luckily, but still not nearly common enough. Nothing I hate more than getting a download card with an LP that downloaded a bunch of poorly tagged Mp3s....gross.

Hi-res schmi-res... But on principle, /lossy/ mp3 is not acceptable, whether I can here the difference or not!