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    EC Studio

    What a high.
    Post by: jacal01, Feb 22, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    EMAC 535SE Amplifier Review

    Don't know if you saw my review over on Head-fi, but I audited the amp with HD800s, and to my ears the amp carried the hyperdetailed and...
    Post by: jacal01, Feb 22, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Better than SET? The radically different 535SE Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifier

    Yeah, I envision it as a desktop amp with some considerable visual appeal. But I was referring to its sonic presentation, which I found quite...
    Post by: jacal01, Feb 21, 2017 in forum: Product Announcements
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    Better than SET? The radically different 535SE Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifier

    Funny, that's the same thing I told Steve Eddy afterwards, that I was sorry to see it go... This despite the fact that I had high end gear around...
    Post by: jacal01, Feb 21, 2017 in forum: Product Announcements
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    EC Studio

    Booya, mate! I guess you've learned the character of patience the hard way. Enjoy it mightily. Sounds good with rye, too.
    Post by: jacal01, Feb 17, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    The EMAC 'Better than SET' solid state amp

    In the vendor's subforum. I thought that the amp deserves better visibility and easier access during its critical and time sensitive Indiegogo...
    Post by: jacal01, Jan 15, 2017 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    The EMAC 'Better than SET' solid state amp

    [ATTACH] I became really interested in the Electro Magnetic Amplifier Co. 535SE solid state amp upon the launch of its Indiegogo campaign at the...
    Thread by: jacal01, Jan 15, 2017, 2 replies, in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Better than SET? The radically different 535SE Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifier

    Managed to stir me out of my end game cave. Now let's see if the topology delivers as expounded.
    Post by: jacal01, Jan 4, 2017 in forum: Product Announcements
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    EC Studio

    Aerosol contact cleaner solvent will probably act as lubricant over the short term.
    Post by: jacal01, Jul 7, 2016 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?

    Mead based absinthe.
    Post by: jacal01, Jun 14, 2016 in forum: Food and Drink
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    Tesla wireless audio

    1. You can't get there from here. 2. In the trunk.
    Post by: jacal01, Jun 13, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Tesla wireless audio

    So my daughter tells me that her new Tesla X only will accept wireless audio sources only. There is no AUX cable jack available for hardwire...
    Thread by: jacal01, Jun 10, 2016, 2 replies, in forum: General Audio Discussion