Ksorota

Agreed, he's a great member of the community and I selfishly miss his music blog.

My A1 has vent holes.

@rott So you can see into the circuit board? I heard that some old D/S versions were open to the boards inside and that were closed up with the MB upgrade. I have never seen it though

@Ksorota you're right - my A1 MB does have an internal covering that prevents actually seeing the internals through the vent holes on top.

My body is ready for loaner @ChaChaRealSmooth

I like the idea of the deccware output stage more than a full freya. But unsure what mod is safer for the chips

I was wondering if the A2 made it redundant, but never was able to track down that note. I know the A1 was a bit gray sounding and the gumfreya cleared it up. Is the A2 void of any grayness?

I am going to go for it and put up an ad for a Gungnir MB to mod for GumFreya, but if anyone already has one already setup, I would also be interested in that! Save me a step!

The RD-X is what got me back into high end hp after a 6 year hiatus, will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart. N I’m on the Auteur Classic loaner too, first ZMF can I’ll get the chance to hear! Supes excited.

You are in for a treat with the Auteur. In a way its comparable to the RD-x. The bio drivers sound great and with my setup its pulling out lots of detail while maintaining a smooth effortless vibe. Bit more intimate sounding though.

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I snagged a JARHD660 for this pairing, plus M6Ultra. c'mon synergy!

Thanks to all the great folks here, I was able to secure a Walnut x.3!

https://imgur.com/hMwAqQW

Perhaps you could lift the mids and even the highs with some shallow beveled cavity perforated earpads

I hadnt really been considering pad rolling, but had some ZMF ovals to try out, and they make a sig. difference in the presentation. The stock pads were a bit flat, which may account for the drastic change...But these are certainly a better experience.
Ill have to get some perf. pads soon

Yea I'd like the simplicity of the all in one aswell.

Is this headphone any good? One of the few headphones I haven't heard.

So far I am enjoying it. I am still waiting on the 1.1 upgrade kit, but in stock form its pretty good with enough power behind it. I think that it works very well as a compliment to the HD800. Just an easy listen overall with good bass extension and smooth mids/treble.

Hearing a 2.3 with a modded mk 4 for hd800 was a big listening event for me. It hasn’t been the same since. I assume eaglewings had a similar experience

The JAR800 will be back with me in a week or so which will be the first time i have heard this combo.

I am pretty sure part of this revelation today is a new set of rectifiers.

It does have a charm to it, always thought I could live with a 0.11 after having the 0.1 here.
Pretty sweet if you got a spdif to feed them.

Awesome. So there are jar 580, 600, 650, 800, and now 660s. I'll sign up for sure...

Cheers, mate. Happy Friday.

And the same to you!

I just realised that it is is Friday. For the next 25 minutes.

Never heard BA but having heard some EC amps (and having one myself) I would imagine they sound quite different

That’s the problem. Both sound great! Starlett has more euphony while BA has more detail and “deliberate” accuracy of stage.

Thanks for sending! I barely got all my stuff erm...stuffed into my suitcases (including my modded 800 and @Bill-P big 800). Let the comparos begin. :)

Interested, but don't think I have enuf saved up yet :(

Same boat as @gixxerwimp