MichaeLeroy

Is it HD6xx level of resolve/microdetail?

I'm not so experienced a critical listener that I can fairly evaluate resolution without getting past the first date and living with a new device for a bit. First blush is high wow factor, very promising. This is the first iem in my limited experience that might compare to good full sized HPs. I plan to post in this iem's thread once I've had more time with it.

Awesome! I'm glad you like them! :)

No worries dude i'm sure there is a black friday sale for pitchforks too ;)

Already shipped from headphones.com. I had hesitated to order from them; my previous experience from that vendor (2 years ago) had been a dodgy drop shipment that was delayed by several weeks.

Hey, Alan from headphones.com here, we have certainly changed it up and have quite a bit of gear in stock now! I think the Zen Pro stock just arrived as well just in time for the sale.

...because I'm temporarily limited in headphones on hand that I can plug into it. I have experienced some slight USB connection weirdness, which may be concerning, but it is too early to tell.

The USB audio weirdness is an android feature. Apparently the OS turns USB sound to 48KHz/16bit, which is annoying. I've begun to look for tools to overcome that limitation.

A couple of very minor quibbles with the Gryphon. As far as I can see there is no charging indicator when it is turned off and charging. The manual says that a Toslink adapter is included but I didn't get one.

Nice (the Liong Mah).

@EagleWings - I don't think I mentioned any digital stuff with the W2 did I? That was about the GO series. Sorry if I was confusing!

The W2 is energetic with only just a touch of warm, but I wouldn't describe it as digital sounding.

@Stuff Jones , I just read your dongle thread and you had mentioned something about digital nasties on the W2, which I took as a red flag. My bad If I misinterpreted it.

Yeah I responded on the the thread. Sorry to confuse!

So Erish is just Sherri with the syllables flipped or just a coincidence?

There is an IEM company by the name Lime Ears the name comes from flipping the name of the owner Emil.

All of their products are named after nicknames their daughter came up with, Erish is Sherri, ENOG is Geno and Archel is their daughter herself.

The replacement Erish arrived this afternoon, and all is good. It has been a zero hassle process, an excellent response from Geshelli.

You can enable LDAC on most linux laptops.

@Deep Funk I've only had this Lemur Pro for a few days and so far so good: quiet and great battery life when used like a chromebook, with good UI. The fan does kick in when used for more serious work, but it a lot less shrill than typical of small notebooks. Perhaps not as sexy as an XPS 13 developer edition, but unlike Dell, System 76 sweats the details of drivers, so everything just works.

@Gazny, thanks for pointing that out. Probably thanks to android, Sony made open source LDAC drivers available, if unavailable in the kernel, the driver can be used via pulseaudio-modules-bt. Good deal either way.

Just wait until you hit "one more song" at night and then fall asleep with them on.

Expectations adjusted upward. These headphones are fast becoming normal rather than just wow. That's a good thing, kind of like my switch to from a Honda Civic to Subaru WRX a few years ago. The WRX is now my normal car, and I take its capabilities for granted. But I still enjoy the hell out of driving it and don't even mind its flaws and limitations. It works for me. The VCs may be the same story.

It's VC LTD (leopardwood), ordered it in late February. So the wait was almost 4 months. From following the build sheet, perhaps too closely, it does look as if the standard wood gets built a bit faster, but I saw no indication that ZMF ships out of order. @k4rstar, I hope that your wait is shorter.

Did you reply like Strong Bad?

Wow, the VC is worth the wait.

Damn those are some overpriced headphones

The HD820 has the most bonkers FR I’ve ever heard in a “high end” headphone.

I have no first hand experience with this series of Sennheisers, but it did not take much research to know that I should steer clear of the HD820s. I do confess that when I first heard of Drop's new Sennheiser initiative, my wish was for an HD8xx that did for the OG HD800 what the HD6xx did for the HD650. Instead Drop is now just another dealer, but using an artificial scarcity technique to drive sales.

One thing I do notice with this setup is that there is what sounds like a relay clicking within the Bifrost between tracks when feeding it with the Pi2AES/RCA. Perhaps not an issue, but it does catch my attention sometimes. I've not made it through the entire Dummies guide, maybe this observation has already come up there.

I've rebooted the Pi2AES and no longer get the relay clicks from the Bifrost between tracks. I do not know what was up with that, perhaps just too much silent delay between tracks, but is is nice when a minor annoyance disappears.

Now I get it. The clicks came back. It has nothing to do with tack to track delay. Instead, it happens with changes between 44.1 and 48 kHz tracks. I first noticed it with a playlist that was ping-ponging between the two formats. Now that I get it, the clicks are not a big deal and absent when listening through an album.

This guy is quite the character - I actually love this review. Very layman and informative. "We're" not his audience.

Same, I wasn't bothered by the review. He's not a member of ORFAS or an ASR lackey so a layman's view is somewhat refreshing. Hopefully, it gets more people into the hobby.

My first knife purchase in about 6 months, a new version Bradford chef knife, https://bradfordknives.com/culinary/499-chef-knife-AEB-L-Steel.html. AEB-L is a great steel for kitchen use. It will replace a 30 year old knife that requires frequent sharpening,

Some assembly required acrylic cases seem to have the paper cover issue in common. PITA and definitely takes a toll on the thumbnail, though it seems to be the best method.

Making good progress with moode install. I had to get over wanting to use a local console to dig around and am using the web interface. Lots of reboots.

Success. Good audio to Bifrost 2 with both RCA and Optical connections. Still much to be done, but I've gotten past Hello World with this project.