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Interesting, I've liked my Atrium more than both the OG Auteur and Auteur Classic (Padauk), but my wife definitely gravitates towards the Auteur Classic over the Atrium.

It's the mids on the Auteur. The Atrium is more resolving, and has a wider/deeper sound stage but the reverb, the tonality, and the mids captivate me on the Auteur.

I own both and switch fairly regularly. The Atriums seem faster and have more slam while the Auteur has that sweet mid-range that mimics my Omega speakers.

Heck, some of us just want hair in the right places :P

I truly became bald this year and now have healthy sprouts of hair growing out of my ear. Smh..

My hair seems to have migrated from the top of my head to my ears, nose, and face :)

EH 7205s are very solid state sound ala hi-fi but haven't been burned in. The JJs didn't need burn in and sound much more natural. Better for a brighter system.

Where u been?

Hiding under your covers. ;)

Too much of that going around these days. Definitely rough.

On what chain did you listen to it, and how does it compare to the HD650/600? I never heard the 660v1.

I'm switching between my Elekit TU-8600 which is around 100ohm output, the SW 51+ on high output, and the Schiit Fulla. Few things I can compare is the 660s2 is faster, has tighter/textured bass, and is clearer than the 650. I'll be doing a write up hopefully this weekend if time permits. Honestly, with the price range being in Focal Elex, Aeon Flow Open, and Ananda territory, it's going to have a hard time.

Whether it took a few months or half a year. They didn't even say, "Sure, we can do that but it's going to take a while to fully transfer over" it was, "No, we don't think this is what we want right now. We have new managers coming in and we can put a pin in it until they get acclimated then we can make the decision"....

Too bad to hear situations you're facing sound uncontrollable yet risky.. I had to deal with leaving boss and myself moving to a new dept/team. What you said reminds me of the hard days last year. Hope everything around you resolve asap.

I hope you find a better situation that will reward you appropriately for your efforts.

When I was a hobby jeweller, silver was about 3 GBP an ounce, now I think it is about 16GBP. A bit more for pure silver.

I love silver. I think it is so beautiful, even though one can make nice things out of copper too. I don't believe electrons share my preferences, so count me dissenting, but hey, it's your cash, guys!

again, the pull of silver is its 200% sensitivity to magnetic flux, not so much its slightly lower resistance. that's why silver transformers >> copper transformers, whereas silver wire >= copper wire

Ahhh! Many thanks. I had no idea.

Sometimes, putting one's foot in it can lead to learning :)

What a good ground can do for audio equipment. The previous location had too much noise in the electrical grid. Now I'm just cracking a smile not having to deal with it in games or compressing video.

Staying in the Dallas area?

North of Dallas. We got a place in The Colony but it's 30 minutes away from my job and about 45 minutes away for my wife. We almost bought a house that was an hour out for me and 1 1/2 hours out for her but luckily won the bid on this one.

Oh, it's nice there neighbor! I'm in McK.

I used to commute to uptown Dallas, but went in at 6am to miss traffic. It was actually longer to go to DNT/NW Hwy for me going down 75. Don't miss those days.

Now my commute is from my bedroom upstairs to my office down. I wish everyone could do that.

It still blows though. 15 offers, all mostly 20-25k over the sale price, and still being rejected because buyer are skipping home inspections, or paying the sellers closing cost, or allowing them to live there free for a month or two while they relocate. Bananas! And yes, investors buying any house on the market also doesn't help.

It is going to get worse before it gets better. Housing market is nuts in FL and we have people just walking away and saying forget it. The waiving inspection + overbidding is going to get old quick considering the wages aren't keeping up with the increases.

Been like this for a long time in major Canadian cities.

Does it hold up when compared to a classic like Chrono Trigger?

Chrono Trigger is just one of those perfect games that any other game would have a tough time being compared to it. I’m 15 hours in and I feel the story is more gripping in the first hours of CT than Octopath. Octopath looks to be a slow burn at first (hoping) and then it takes off after. The fighting system in this is real deep.

We've been on a wild ride since we started doing development work, data imports, and moving invoices from SQL to FO and have it communicate back to CE. Job security I guess? lol

Don't let it get the better of you, it can be exceedingly demanding but pays of. Going independent with this ERP was the best decision of my carer.

There is never the semblance of normalcy in IT…only the next sprint!

Congrats, I hope it serves you well, and you get a well-deserved lull after a lot of work.

Haha I kinda predicted it. My suggestion is to throw in tracks you thought painful with elex. But maybe you'd end up returning it.

@nishan99 They're very similar. The Clear Mgs have tighter and better textured. It's not by a lot but it may matter to some. @Vtory These are great for sitting back and relaxing. Almost HD650 like quality to them. On some tracks it's amazing on other I just want that last bit of treble sparkle.

Yup, agreed. And I believe that's (fr-wise) the most important tradeoff potential buyers should consider.

A petit blast from the past! You reminded me of good old days with Atticus (I liked them a bit better over Eikon) half a decade ago. I remember I used to desire a souped-up Elear with Atticus.

Btw did SW work well? I didn't quite like any low Z with that amp. And lower registers (<40hz) were never solid regardless of Z. Additionally, CMG has an impedance peak around 40-60hz, which makes the problem a little trickier.

I really enjoy the Elex from the SW51+. The low-z out from that amp helps with the brighter nature of that headphone. It think it’s too much with the Clear Mg. Sounds better out of the Jotunheim 2 and Bifrost 2.

Not Phantaminum, but Matrix DAC does sharpen the transients for Starlett. I think they balance each other very well

I preferred the MSP much more when paired with the EC Studio Jr because of the rounded off nature of the sound than the BF2. MSP adds more snap and crunch and I agree with @tommytakis that they synergize better. BF2 was a bit too much.

It would. I ran this pairing (XSP + Starlett) for a while.