Phantaminum

While the talk is going minimal I'm heading the wrong way, lol. Hope things are going well for you in Philly bro!

Sorta knew you go that way some day, knowing your journey. We both love, say, controlled sweetness (my take of teton as well). Seems you're even closer on that end. I am just too procrastinated (and chicken-herted) to perform that due diligence though.

Still good to see non-NOS non-WE conclusion.

Now I sadly? moved to El Cheapo.. no idea when/whether to come back to where I belong. lol

Just don't tell your significant other about how much that beautiful glowing things costed. haha.

That was us last week until more cases popped up in Dallas. I’m more lucky than most that I can work from home but the guys out on the field don’t have that luxury.

We are approaching social distancing at work, the bosses stay home while we work in the store today.

But truthfully, one is having eye surgery today and the other threw out his back.

Walk in customers I am maintaining a distance, wiping down everything. Got masks and hand sanitizer everywhere round the store.

Interesting how we risk our lives so our bosses can keep profiting from the safety of their homes.

Sounds like my dispatcher.

You mean you have to do two peoples' jobs? For the same pay? It sucks and its exploitation.

We've created software solutions for our company. Lots of good work there but maintaining them, while provisioning users, troubleshooting, and trying to meet deadlines for new software updates/roll outs has just eaten so much of my time. Even though he came in late or would "work from home" when he wasn't supposed to, he at least held back the dam while I did my job.

I’m glad you’re enjoying it as much as I am. I can’t take all the credit as another member found the Elex and SW51 pairing but I can definitely raise a whiskey glass to you both!

Shitty HD6XX bass getting more irritating too.. the Elex making that quite obvious.

@Phantaminum You ever heard Elex with Liquid Platinum? I listened to that pair once and like it a lot. Just wondering how you would compare LP to SW51 with Elex.

I owned the LP and the Elex at different times. Never had the chance to pair them together. About the only thing I can say that the LP would do better is bass will probably hit harder and enough power for planars. I’d still prefer the SW51 over the LP.

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I run the Amperex Holland tubes. I've not heard the Elex myself so I can't comment too much about their relative difference, but I thought the synergy was much better with the Focals than the Senns, but I needed a slightly less distracting setup since I use it at work.

Have you tried the Mullards? They're my favorite after the Russians.

Mullards are nice.. But I felt they were a little too closed in with both the Elex & HD650. Amperex have a slight U shape presentation and less dynamic than the stock tube, but all in all, a damn fine match with Elex (Amperex had great imaging, though). Stock tube, to me, is still my daily driver. Should have a pair of Tungsram in soon. Have always really enjoyed those tubes in good amps.

Agreed, there’s some things missing, and albums where half of the tracks are samples only....

I am not a fan of their interface. Can't I browse through just an artist's actual album collection without seeing every single song and every single reissue or greatest hits album?

I think the Closed model might have the most promise of the two, based on an early listen I had with it. Haven't yet heard the production version, though.

You may be right. From how other reviewers are describing the closed version, it seems they've taken a step in the right direction. The AC was too thin/dry sounding for my tastes but that was on a Lyr 3. Now it looks like it has more body and evens out the rest of the FR.

I do find A2O fun and it gets my toes tapping. Regardless of some of its fault. This thing really does a great job in instrument separation. It doesn't resolve every detail but all instruments has it's own solid space.

To expand a little more instead of a general “better”; it doesn’t have the rough spots that I hear in Spotify and Tidal. Most of my tracks saved there just have this glare while Qobuz sounds clean and smooth.

Have you tried comparing them on Roon? It's been a while since I used it, but it seems like Tidal's software might be holding it back.

The sad thing is I really wanted to listen to these as I like the AFO. I just never had a business not return an email when being asked for refund. I’ll probably call today and ask them to cancel the order and if I don’t receive confirmation by the end of day, i’ll start the CC chargeback.

Maybe contact Dan directly on Head-Fi as well? If it was direct, he might be able to help & if it was through a dealer, he'd probably want to know.

It was direct through DCA site. I’ll shoot him a PM on Head-Fi. He was always responsive when I did include him in a message or PM.

I was using my UE with a BT cable for wireless iems. Dropped it on hardwood and had to send it in for repair. I have dropped the Senns quite a lot last few months and still going strong.

Tempted to snag a pair of the Sony just to try them myself.

Just bought the Sony WF-1000MX3 of Secondipity for $179.99. This should work out fine for weight resistance training. Thanks everyone!

Oh, I’m really liking the Sony WF-1000MX3. For Bluetooth these sound fantastic.

The AirBnB we’re staying in has a loud A/C and I can’t hear it at all.

played with your heart, got lost in the game

If you’re still thinking of coming to Dallas we could do it at the mini meet instead. I can definitely wait until then. Thanks for the offer!

Mini meet in Dallas?!

famish99 is thinking coming down and swinging by my place for a minimeet. You’re than welcome to come. Let’s see if Vtory can join us.

That might be ideal. Good heft on sub/low bass to help with usually some extension issues with tubes. Mainly great because it's a cool sounding DAC that does well with gear (not just DACs) with mid-bass emphasis to lower mid warmth.

Thanks for the confirmation Marv. I may need to pour through the Gungnir Multibit thread more to verify if the A2 still has the same issue with the SE out performance as the A1. Both amps are SE. I have the Bifrost 2 and even though it sounds better than the A1, I feel there’s more to be had with better system synergy.

Been here before.

com, net, org, gov, edu??? One of those new-fangled ones??? Don’t keep us in suspense man!!

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Not yet. I may soon as I'm moving towards high-z headphones exclusively.

I'd like to discuss your thoughts between the two via PM as well.

@famish99 Shoot me a PM with what amps you want thoughts on.