rhythmdevils

Gotta get that bang for the Buck

Always been the case but they've been asking for feedback months after the fact lately. Guess the e-retailer landscape got much more competitive is all.

I had electrical work in my house done in 2018. About 6 months ago the provider must have implemented feedback request software, now I get email every two weeks asking for a review. I think this has gone beyond e-retailers unfortunately.

I don’t understand the logic of asking for a review while annoying your customers. Not smart at all.

Actually, just tried out the jvc fd-01 on Phonitor. There is very little hiss unless I crank it up to max. if you need more volume lower in the pot, you can put it on high gain, but with no added noise.

i want no DAPs. ever. if a dongle or Gryphon with iPhone doesn’t pair well i move on.

Thank you for the feedback! No DAP it is.

… luckily the local Native American tribe took pity on us and helped us survive and we thanked them only to turn around and use diseases born out of the same disgusting culture that almost killed us to wage bio warfare and commit mass genocide killing almost all of them, moving the rest to the most barren land in the country where they still are suffering from a collapsed and destroyed culture day.

Ah,... thank you M. Rousseau. For my part, I am in accord with the wise Locke, who had rather be a common English yeoman than a king amongst them; and with a celebrated Virginian, who plainly wrote of "the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."

***dirty communist hippies noted and reported to cia headquarters*** :)

George Lucas directors commentary will put you to sleep, I guarantee it!

I have fallen asleep to some jazz at times, even free jazz as well. More recently it is more ambientish music such as Johann Johannsson, Slow Meadow etc.. I also find myself really relaxed by sounds of rain with crisp lightning, I’ve enjoyed this website a lot. You can combine sounds. https://defonic.com/

I’m not talking about falling asleep to it. I’m talking a night when you are really exhausted but wired and can’t sleep. It’s a specific state of mind that for me just loves free jazz. The more chaotic the better.

3-finger drag is now buried in 'accessibility'

It's not actually clicking, they don't move at all!

Well that’s the problem then. The older ones clicked and worked so much better.

Is it true that they got softer macrodynamics and transients than the OG Zen?.

I too WANT TO BELIEVE... If it just reaches HD6XX level of microdetail I would be more than happy.

I think they’re more resolving than HD6XX but then I’ve never found them very resolved. They are fast they almost sound like orthos to me.

@nishan99 i will have to listen to the og zen but these don’t have soft attacks at all.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/loaner-rhythmdevils-modded-audeze-lcd-x.11646/

edited my posts there. is this headphone going to be bundled somehow with the existing Cavalier LAuX amp tour or?

Maybe at first, but I'l do a separate loaner with just the headphone. So you can have both the amp and headphones or just the headphones. Up to you.

LCD-4 is probably the best. Resolution and very low distortion giving them a clean, smooth presentation. LCD-R is next, with a unique presentation of detail and tube iike tonality. Detail is almost pushed to the front with the LCD-R. But they're not as refined as the LCD-4 and I don't think they're more resolving, just that details are more obvious.

Then LCD-X which is not that far behind either. I think my modded LCD-X is the best for price/performance.

Then probably my modded vintage Yamaha HP-1 Anistropic. Then My YH-3

Then my modded HE6se. I think some people would place this higher on the list, I'm just not a fan of the Hifiman tonality which can only be changed so much with mods.

There's a 4z b-stock listed on Audeze's BF sale page, it has your name on it @rhythmdevils . Maybe you can use to figure out how to mod the Audeze variants using the MG chassis?

I do look at (occasionally post on) Instagram, and now realise that DM is the parlance there. I think I might even have done it once or twice!

It used to always be PM (Private Message) on forums. On social media it’s DM (Direct Message). It just says that you’re social media saavy and haven’t been around audio forums for that long if you say DM.

I had no idea off-hand what DM meant. Digging deep in my memory, I finally exclaimed, "Dungeon Master!"

Just invite me over

weed men!

Who are these "weed men" of which you speak? Does this have something to do with Dune? I never read those books.

(cont) then you can connect anything to anything and it will be fine; it will remain "balanced" (but not shielded), and whenever your switch points to an amp with SE only it will automatically ground itself

This is definitely something that active preamps are useful for.

The switcher with a built in transformer is an awesome idea, and likely the most transparent option I imagine. Now I just need to find someone in the US who wants to wire one together. :)

Yeah, these things hold value like crazy.

Sometimes sniper bid at ebay works. Particularly models nobody cares.

Heard a guy once say, MACs are like digital gold: easy sell, easy money.

Yes, I definitely agree I would rather them stop now than fade into shiftiness like so many bands who keep going (Phish *cough*). But they seem like they have a lot of creative energy left.

The last Big Red Machine album reminds me of The National's sound a lot, but just missing other elements that add complexity to the sound.

I assume if they did make another album it wouldn't' be for a while since the individual members have to tour their solo projects. Sad for music lovers but a reality.

I feel like they were still expanding their sound though. Room for more creative growth.

TN are probably my favorite current band as well... in fact it isn't even close for me. Discovered them after they released Boxer when they opened for REM.

I thoroughly enjoyed BRM and Berninger's solo record. They are not done yet! The Dessner bros are killing it with their creativity and as long as Matt and his wife don't run dry with those signature lyrics, the quality will still be there for the next record.

Thank god.

CA prisoners too

I'm on the same plan and use two of the accounts for cloud storage because the rest of my family couldn't be arsed to make MS accounts. GLWS haha.

Devil's semen...

Quite generous of you. I'd bite if not for already being enrolled via employer discount, and only thing I dislike is the upload speed to OneDrive for multi-GB directories with hundreds of large files.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/loaner-gear-request-progress-master-thread.11280/page-2#post-362827

Nah - wireless 'phones are so over: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/style/300429447/gen-z-are-ditching-airpods-in-favour-of-retro-wired-headphones-and-im-all-for-it

I think I am on 5 currently. Not counting personal loaners.

I've mentioned this before: there's a few of us in Winnipeg who would like to participate, but the customs office here is brutal and will slap too many fees on import. If someone else can get it into Canada, we'd ideally be last on the Canadian tour and we can ship back to the US or overseas when we're finished.

EU tours are so rare :(

Thanks! I don’t unfortunately and don’t have the knowledge to figure it out. I’m thinking of maybe sending the stoco cable in to Matt at Forza Audioworks and having him figure out what is going on and copy it. It’s a long way to ship the cable (Poland) but I’m not sure what else to do. Then he could write down how to wire a replacement LCD-R cable and everyone would benefit.

@rhythmdevils - do you have a DMM? if so I could talk you through diagnostics with a zoom session. Alternatively you could send the cable to me (Seattle area) for diagnostics. Would save the cost of shipping to Poland and I would be happy to repay Matt's kindness in my cable situation.

My guess is one channel is out of phase or maybe even that the phases are mixed up between the channels. This could happen if there was no inquiry if the pinout of the connector on the amp end. I assume you had forza use the same pinout as standard for xlr4, but they probably changed it