rhythmdevils

@Woland: Not A Chance? If so, yes, it is a lost battle already.

@rhythmdevils: This is a specialist site and we should get specialist stuff right. I don't know anything about Planar-xyz headphones, but that would make it even more important, if I was enquiring, that people get the terminology correct. So I don't think you are nit-picking.

talking about dynamic drivers gets rather complicated quickly. The HD800 is a ring radiator and I don't know any other's.

It still functions like an electrodynamic driver though.

To be more nit picky, orthos and electrodynamics are actually both dynamics. But that doesn’t really matter

It all started from having to one up Hifiman and the he1000 at 3k....we are betterer so $$$$$

What you can get for 10 to 50 Dollars/Euros in performance is enough to make you think "wait what, what do I really get for the money?" After years of this hobby, first get your music collection in order. Then chase the audio-gear.

I think with no exceptions, but I’ve headed back down from the summit, and will make a further downhill run toward solid midfi very soon.

Haha, built in audiophile amp, I'm sure it's totally better than a regular amp.

I forgot about that, that was a few years ago. Built in amp. Haven't heard anything about it since it came out, so I guess probably not great

Reminded me of this clip. https://youtu.be/fGV1kmATl0E

Now the real question is....how long is the loaner list going to be? Lol

Will this also reduce the unit to unit variance?

I have no idea I just thought I’d pass it along. :-/

No worries better reliability is still a good thing!

Freya S has a 1X nexus mode. Is this not equivalent to a buffer stage? The idea Jason was throwing out is a mini Freya S in the first thread I linked.

I don't know :-? I was just told to get the Freya+ for the buffer mode rather than the Freya S.

Nexus is different from a JFET buffer, yes.

I was the same way before music streaming to be honest. I’ve always been a whore.

there can only be so much "dun dun, dundundundundun, dun, dun dun dun, dun dun dun... dun, dun SCROOOOONCH, dun dun dun" in 17/8 time signatures. "nah man, you count it like 2 5/8s, a 2/4 and a 3/8!" srsly, tho, check out polyphia. edit: start with The Most Hated.

Spawn of possesion (*_*) chdžyeaaaaaah

Hd800, hd8xx time

That was obvious from your obsession with orthos :D .

An MJ1 has this affect on people.

I haven’t heard the Vega but the Dorado was awful so I can only imagine…. I think a future ortho iem will do it. The Solaris sounds really good in most ways in the meantime.

I’ll admit, I enjoy the bass cannon approach of the Vega but ultimately it’s all slam and not much texture and that’s so disappointing for a bass heavy IEM.

How about the sony ex-1000, if you can find one? Seems like it has better bass resolution than FDX1 at least

I've seen some really glowing reviews of the ERA-1s, even comparing them to likes of the LCD-4. I own a pair, and I don't think they're worthy of such high praise at all.

Frequently response has the typical planar missing mids,and they're pretty dark sounding. Correcting the frequency response with EQ helps a little, but their technical performance isn't very good, and they have a metalic boxiness which you can't get rid of.

I also find the construction to be quite poor - they use a lot of metal, but it looks cheap and low quality.

Can be amps, DAC's, headphones, iems, anything. I'll reach out to anyone. :)

Can I request you to come to my house on a loaner?

@YMO https://i.gifer.com/DK1.gif

@Vtory I bought two LCD-X’s so don’t feel too bad :)

Hopefully they keep at least one high Z model in the lineup.

One thing interesting I heard was they allowed employees to play with new ideas (in parallel to regular products). And some of such idea productized as 'limited edition'. LCD42 a while ago. Now LCDR. (I missed R while I was busy heck.. and sold out very quickly...)

Any good sounding headphone has been tried with as many earpads as possible. It’s a guess and check game at best. I’ve got two orthos here with two different earpads that each have the same affect on they’re respective headphone. If I swap them out, they both have the opposite affect. And they are very similar earpad designs. The God’s even scratch their heads when it comes to earpad acoustics.

There are only a few things that are constant and repeatable. The density of the foam used, perforation of the entire earpad (just the inside isn’t predictable), and the size of the cavity. That’s all I can think of off the top of my head and even then there are exceptions.

@rhythmdevils That's hilarious! Because I almost forgot to remove the electrical tape *I* had put on it before boxing it up.

I was just thinking I better remove it even though the next person will probably appreciate it.

Someone does not like bright LED's.

while i had THX789 i tried Yggdrasil A2 -> 789 -> OG Andro and i was LOL-ing at how much those little IEMs still had in them. Still on the fence about picking up as uni-tasking THX amp cause with any other headphone they sound like watching an unplugged refrigerator.

That THX One can do the trick but $200 just for BAs? Dunno.....

Yeah I really didn’t think BA drivers would pick up any difference between Yggdrasil and Gungnir. Impressive. I love your description of the 789. Definitely only buy a 789 for iems. I keep my iems plugged into it all the time and have only listened to it with full sized headphones for like a minute in the year I’ve owned it. Bad

It's always schiit with you people: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZHveWFvqM Half-joking aside, enough already with the balanced, the multi-purpose, and the tiny tubes! A 6SN7-driven OTL *exclusively* for high-Z dynamics at $900–1,100.

I’d prefer a good ortho amp but yes I see your point @Claritas It’s a bit strange how far behind Shiit’s amps seem compared to their DACs.

Jason's amazing guy. If this is how good he is now, imagine how great he's going to be in 20 years. He should live and be well.

true @Ti_Leo I have a hard time trusting anything using the word "technology" to describe something they are doing. Even toothpaste talks about their" advanced foaming technology".

I can't unread the name as "Gets you fucked up"

I don't understand the use of multiple drivers in a can. It's #1 utterly unnecessary and #2 kills one of the advantages of cans over speakers.

Will do. Thanks!

Have there been any loaners from ampsandsound? EC and DNA amps are quite popular with veteran members here. Would be nice to get their impressions on ampsandsound esp since its relatively easier to procure.

I'll check it out @archer88 thank you!

this is also the same question I've been dealing with. In the end my choice went towards Soekris 2541 vs Gungnir MB and I'm still looking around in the EU

I like Gungnir A1 if you did not need unbalanced out. I think the DAC chip upgrade is worth it.

I just got a Yggdrasil for my headphone rig so can choose between my Bifrost 2 and Gungnir A1 for my speakers. I unfortunately don’t have a great way to A/B them