rhythmdevils

I love Fleetwood Mac! Got to see them live in Oakland, CA. August 1975. Just after the album Fleetwood Mac came out. It was the first tour with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fantastic show.

@rhythmdevils - thank you, that really was an epic solo. And what a great piece of music!

The Chain was used as the music to the BBC's F1 motor racing TV show back in the day, which meant it was almost ruined from being overplayed. Three decades' distance, thankfully, has overcome that.

They will all go on loaner tours in pairs and Soranik is offering all of SBAF a 20% discount.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/soranik-iems-impressions-and-discussion.9172/page-2#post-340693

Jizzing that review

"shvonce" I did not know. But when @rtaylor76 mentioned "Hammond," I thought he was talking about his organ.

The sexual instrument or the musical instrument?

Whatever you make music with!

Is the LCD-2 Classic lighter because of less magnets? I thought it was because of the plastic enclosure which I much prefer to wood.

You’re still using a neck brace? I had my neck surgically reinforced with titanium rods.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPVk5TiOjA

Which model is it? 2C?

A second LCD-2 Classic. The first one turned out really well and I’m modding this one to send around and share. :)

I recognize those! Still has some poly fuzz in there.

I hated dealing with the 6SE and always did better with the OG HE6. I trust you to get better results than I ever did with those, looking forward to seeing what you can cook up :)

So much better than stock. Much more open, clear, resolving and fast with better tonality. They still have a bit of dullness that shouldn’t be there in a 1600$ ortho (from the driver). I’m currently trying to decide how to tune them to best make up for this.

As you can see from the picture this is another expensive neo ortho with no driver damping. And this driver needs it.

SwiftKey, at least, "learns" this stuff.

Well, this place transformed the way I think about and listen to both gear and music. If all you knew about food was McDonald's...

Sometimes I glance at my set up and think, "This is pointless. It doesn't sound like a real orchestra or a pianist." But I can't buy an orchestra, or resurrect a great pianist. So, inside my house, recordings are as good as it's going to get.

I look at my setup and wish it was just an iPod and I didn’t care and played geetar instead. But then the iPod sounds like shit. I’ve always had a love hate relationship with gear.

anticipating a YouTube unboxing video

I’m pretty sure he’s talking about a horse not iem’s.

This is what turned me off..."For now, the stock cable is just good overall, I’d have preferred something a little more provoking in an artistic manner but maybe I am asking too much, all things considered." Yes dumbass, you are!

The stock tips spoke of a lugubriousness and a deep rooted ennui, reminiscent of post-war France - swap them out!

Any idea what you might try next after the LP?

I bought the First Watt F7 speaker amp that was just in the fs forums. Should be tons of power and SE.

It’s huge though and I have no idea how I will fit it. That’s less important than getting it here though right?

HaHa yes!! I'm hoping this year will be the year I finally put together a 2 channel system... a First Watt amp would definitely be on my short list of amps. Congrats! Will be interested to see what you think about it with your orthos, imagine it would be a great combo.

I find them best with the vegan slanted pads. The stock pads had peaks in the treble that the vegans helped with. Bass is also not as farty, still strong though.

PS - you guys are really pushing me to get my own EARS rig, lol.

Meh don’t get an ears rig. If it sounds good it is good. ;)

Audeze's are kind of a PITA to mod I just run mine w/ all damping removed anod some alternative leather pads. Curious to see what you come up with!

https://i.imgur.com/eSELiqI.jpg

Be looking forward to seeing how it goes man. I didn't care for the Dekoni velours I got too much personally. They do bring the treble and presence back considerably, you might like them... maybe not to the point of sounding 'correct' though. And I felt like they killed the fun factor a little too much. I'm betting the suede is much darker. I can see how that would be a bad pairing.

Yeah! Actually just in a bad mood. But it’s still true I’m tired of skipping through so much jingly trash pop and shitty EBM or whatever. I do find awesome gems occasionally though. Some are favorite albums. I guess they party are trying to cater to all tastes.

I hope your day gets better and you find good music!

I’ve got lots to go through in the free jazz thread but I’ve been having headaches lately and not in the mood for it. Been in an ambient phase. But right now it’s instrumental slow core doom metal! Earth to be exact.

That's like, what, 3/4 of them?

Please keep out of the reach of an intervention until you've posted some impressions of them all! (At least there are only two versions of the Dorado for you next, if the intervention fails).

Yes and I’ve had the other one in house during the loaner program. Review has been written just letting it simmer... :)

Ship one to me immediately.

@rhythmdevils - NO! Never tandem connect power conditioners, surge protectors, UPS. The surge suppression circuits can interact in negative ways. The UPS linked is a stepped approximation sine type. Not something I would use for audio. You want true sine output. See APC Smart UPS for comparison. Also much more expensive.

Nice save! I thought doubling them up wouldn’t be a good idea but now I know! I’ll probably wait to get one conditioner to rule them all

How about protecting yourself? Jump up and down: at least it reduces the chances that you are connected to earth through your feet.

Yes I meant the regular Smokey Litz . I just got a new one and the contrast to my 2-3 month old ones is stark. The old ones are about 5x stiffer or something. Smokey Litz boners.

Maybe contact CA? The one that came with my Andros is over a year old and still supple.

All 4 of my 2-3 month old Smokey Litz cables have become much stiffer compared to the new one so I doubt it could be bad cables. :(

BNC is a precision designed connecting system intended for RF use. RCA was originally designed as a cheap way to send unbalanced audio between audio components. Focus on cheap. It was never intended to handle RF signals. BTW spdif is a data format designator.

I get the terms for SPDIF/coaxial mixed up they are used pretty interchangeably all over the internet. SPDIF is the data signal format and coaxial is the kind of cable?

The problem is that many (myself included) get sloppy with terminology. AES vs spdif vs Opt typically refers to AES/EBU on 110R shielded twisted pair with XLR connectors. Spdif is typically 75R coax with BNC, RCA or (shudder) F connectors. Opt is typically Toslink. AES and spdif are nearly the same logical data stream with slight differences.