rhythmdevils

Nah, I just tell it to him straight to his face

I have to be careful too - I am super passionate and also probably seem like an A*hole, but I wear 'Mental' with pride LOL. Wear your devil :D

I am such a sensitive bastard at first I always think ya'll are talking about me, then I after I read what you said again I realize ya'll are usually talking about HP's and what not...'sensitive bastard' should probably be my nickname.

I've made that a standing offer, and almost every conversation has been a success story. Good on you RD!

Yeah, I have a copper Periapt cable that you can use. I can live with SE for my 800 for the duration of the loaner.

No @rhythmdevils I'm not giving up my porn.

I'm taking a needed break. Will cede the two "reviews" per day to ASR.

I spent the last three days competing and training in dog sports. i’m ready for a Sunday night of cocktails and music.

No, the Jot R was amped up version for the SR1a. Same voicing as normal Jot, just moar power I believe.

That is good sound

I thought maybe some SBAF spirits would come kill me instantly or something. but I guess not

If the treble doesn't kill you first sure. Personally i I think its a great headphone, it just needs to pass a huge check list first. Also I love the ipod I think it is a fun source brings me back to a simpler time.

The power cable thing has me worried about all my JPS cables. But the tiny wrinkles in the diaphragm may not even be a problem. In working on modding LCD headphones I have accidentally dented the diaphragm because the magnets are so far apart, leaving the diaphragm very exposed. Even a huge dent in the diaphragm (between magnets) didn't change the sound at all.

This did not change the sound of the headphones that I could hear.

https://i.imgur.com/pymQB7D.jpg

I had the same experience with an HE400i. Although I dented on purpose specifically to see what would happen.

@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