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I had a little eureka moment about open-back design: it's an inverted speaker where your ear is inside the cab. Feb 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM

    1. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      I had a little eureka moment about open-back design: it's an inverted speaker where your ear is inside the cab.
      1. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        That would make the rears of the cups the actual front baffles/grilles, in a sense. Especially with dual-mag planars that travel equidistantly.

        That makes how closed backs sound make so much more sense to me, and explains why pad seal has the impact that it does. Closed is like hearing the inside of a speaker that's pressed up against a wall. Or maybe like being shrunk between that wall and the speaker.
        Feb 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
      2. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Am I dumb for this? I know dynamic drivers can be asymmetric in travel and emit spiraling waveforms on travel axis that expand to become omnidirectional while propagating, and cab/baffle properties influence the radius on either side of the phase line. As in, there's a difference between front and back, which matters for the analogy.
        Feb 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
      3. Sqveak
        Sqveak
        Not quite right. The space in the cup is the room the speakers are in and those speakers are an open baffle, only opening into another larger space.
        Feb 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
    2. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Putting on the HD6xx's after using these planars so much is like coming back from the ISS and having your first homecooked meal.
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        @Lyander I think the SW51+ improves 600-series bass. It's kind of in a sweet spot with its impedance and inherent color that makes 600-series tighter and fuller. Goes great with the holography it brings on the top end and the lightly-sweet-but-faithful mids. But yes, with a lot of other headphones it runs lean.
        Feb 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        @joch I could definitely add to the thread, I just figured it had enough different impressions lol.
        Feb 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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      5. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        And I agree with you on dynamics. I think it's partially modern planars being far younger and have thus been able to make some monumental leaps. It's weird - most of my favorite new headphones are planars and it's honestly exciting hearing the things they can now do, but there are certain dynamics they can't replace. And those dynamics still lag in a lot of areas, comparatively.
        Feb 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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    3. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Shoulda got my deq2496 up and running sooner. Got two headphones that EQ very well. I swear the PEQ has something I can't get in software
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I'm still fine-tuning that mid-presence boundary shift, but bass and treble are about there for me. These headphones are really responsive to tiny adjustments. I just started from rounder and shorter versions of those initial curves, made some changes to upper peak dips to catch those peaks without ending up slashing so much treble. Add bass heft and not completely f**k the midrange character.
        Feb 9, 2025
      4. Priidik
        Priidik
        Forgive my ignorance - is this capable of digital in - digital out?
        I'd be less impressed by using it's built in dacs.
        Feb 10, 2025
      5. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        That's the best part about it - AES and Toslink ins and outs, 24-bit 96khz max. I run mine before a Modibit.
        Feb 11, 2025
    4. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Went for HAC twisted braid for my Arya SE's officiation, instead of the usual FAW. Quality is so nice I might get a 4x braid for my LCD2Cs.
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      2. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I think the actual authors would just ask if they could turn his talks into books and all he would ask is that they say he wrote it. There's just no other way that all of these writers would do that. The character you get throughout them says it all. They all glaze him in this painful way, while he proudly recounts his creeper old geezer tales of being an awkward dickhead. He's weird as f**k, man.
        Jan 31, 2025
      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        The worst part is that they ARE based on anecdotes he gave about himself, with full sincerity, over years, and they unwittingly show you how much of a weird asshole he was. There are these stories he would pepper in across all of those books, that gradually evolved into these freak-level tall tales - the level of cap is MORTIFYING to even read. Even the guy he fantasizes being is an insufferable asshole.
        Jan 31, 2025
      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        At first you're relieved that he's probably lying and the writers are probably fluffing. And then the real horror sets in trying to comprehend what kind of weirdo makes up and actually says shit like that to rooms full of people. That's how you know it's not real and truly only more bizarre. Something in his mind was deeply broken. Holy Freud.
        Jan 31, 2025
    5. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Discovering spinor math has been disastrous for my sense of security in this cosmic joke that we call "our physical existence."
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Modern astrophysics is on some arcane codex where space is stuff, and stuff is space. And stuff can move through only 3 spacial dimensions but act and appear as though there are sometimes 4, and the math is perfect. It's fascinating, but sometimes I think Lovecraft's realms are more chill than the actual cosmos.
        Jan 21, 2025
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I now live in a world where there is math and observations, that I understand better than I expect, which show how localized space could cyclically make perfect circles that don't arrive at 0 after completing 360 degrees. I know I can't walk in a perfect circle without winding up at the beginning, but it looks like electrons MUST. Once you internalize spinors, you realize the figures are everywhere.
        Jan 21, 2025
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        time to find a nice chair or bed and play some music.

        On a less frivolous note: it's encouraging to see curiosity about existence around us. We barely understand sound, nevermind more esoteric forces-- shit's wild and terrifying and great fun. Not heard a lot of this before but I'm holding off going down a Google rabbit hole cuz I don't have the bandwidth for it, but interest is ignited. Good to see you around!
        Jan 21, 2025
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    6. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Glad I finally forced myself to put anything but the Arya Stealth on my head. LCD2C is the perfect counter - it's a heavy direct injection.
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      2. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        You know they're good when everything you play through them just makes you wanna move. I'll never settle on an endgame, the range of what the headphone listening experience can be only ever gets wider for me. How could I ever hope to choose? ADHD + OCD is a whole bitch - it's easier to just have a range of stuff to rotate.
        Jan 16, 2025
      3. rhythmdevils
        rhythmdevils
        I love Audeze's drivers.
        Jan 17, 2025
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I'd be lying if I said this would be my last pair. I see them as experts in their bespoke formula, much more mature than HFM there. HFM goes all over the map to sometimes strike gold - "sowing oats" approach. Audeze attentively raised a handful of children into well-rounded adults with their tech. And ~15 years later they're making top-class headphones.
        Jan 17, 2025
    7. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Early impressions of the Arya Stealth are pretty good, man. Very good. Been having a blast with em.
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        LCD2C are warmdark, corporeal, big, close, and dynamic monoliths. Sound isn't In your head, it IS your head. Physically they are heavy but solid, like they sound.

        Arya S are neutralbrite, ethereal, wide, far, and finely diffused skyline bluffs. And again, much like their sound they feel light as air, yet steadfastly sound and sure like the cosmos. Sound is in the universe, and the universe is your head.
        Dec 26, 2024
      4. HotRatSalad
        HotRatSalad
        What amp and DAC ? Wouldn't mind hearing these.
        Dec 26, 2024
      5. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Honestly nothing crazy, lotta changes comin this year. For now it's an OG Modibit going to the SE of Liquid Plat. SE out too. These are for sure getting a Forza XLR cable. I am beside myself. Can't wait to put these things on the juice.
        Dec 27, 2024
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    8. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Somewhere out there somebody is facing the unspeakable horror that is Zuck-rage. Assuming they are still alive now.
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      2. NationOfLaws
        NationOfLaws
        I love so, so much that their door locks used the same systems that their sites do so many people were effectively locked out of the building. I love it so much that I might divorce my wife and marry that thought.
        Oct 6, 2021
    9. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Sometimes I wish I could ask youtube "What did I say?!" Thier comment filter AI is insane. Or it hates me specifically.
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    10. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      That moment when your HD6-- pads are totally flat, but you don't change them because you know you've adjusted to them... <_<
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    11. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      How they can sell hoses with aluminium couplings? Crush resistance means nothing when the galvanic reaction seizes it to the brass bib.
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      2. Kunlun
        Kunlun
        Big Hose is responsible for many of the calamities of our times, friend. Your realization takes you the first step down a path that leads to my newsletter.
        Jul 27, 2021
      3. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        Cause people don't trust scientists and engineers any more?
        Jul 27, 2021
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Big hose... Panty Hose.
        Jul 28, 2021
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    12. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      he5xx and LP aint bad sometimes. It's a nice relaxed, light, spacious sound. Kinda in the ether, it's such a change from the usual.
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Interesting, I really can't compare. But my takeway from comparisons here was a good 560 wins out on overall technicalities and tonality. Bass, too. Different headphones. But the 5xx's definitely are quick in what I'd bet are similar ways. Quite light on their feet. Emergent would be the word. It's interesting how they can be almost be a little dark/mellow, yet resolving and dynamic.
        Jul 19, 2021
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I gotta say, these things are treating me well tonight. The right headphones. They sound great! More resolving than I gave em credit for. The amount of 'peel' on synthesizers is like confectioner's sugar. The wide spacing in image sections pops-out everything.
        Jul 19, 2021
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      5. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Stereo shifts/marches are also exaggerated in a neat way. Percussion sort of bursts into these large spaces like pressurized fresh air - to each element a discreet section.

        These things are pretty rad. It's a unique sound. There's some magic going on with dynamics that goes on an upwards climb starting from the midrange. Lil sub bass backing it up, it can have some oomph too. But the top punches past it.
        Jul 19, 2021
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    13. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Passerby spotted my porta pros. Just stopped and yelled "porta pro!" Thats new.
    14. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Thought I finally singed a tweeter on one of the old LSR305s for like 3 days. Turned out I needed to reset the modibit.
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      2. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        I considered going significantly up from them for a while. But at this point I admire the fact that they haven't died to the years of abuse yet. Blessed 305's. I long for certain things, but at the same time, they sound pretty okay. It feels like spitting on the universe to ditch em. Gotta die eventually.
        Jul 9, 2021
      3. Sqveak
        Sqveak
        Why not add a LSR310s to the mix? Let the matching subwoofer take over the bottom end. It'll take some strain off of the midwoofers in the 305s and allow them to perform more effortlessly.
        Jul 9, 2021
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Hah! I would... if not for the SVS SB-1000 I already have :P I do take advantage of that crossover feature, too. No splitting off of the DAC, and they really do open up. Betting the matching ones are better, but it still does the job.

        I figure I'll use em till they quit. By then, I can build myself something much, much better and throw the rest at a really solid amp.
        Jul 10, 2021
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    15. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Dang, one of the EH 6922's that came with my LP is already failing. For once I'm glad that the seller threw in a coupla rando Russian NOS!
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    16. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Never really thought about it... but "I did my good deed for the day." isn't the best mindset to have. Are you then bad the rest of the day?
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      3. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        I was a Christian for half of my life. I had to stop counting sins and the good deeds. You will end up a worrying to death or becoming an arrogant saint. Take care of the people you care about, avoid being an asshole.

        What even is "a good deed"? No, are the people you care about happy and you can have a good/interesting conversation? If the answer is yes, good job.
        May 22, 2021
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Always thought of it as a reminder to be slightly better than a pass to be an arschloch save for one brilliant instance ever 24h or so, but I suppose there are those that might interpret it that way?

        But yeah, call me an optimist but I'd much rather see it as a persistent reminder to actively seek to do nice things. The way it's phrased there's a lot of leeway for reading.
        May 22, 2021
      5. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        Just add the word "first"..."I did my first good deed for today...."
        May 22, 2021
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    17. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Charged up for summer. Growing stagnant after everything these past couple years, I think I finally got tired of myself... in the best way.
      1. Gazny
        Gazny
        Time for change
        May 15, 2021
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    18. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Imagine seeing (and hearing) a Tesla coil when it was first invented. No knowledge of anything like that. My god.
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        @DigMe Hah, imagine the confusion running through them if they realized that he was a dropout! "Is this even science?!"
        May 8, 2021
      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        @m17xr2b The cage definitely adds a lot to it!

        I think it would've been like "deer in headlights," just frozen in fear and awe. The power of god is pouring out of a strange tower in a metal cage. Even for those educated on it, I think it would be a big shock!
        May 8, 2021
      5. DigMe
        DigMe
        We hear SpaceX rocket testing all the time around here but I remember the very first time I ever heard (and felt) it standing out on my front porch in awe just pondering the level of energy that has been harnessed by man.
        May 8, 2021
    19. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Thanks for the broken update at work, Spotify. Though even if it worked, its still awful. Why are they like this?
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Thanks. I do not keep auto-update on, and will avoid this update.

        Mostly I use it on the PC. Linux version.
        Apr 21, 2021
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      3. zonto
        zonto
        All the streaming services seem to suck lately. In the last couple weeks, it appears that Tidal updated something on the backend that effectively broke the Tidal / Oppo integration. Currently trying to escalate a report ticket for them to fix it...
        Apr 21, 2021
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      4. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Haha, they've got us by the balls. I'll never get why, though. All most of them need to do is figure out how to start listening to people instead of coming up with fancy ways to say "Maybe later (/never.)" while making more frustrating changes.

        Spotty's arguably the worst offender. They have burned me so many times. Keep saying I'm done but never leave. I don't think the frontend has ever improved.
        Apr 21, 2021
    20. robot zombie
      robot zombie
      Buy one or two cheap watches and suddenly I feel like I need to own ~10 watches. But why tho? Brain, don't do this. Why watches, brain?
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      2. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        I recall Two Broke Watch Snobs having one or more podcasts about building a collection for $1000. For my money, I’d go with a Seiko Cocktail series, an Orion Hellcat, and a Casio Casioak. I think that would be right around $1000 and cover the tool, dive/sport, and dress watch categories.
        Apr 22, 2021
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      3. robot zombie
        robot zombie
        Ha! Already had a Presage in mind! White dial with the blue hands. Though that line has so many great combos. That Hellcat though... with a burgundy dial? That's really something. Thanks for the recommendations!
        Apr 22, 2021
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      4. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        I have the Hellcat with a burgundy dial. It shifts colors depending on the color temperature of the light being reflected. Fantastic watch, acceptable movement (Minolta).
        Apr 23, 2021
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