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Any opinion on Tamura transformers? Aug 4, 2020 at 4:50 PM

1. skem
  Very educational note on distortion: http://www.pmillett.com/file_downloads/ThesoundofDistortion.ppt
  
  Jul 15, 2018
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2. skem
  After 3 months of detailed rebuilding, careful component matching, and design edits, my Pioneer M22 is singing beautifully.
  
  Jul 13, 2018
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  2. PTS
    Can you detail this in a forum post, or link to where you have? I'm interested to read.
    
    Jul 14, 2018
  3. skem
    Will do. I have lots of notes but first testing to see how good it is.
    
    Jul 14, 2018
    
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  4. skem
    So I have determined m22 is still not ready for prime time. It’s good, but my pass labs is cleaner so I’m going to do more work on the m22. Stay tuned.
    
    Jul 15, 2018
3. skem
  JVC FD-01 arrived today.
  
  Jul 9, 2018
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  3. Mimouille
    Did I describe them :D
    
    Jul 10, 2018
  4. skem
    Oops! I meant @james444
    
    Jul 10, 2018
  5. skem
    The JVC FD-01 is for sale. Not gym-friendly enough for me to keep (gym is my only IEM need)
    
    Jul 14, 2018
4. skem
  I am the walrus.
  
  Jun 27, 2018
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  3. rtaylor76
    ^Don't confuse me with Howard Stern. He's kind of like you...a joke.
    
    Jun 28, 2018
  4. JK47
    If so, the jokes on you
    
    Jun 28, 2018
  5. rtaylor76
    Har
    
    Jun 28, 2018
5. skem
  In La Jolla / SD for a week. Any good audio destinations around here?
  
  Jun 17, 2018
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  3. skem
    Lol. I’m sure he appreciates the suggestion. Though....if I brought White Russians he might not complain.
    
    Jun 17, 2018
  4. dmckean44
    lol
    
    Go to Stereo Unlimited in Point Loma and tour the Taylor guitar factory and the Deering banjo factory.
    
    Jun 17, 2018
    
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  5. ufospls2
    I loved La Jolla when I was there. Enjoy dude!
    
    Jun 18, 2018
6. skem
  The most unworthy.
  
  Jun 14, 2018
  2. bengo
    A hotly contested title!
    
    Jun 14, 2018
7. skem
  Had to post 15 substantive things on HF in order to use their for-sale forum. Thanks to the HF Troll population, that turned out to be easy
  
  Jun 4, 2018
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  2. JustAnotherRando
    Oh, that's hat you have to do to post there?
    
    Reading that site is so painful that my account has only managed to make it to 3 posts after two months. Don't even bother checking the sales forum there anymore.
    
    Jun 4, 2018
    
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  3. skem
    Yup. But since the trolls just challenge you on every point, it's easy to just reply to them with some factual information. I even managed to saturate my troll to the point where it shut up. Small victories.
    
    Jun 4, 2018
    
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  4. jexby
    the inter webs would like to know what you posted to make Currawongdong shut up?
    
    Jun 4, 2018
    
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8. skem
  Semi-refurbished M-22 now operating in my primary system.
  
  Jun 2, 2018
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  3. JK47
    Maybe whoever set it got confused with the DC balance, which is 80mV
    
    Jun 3, 2018
  4. bengo
    Welcome to the club. I recommend to try it with headphones too (carefully...)
    
    Jun 3, 2018
  5. skem
    Yes, sounds delightful with headphones, even at low bias.
    
    Jun 4, 2018
9. skem
  Laurel v. Yanny: MIT Neuroscientists explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAdNbOTSWY
  
  May 21, 2018
10. skem
  Music is just wiggling air.
  
  May 4, 2018
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  3. cskippy
    That's probably why I don't mind my farts.
    
    May 4, 2018
    
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  4. Thad E Ginathom
    wiggling air is dancing air.
    
    May 5, 2018
  5. Vent
    No one wants @cskippy music in their eye.
    
    May 5, 2018
    
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11. skem
  Don’t make excuses.
  
  Apr 16, 2018
  2. L'Orfeo
    Sorry. I wasn't feeling well.
    
    Apr 16, 2018
    
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  3. JustAnotherRando
    I was gonna say my dog ate it, but I don't have a dog.
    
    Apr 17, 2018
    
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  4. Thad E Ginathom
    I just wish I had an excuse.
    
    May 5, 2018
12. skem
  Found myself saying the “the HiFi” like some octagenarian today.
  
  Apr 10, 2018
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13. skem
  Just returned iPhone X to Apple. Thing is designed to break. Sexy display, though.
  
  Apr 7, 2018
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  3. skem
    Yeah, I wanted to keep it but I *know* I’ll be dropping it. My SE has survived over a dozen drops. I seriously think the X & 8 designs are a scam by Apple to extract revenue.
    
    Apr 7, 2018
    
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  4. Lyander
    With you there. I'm an Android fan but my sisters and mum are all rocking iPhones.Those things need babying like no other phone I've seen. Good sound and cameras though.
    
    Apr 7, 2018
    
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  5. SoupRKnowva
    The thing is that the back glass is so much grippier than the aluminum is. I never got used to the size of the 6 and the instant the SE came out I switched, had that till the X launched. Even though the C is bigger than the six was, it’s size never bothers me
    
    Apr 7, 2018
14. skem
  Send me your Susvara to demo and you will have a long life.
  
  Mar 10, 2018
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  Feb 23, 2018
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    All people who talk in punctuation are bad. Period.
    
    May 5, 2018
  4. Thad E Ginathom
    Wait... How did I find myself in a conversation that happened in February?
    
    May 5, 2018
    
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  5. Lyander
    @Thad E Ginathom Welcome back to the present day, you were missed :))
    
    May 5, 2018
    
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16. skem
  HD650 for sale. Pics: http://imgur.com/a/4U05j
  
  Feb 5, 2018
17. skem
  LCD2c not keepers for me. I like them more than HD800sdr and HD650 but HEK wins for me. Many notes taken. Can share if there’s interest.
  
  Feb 4, 2018
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  2. SoupRKnowva
    I chose to keep the HEKs over the 2Cs as well. the comfort was good, though not HEK good, but the staging was atrocious and the FR wasn't for me. not what I would call neutral at all
    
    Feb 4, 2018
    
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  3. Vansen
    Do share!
    
    Feb 5, 2018
    
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18. skem
  Testing the LCD2c tonight.
  
  Feb 4, 2018
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  2. Ringingears
    I really hope you enjoy them. Ignore my rant yesterday. Audeze is like that girlfriend you keep forgiving, then you finally have enough.
    
    Feb 4, 2018
    
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  3. skem
    LCD2c are hard to fault. Working on it.
    
    Feb 4, 2018
  4. skem
    And.... rejected
    
    Feb 4, 2018
19. skem
  HD650 for sale. Pics: http://imgur.com/a/4U05j
  
  Jan 25, 2018
20. skem
  Happy
  
  Jan 23, 2018
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    Great. Did you open it up and shake the loose bits into a bin?
    
    ... Or just tighten up a few loose things?
    
    Jan 26, 2018
  4. skem
    I did this http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/eddie-current-zana-deux-s.1804/page-12#post-187719
    
    Jan 26, 2018
  5. Thad E Ginathom
    .
    
    :)
    
    Jan 26, 2018
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Location:

People’s Republic of Cambridge

Gear List:

System 1
Metrum Adagio -> Pass Labs XA25 -> B&W 801 Series III

System 2
Metrum Adagio-> Ayre MX-R -> HHR Exotics TLS-1 Walsh F remake

Headphone rig
(Source)->Pioneer M-22 (custom) -> HiFi Man HE1000 version 1

Have also had (owned or long-term demo)
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Lavry Black DA-11
Crane Song Solaris
Dangerous Music Convert-2
Hugo TT (uggh!)
NAD M51 DAC
Soekris 1541
PS Audio PerfectWave DAC
PS Audio DirectStream
Benchmark DAC3 HGC
Schiit Yggdrasil A1 DAC early
Schiit Gungnir Multibit A2 DAC early
Schitt Modi Multibit DAC
NAD D1050 DAC/Amp
Theta DS Pro Gen V R2R DAC
Mytek DAC
Mark Levinson Model 39 DAC
Antelope Zodiac Gold + Voltikus

Pass Labs XA30.8
First Watt F5 Turbo
Benchmark AHB2 Amp
NAD - M22 Class D
B&O ICEpower 125ASX2 Class D
Schiit Asgard2 Amp
Dragon Inspire IHA-1
Eddie Current Zana Deux
AURALiC Taurus MkII Amp
Woo WA3 Amp

HE-6 unmodded
HE6 felt mod
Focal Elear
HE-560
HD660s
HD650
LCD2C
Sundara
HD800 sdr mod
Verum 1

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DigiOne → Metrum Adagio → Pioneer M22 → HEK