Vansen
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Vansen

Gear Master (retiring), Male, 34, from Seattle

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MJ3 in the house. Def one of the top 3 SS HP amps I’ve ever heard. Amazing with JAR600. Sep 23, 2023

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    1. Vansen
      Vansen
      MJ3 in the house. Def one of the top 3 SS HP amps I’ve ever heard. Amazing with JAR600.
      1. Azimuth, Ksorota, Jinxy245 and 18 others like this.
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      3. DigMe
        DigMe
        Huh, I!ve only heard the original with the separate PS. Loved it.
        Sep 24, 2023
      4. Azimuth
        Azimuth
        @JK47 There are a couple of BW1's floating around with BW2 external PSU's. I run my BW1 on an AMB Sigma 22 PSU. And part of me not buying a MJ3 is that I already have one of these top 3 SS amps with the BW1.
        Sep 25, 2023 at 8:22 AM
      5. JK47
        JK47
        @Azimuth I’m confused, BW2 has the single chassis… Anyway it’s been awhile since I heard my BW2 but the presentation vs the MJ3 seems quite different. MJ3 more cohesive me thinks
        Sep 25, 2023 at 8:40 AM
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    2. Vansen
      Vansen
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      2. Riotvan
        Riotvan
        Only on one browser or?
        Aug 16, 2023
      3. zonto
        zonto
        New corporate sponsor?
        Aug 16, 2023
      4. Gazny
        Gazny
        Mines an Amazon logo. I think the site doesn’t have a logo so it auto fills
        Aug 16, 2023
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    3. Vansen
      Vansen
      Did tidal drop MQA? If so, is all of the new FLAC just MQA source material that’s converted?
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      2. bobboxbody
        bobboxbody
        It sounds like they're trying to get new files for everything and playing mqa where they don't have it yet, so I don't think anything is being converted from mqa on their end.
        Aug 11, 2023
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        Aug 11, 2023
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      4. bixby
        bixby
        There are tons of files on Tidal that are not MQA, even though a lot of stuff has been encoded as MQA. At the end of the day, Tidal is a close second to your ripped CDs (lossless of course) being played by a good player. At least that is my experience.
        Aug 11, 2023
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    4. Vansen
      Vansen
      I continue to be impressed by the performance of the M1 iPad Air. They're my go lab tablet and out-perform our new i5 Windows laptops.
      1. zottel, Cryptowolf, gepardcv and 4 others like this.
      2. Qildail
        Qildail
        I dived into the M2 iPad Pro earlier in the year... the thing screams, but I know I'm not really using it to its full potential.
        Jul 31, 2023
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      3. YMO
        YMO
        I know right. M1 Air is like crack.
        Jul 31, 2023
      4. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        When I was in school in used my iPads for everything, all my notes/testbooks. Now the only thing I use it for is photo editing, but I also upgraded from a 2017 10.5" pro to a 13" m2 iPad Pro and the different in editing speed is night and day, even with also upgrading to a 60MP A7R5 from the 42MP A7R3
        Aug 1, 2023
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    5. Vansen
      Vansen
      It’s that time of year in Seattle when you get home after an audio show and dinner and think: time to mow the lawn - plenty of sun left.
      1. Wilson, Merrick, Inoculator and 6 others like this.
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      3. Gazny
        Gazny
        The sun being out so long is keeping me up.
        Jun 25, 2023
      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        You people in higher latitudes must get lovely long afternoon naps.
        Jun 25, 2023
      5. YMO
        YMO
        You shouldn't complaint @Vansen, in FL it can be 9 AM and already 90 degrees and the sun waiting to kill ya.
        Jun 25, 2023
    6. Vansen
      Vansen
      Whenever a Digi-Key box shows up, I’m instantly brought back to my childhood. I swear they’re the same boxes my dad got 30 years ago.
      1. Philimon and HotRatSalad like this.
    7. Vansen
      Vansen
      Vansen Jr. has arrived. Time to find some infant sized HD6##.
      1. Skyline, Soups, Pocomo and 40 others like this.
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      3. yotacowboy
        yotacowboy
        Holy cow! Congrats, dude!!!
        May 1, 2023
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      4. CEE TEE
        CEE TEE
        Best minivan of all time!!
        May 1, 2023
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      5. Merrick
        Merrick
        Mazel tov!
        May 2, 2023
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    8. Vansen
      Vansen
      I broke my Instagram algorithm. All of my video reels are just AI versions of US presidents playing Minecraft together now.
      1. zottel, zerodeefex, Gazny and 5 others like this.
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      3. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        I'm waiting for the alogorithm to combine my hobbies in unexpected ways: watches, dog training, audio, and mixology.
        Apr 26, 2023
      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Cats with big tits singing Indian classical music whilst doing precision machining.

        What's so hard about that? Instagram doesn't even begin to get it right.
        Apr 26, 2023
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      5. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        @Thad E Ginathom I think you're looking for either Patreon or OnlyFans, two doors down and on the left :P
        Apr 26, 2023
    9. Vansen
      Vansen
      Bought a framing nail gun today because I felt like be lazy for a few walls I need to put up. Such a game changer and a great purchase.
      1. Cryptowolf, RKML0007, DigMe and 2 others like this.
    10. Vansen
      Vansen
      Replacing the hanger swivel on the right cup of my WH-1000XM4… it’s 23 screws to remove the hanger.
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Oh great, thanks. Mind you, the Sony WH-1000XM series might be in double digits by the time I actually buy one.

        I keep thinking, maybe next time I fly. And I keep not flying.
        Apr 14, 2023
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      4. Vansen
        Vansen
        The batteries on these are really nice. I own the M2, 2x M3, and an M4. I use these about 3800 hours per year according to the Sony app. Even at this use level, the My five year old M2 still hold a charge like new. I'm about 50/50 between the M4 and M2, not much M3 use.
        Apr 14, 2023
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      5. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Super recommendation, thanks. It seems you must quite like the sound too? :)
        Apr 15, 2023
    11. Vansen
      Vansen
      My wife likes taking over Roon/ the speakers to play Savage Garden. I hate how good their music sounds on my system, lol.
      1. RKML0007, Boops, LetMeBeFrank and 6 others like this.
      2. Ksaurav402
        Ksaurav402
        I used to listen to “The Animal Song” a lot when I was preparing for my Engineering entrance exam.
        Mar 30, 2023
      3. Soups
        Soups
        Forever scarred by a college dorm neighbor who for weeks, nearly everyday, blasted and sang along to Savage Garden and N'Sync. I'm sure your wife isn't trying to harm you tho... or is she?
        Mar 30, 2023
    12. Vansen
      Vansen
      Lin Lai E-6SN7 are very good, but in the 307a EC BA, this 1945 RCA smoke glass 6SN7GT is the clear winner. It's a magical pairing.
      1. Inoculator, RKML0007 and Entropy like this.
      2. Gazny
        Gazny
        I miss my smoked glass 6sn7 I bundled a while ago.
        Mar 24, 2023
    13. Vansen
      Vansen
      The longer I own/ dial in this HD580 BP, the more I understand its cult following. Staging/ imaging is between HD6## and HD800 w/ good FR.
      1. ColdsnapBry
        ColdsnapBry
        What have you been doing to dial it in? I've got a flat plate black paper i like.
        Mar 16, 2023
      2. Vansen
        Vansen
        I like worn pads and HD6xx grilles on mine. The old pads make the biggest difference.
        Mar 16, 2023
      3. ColdsnapBry
        ColdsnapBry
        Yea agreed, I'm currently coping with new pads. As all my OG pads from this era are gross from previous owners.
        Mar 16, 2023
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    14. Vansen
      Vansen
      FYI... the "Frequency Chart" link at the bottom of SBAF is hyperlinked to malware now.
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      3. Vansen
        Vansen
        I updated my home network to use Unbound DNS with Quad9 and ad blocking, which now blocks this by default on clients without special endpoint protection.
        Mar 10, 2023
      4. M3NTAL
        M3NTAL
        I'll have to learn what those two options are. I only know about PiHole and I'm still intimidated by that.
        Mar 15, 2023
      5. Vansen
        Vansen
        The Unbound DNS is taking the same approach as PiHole. PiHole would do the job just as well and seems easier to implement. I bet you could even forward DNS to Quad9 with PiHole.
        Mar 15, 2023
    15. Vansen
      Vansen
      The only HPs that get time on my system these days are JAR600 and HD580 BP. Really happy and I feel Utopia is the only competition for me.
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      2. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        I also think Marv has a point though; the Utopia timbre "problem" I think is overstated and overblown. Every driver material has a sound.

        Then again, this from the person who can't stand planars so take with prerequisite grains of salt.
        Feb 3, 2023
      3. brencho
        brencho
        yeah of course, one person's trash is another one's treasure, and vice versa. It's all based on a person's prefs and sensitivity. I really like the utopia, but some of it's issues make it hard to go back to, inspite of the strengths.
        Feb 3, 2023
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      4. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        Yeah very real drawbacks. No such thing as a free lunch. Also, I don't know how many acknowledge this, but it still has a WTF level price tag
        Feb 3, 2023
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    16. Vansen
      Vansen
      Shoutout to the Bay Area folks and the Guildhouse for hosting a great meet. MKB community crossover was really cool, too.
    17. Vansen
      Vansen
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      3. Vansen
        Vansen
        Interesting. I can try this easily, since one of the PSUs in this thread is a 5V LPS for another RPi. I wasn't aware of this aspect of the Pi2AES. I've seen similar measurements on just swapping from the stock PSU to a linear 24v PSU.
        Jan 26, 2023
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      4. Vansen
        Vansen
        It would have been nice to see this link also show measurements against a 24v LPS, since the author seems to assume much of the noise is from 5v switching, which some of it is, but a lot comes from the stock PSU. I probably would have gone for a 5v LPS if I saw this earlier. He could also have hooked up a 5v SMPS this way and measured for comparison.
        Jan 26, 2023
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      5. Azimuth
        Azimuth
        I think the 24V input just hits another switcher/regulator. The 5V mod in that link bypasses that regulator.
        Jan 26, 2023
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    18. Vansen
      Vansen
      It's been over a year since the OG FW on my Modi MB 1 has gone crazy and needed a reboot. Only change was a nicer UPS. Makes me wonder.
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      2. Biodegraded
        Biodegraded
        Still happens to me with v2 firmware, but rarely since I moved - which I guess could also be a power thing. But I've unplugged it a few times to move things around...
        Jan 25, 2023
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      3. edd
        edd
        happened to me before & after the firmware update; the MMB2 chapter on jason's headfi thread seems to indicate that changing the sample rate often triggers the issue. my MMB is packed up in a closet somewhere so I can't check myself.
        Jan 26, 2023
    19. Vansen
      Vansen
      A week in and these JAR600 are still my all time favorite. It feels like the right evolution of the HD600.
      1. Cryptowolf, caute, Qildail and 7 others like this.
      2. M3NTAL
        M3NTAL
        I'll need to look through the threads again, but did you listen to the JAR650's also?
        Dec 13, 2022
      3. Vansen
        Vansen
        I have not been part of the loaner programs yet and this JAR600 found its way to me through @Inoculator. I have heard about five different JAR650 and five JAR800. The JAR650 are really nice, but I've always been an HD600 person.
        Dec 13, 2022
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    20. Vansen
      Vansen
      Holy shit these JAR600 are so good. The HD600 has always been my favorite, but now I no longer want to buy a Utopia.
      1. FlySweep, caute, zottel and 8 others like this.
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      3. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        I swear no one believes me when I say that the JAR600 + EC Ultralinear made me contemplate selling everything else. Nice to see someone else enjoying the JAR600 (I'm never selling mine)
        Dec 7, 2022
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      4. M3NTAL
        M3NTAL
        I'll need to go through that thread - curious which version you all are liking. I'm leaning strongly towards the 'B' / V2
        Dec 7, 2022
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      5. caute
        caute
        @ChaChaRealSmooth Even with just a lowly Piety, I'm considering selling my LAuX + LCD-X and getting a JAR600B + Piety

        @M3NTAL I'll be shipping out the JARs to you tomorrow! Also strongly, even categorically prefer the B version as well.
        Dec 7, 2022
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