Vtory

Yes!!! I was wondering if an open source version would ever be released. This is awesome

We're releasing a wood cup t50 kit soon, like within the next month or so. I'm making a video guide on it shortly. Basically you get the wood cups and have to sand and finish them, if that's your thing instead of 3d printing. Made a whole new cup design for it so it doesn't look like the old ZMF stuff, uses 1/8 inputs.

Wow, another exciting news. Of course very interested. Thanks Zach!

IIRC, Qualia 010 was the first one to sport such a design

My fav looking headphone atm, looks like a modernized, all black ortho Qualia 010. Weight is only 320 gr (!) and comes with 2 different earpads. Would love to hear it, super interesting headphone.

Very interesting. Yeah, looks a heckuva lot like the HD800. Or the Sony mentioned.

It is literally a 3D-scanned copy of the OG R10, so... yeah. Enjoying my pair quite a bit.

Oooh, I'd be interested in your impressions- I did hear a OG R10 so curious to see how this one is. (Not that I really liked the OG R10, but it sounded really, really interesting, in a good way)

@Tachikoma Unlike HFM (who simply copied the cup's outer appearance only), ES seems to replicate fairly well. A bit of 'modernness' added though.

@ext1 I'll report my thoughts to the thread later. Initial impression is very positive. Well balanced over the entire spectrum, lush mids, etc. In the meantime, I'd use them for my daily music rambling thread.

Most excellent! Must celebrate this weekend.

Congrats!!

Thanks, all!

Pre 2020 depreciated due to cases of driver failure and it is fair for such product to loose value when the company charges a ton to repair it if out of warranty.

Am I naive to hope the new Utopia's 5k peak keeps enough people away so that we can see some end in sight to the mega-buck headphone niche that the 1st Utopia in many ways popularized?

And at this price point, no way am I buying the "my employees' kids gotta eat" or "bcuz r&d" rationale that smaller outfits might use to charge north of 1K for headphones.

"Patreon said in a statement that it "partner[s] with a number of external organizations to continuously develop our security capabilities and conduct regular security assessments to ensure we meet or exceed the highest industry standards.""

Translation: Some bullshit manager believed some bullshit services salesman.

In a cost-of-living review some time back I slashed my Patreon commitment from modest to tiny. Possibly time I closed it down.
Especially as it previously accessed a paypal acount I have now got locked out of.

Yikes. I hope Zeos is OK.

Clicked, saw jude's face, closed.

It's 2022 and MrSpeakers still don't state his headphones sensitivity and impedance. I really hate that company.

@nishan99 Found on hf that impedance and sensitivity are 23 ohms about 87dB/mW, said by Mrspeakers. But yeah, could have mentioned it on the video or in their website, like every other manufacturer

https://www.instagram.com/p/CiYDFokOBuD/?hl=en Just announced yesterday, seems like no product page yet. I know in the CanJam preview video also has a section about it which probably has most info so far on it.
https://youtu.be/cyKBuyLxyv4?t=2190

@netforce I don't know who that guy is on the Camjam video, but "That's right! It *does* things!" is an unintentionally hilarious line. It's like the time I ran a successful campaign by promising my fellow undergrads "stuff," without ever specifying what.

Oh yeah, that was Warren lol

Just saw the EU prices, cheapest one over €1k, think i’ll pass…

Still on 8+ and super happy to get 5 years out of a phone now too! Next year will probably be the year of upgrading...

After having an SE (2016) for 5.5 years, I bought the 13 Mini last year, mainly because I was very sure it would be discontinued. LED is nicer than LCD, but I miss the smaller overall size. Apple will probably use the leftover Mini parts for its next SE, but that will be their last smallish phone for a good while; so I might have to buy it.

The new one that is. It looks way prettier. The characters don't look "uglier" to me.

@Aelms Played its OG long ago but passed the remaster. Heard good things from my friends. Maybe I should check out..

@DigMe Dunno about reddit but very likely.

@jnak00 That first reissue was really nice.. That's still my favorite among all the three versions.

@Walderstorn Agreed. Playing 2014 one again, I am still not convinced that 2013-14 graphics (SOTA level at release) need any overhauls..

@zerodeefex Purely preferential on my end. I might have too strong primacy effect/bias based on earlier works. Indeed only a matter for the first few hours. I was more annoyed with gameplays in the end..

Huh, looks like the klipsch hp-3

Those pads are a shape I’ve not encountered before. Like they’re designed to angle drivers to the ear?

@daduy Yeah, the cup seems a popular way for semi-open or semi-closed backs. Wood seems a little gimmick tho. Haha.

@Qildail Right. The pads do angle drivers (plus, drivers are already angled in the housing). They're also designed to fit human head curvature well.

@Lyander I do agree and solving the same quest in multiple ways is making the experience even better. Nonetheless, I highly recommend you to complete the main quests and all the subsequent DLC scenarios. I really like how the grand theme is beautifully presented in F:NV, if not the prettiest visualization.

My game of choice lately is Left 4 Dead 2 with relatives; we grew up in net cafes playing this game so there's a massive nostalgia factor, but that aside the game remains genuinely pretty; I likewise feel that while F:NV may have comparatively blocky textures and clunky mechanics, there's just a beauty to its design that makes it feel compelling. Work of art, that one.

Also: fully agree that the degree of freedom you have in solving choices is remarkable. I had no idea Charisma builds were terrible here but that's what I opted for at the start and it's been fun.

@Cspirou I usually sample streaming and then buy. My musial tastes are such that I want to support musicians on BC making art.

@Cryptowolf - what I really like about Bandcamp is that it’s not only digital downloads. Artists can sell CDs and vinyl, and all physical purchases include hi-res downloads in your favorite format

I agree and often purchase physical media as well. plus some labels offers subscriptions for all bands on the label.

That was the saddest thread I read on SBAF.

I was listening to Solti's rendition of Eugene Onegin with royal opera house orchestra (w/ Sus). Three times in a row. Hella beautiful orchestration with great details. Cues were almost visible.

You can't go wrong, but you're not gonna go really right. The notes are all there in the right order, but you find yourself asking, "Is that all there is?" But when he's hot, he's sizzling—and it's wonderful. His late Wagner excerpts, his early Mahler 5th, even his New World.

Brass players would tend to agree with you :)

Agreed. Very solid and well-built. Perhaps free from major mechanical failures.

Sorry, @Vtory . I didn't realize I made this post on your profile page. Thanks for your generous response. Nice to see that you're back.

Welcome back and don't mind the stuff growing in the back of the fridge.

Good to see you about the place again, sir.

Hey bud! I hope the vacation did you some good.

Everything ok? I hope so. Much love brother

People catcher doing it’s work already.