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The 2 train

2nd class all the way. :-)

@alubis To some extent, BW2 kinda dominates the rig. Tend to find headphones and sources that can pull the most of bw. lol
@DigMe @skem 2 is mostly right. History has proven it: Batman returns, Darknight, Spider-man 2 (Sam Raimi), The empire strikes back,... (all my favorites)

FOMO must go on

You know what they say... once you go black...
Congrats, I wondered what was coming in with all that gear moving out.

Thanks. Will miss what are shipping out. But will enjoy the new toy for sure.

Is there another dustup?

I wish Audio Gd can go back to the Compass 2 with the Wolfson chips. But they are no longer top game.

@Cspirou Not here, but my irl labmates are loudly asserting the greatness of their recent purchases (either agd or tpn) -- mostly due to new-toy honeymoon. What a headache.

@Lyer25 Sinner! I cannot abide such indiscretion. Portmanteau filth, conflation of new testament with old. Abomination!

@BenjaminBore Theeeeere's the passion I was looking for :))

But really, I haven't seen the original trilogy in a few years now that I think about it. Might need to fix that.

*also for the love of eff it was the closest thing to plankton I could think of on the fly dammit XD

BW2 is flat out fantastic! :) I use mine with HD650, LCD-2Cm, and Focal Clears. All fed from a Gungnir Multibit! :D

Black Widow was one of the best pairings I ever heard with my 600.

Yup. My nipples tingle just thinking about it.

Yowch. The lifemix thing kinda makes sense, I want to be able to hear my surroundings in event of emergencies, but that's what open-backs are for. Also, WTH is with the hard-panning music during the Zeos-esque sound demo? I do NOT relish the idea of messing with the mix.

Home use wireless headphones make sense to me and people will pay what they will, but this doesn't seem well-thought.

I believe lifemix is another marketing name of existing features (Sony call it "ambient control"; MS has something similar.). And it is largely different from openness of open back designs. Except extremely open estats or planars, open hps generally reduce trebles very significantly (due to physical reflection/absorption). Structure-wise lifemix or those things may be more like hearing aids.

Yep, the way they talked about it in the intro I was half hoping it'd be something like having the ability to toggle on a pseudo open-back feel but the sound demo was extremely disappointing.

Integrating a hearing aid into something like this is a novel concept. Hmm, well if they eventually make something interesting of it I'll let my wallet speak for me, haha

Try swapping the pads if you haven't already. Zach matches the pads to each side so if they were put on backwards you could have a channel imbalance.

That makes sense. Should and will try. If so, zmf users may have to label their pads when they got the unit to prepare future pad rolling.

Are you a jedi master @cskippy ? : https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/loaner-zmf-auteur.6821/page-3#post-232466

Expecting a 5000 word review.

... for each. Haha

But that dark mode

lol its not Apple's fault that your software didn't get updated in time

How do you find the bass presentation in your chain? I've been a little concerned about some reports of it being a tad 'lean'. Looking forward to your impressions either way.

Kinda agree and disagree. To my ears, bass sounds just right (in terms of quantity and quality). The real problem seems that this dac is inherently bright and sterile (depending on downstream), which potentially makes bass reproduction relatively lean. Will see if 1421 changes over next a couple of days.. but I am 80% sure that it is a fundamental sonic character.

Makes sense, thanks

http://playdiablo4.com/

Horrible. Most disappointing opening ceremony I've ever seen. WC3 and WoW classic release was the only good news. I can't believe they are letting Diablo 3 die like this.

They should do a remake of Warcraft 2: Battle.net edition.

All of them have been added to the filter (if spelled correctly): M1mby, B1mby, Gumbby and Yiiggy

Yggdrasil (edit: hey, it works)

Yggdrasil Gungnir Multibit Bifrost Multibit Modi Multibit

Still see them on Craigslist sometimes. Panasonic bought the tech but never surpassed it. I bought the last Samsung plasma at the end of 2014 (F8500).

I couldn't ever take that 15.7kHz buzz from CRTs. Ugh. But I like HD800. Is everybody here a hypocrite?

I had my 9th gen Kuro Plasma till a few weeks ago, had it for almost a decade,I replaced it with a 65” OLED several months back

Yeah, it was just delivered. Used their HEQ comp (kinda mixture of harman and b&k targets) for now. Will develop my own compensation that can match what I measure and what I hear!

Okay, now THAT is exciting stuff. Tempted to pick one up myself but I'd rather get a start on that analogue rig, finally. The extra data will be useful, especially for stuff not easily auditioned :)

Elex you naughty boy... Put those treble spikes away

So glad I'm out of the headphone game. Else I would be twiddling my thumbs in nervousness

I am half in half out. Indeed giving most of my head time to bose qc35 these days. Am I still an audiophile? lol

I feel ya. its just a cyclical denial that starts with.... I'm like I want that!...but I will prob just use speakers...But i want it....but you'll use your andros and dap instead. Then I don't even use my andros/dap nor my speakers. Probably listen more on crappy speakers in stores and public places Lol.

My cat disagrees, wanted to chew your post. http://i67.tinypic.com/2vl2x05.jpg

Awesome. How did you take the photo lol

The wife has ultra instinct whenever the furry ones do anything funny.

would choose deafness over etherC.

Oh yay... Just kidding...

AFAIK EC was notorious for its poor QC (much less so for later aeons though). Kinda curious. But surely won't join the drop at all lol.