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Can't wait to try these with all my Excel Spreadsheets!!

Bro.. apple VR + Dyson headphones mask and suddenly all those 1970’s characterizations of “the future” don’t seem so far off.

My first reaction: "Is there an Apple Vision non-Pro? The only thing "pro" about it is the price."

Guess they could come out with the Apple Vision Plebe later.

The attic is by far the best room in our house, acoustically. Maybe a bit too dry, even, although untreated. I guess this is due to the materials: Wooden floor with PVC coating, only one relatively small stone wall and window, the rest including the ceiling is plasterboard with some stone wool or glass wool isolation behind.

Clap your hands and you’ll hear no reverb whatsoever, and I didn’t have any problems with bass, either.

Low ceiling and lightweight walls? Hard sell to anyone wanting bass and good tonality. Other than that it can be dialed-in in other areas.

We're living in the golden age, though there's so much more content being recorded today that it takes more effort to find it.

@dubharmonic In every period of the history of recording, there are excellent boutique labels. Occasionally, a talented engineer does fine work at one of the big labels. E.g. of each: The Bis label does record a little better than Decca ~1958–1969. Riccardo Chailly's Brahms on Decca (2012–2013) too. But these are exceptions. Our is not a golden age.

@Claritas maybe yours isn't but mine sure is!

Spoon, "The Way We Get By," sounding fat on Susvara.

Nutty HP. Sometimes sounds a bit thin, sometimes as big and bottom-heavy as you want. Never sounds bad though.

That’s a fantastic album, Ekute is my favorite song.

I first heard it at Axpona of all places. It's almost like a conspiratorial thing going into a room and they're actually playing interesting music.

https://www.whathifi.com/news/ifis-new-ican-phantom-is-the-quirkiest-headphone-amp-i-saw-at-high-end-munich-2023

@iFi audio Can you drop some specs on us? Will this drive Susvara?

My recent semi-nutty auditioning of every high-end-ish HP I could get my hands on got me interested enough in e-stats to want to own some one day. But not enough to want to get a separate amp, so this is interesting.

Interesting move to replace their current flagship with one that's a combo of that plus the iESL and a significantly higher pricetag... I wonder if that means they'll have a separate non-electrostat "flagship" amp incoming soon.

Brah... Bro.

Any other minimal jazz recs? Putting together a playlist.

ECM catalog is packed full. Have you tried John Surman? Upon Reflection is a good album to start with. Forgot to add Jakob Bro is great, nice choice.

Oh, yeah, love ECM. It's such a huge catalogue, I'm always discovering new stuff. Latest is Bengt Berger, Bitter Funeral Beer.

I've never really gotten along with the likes of Ralph Towner or Jan Garbarek. Too new-agey and edge-less for me. I skip them by reflex now and go for the deeper cuts.

The parts that were interesting was not the actual plot of the movie. As soon as Tommy Lee Jones showed up on screen, it sucked from there. The other stuff was cool AF. Like the moon scenes, etc.

Yeah, a lot of the visualization of space travel and living is excellent. I like, especially, the Mars stuff, where everyone is just depressed. Interesting mix of dreamy imagery and sudden violence. But the plot is so, so dumb. Every other line of dialogue is a wince. Some cool moments, but they're linked together in the most perfunctory way.

It's hard to identify with the character's struggles when they are so far out there.

It's tube rolling for zoomers

miss me with all the HQ Player neurosis. this is why I like the Mscaler, you just plug it in and it does the thing

Definitely like the idea of the MScaler, but not the cost. Be nice if someone came along and made an upscaling box for something more like $1k. I was sort of hoping that was what the Syn would end up being.

I listened to a few Little Dragon albums for the first time thanks to your status. Not my usual genre, but I really enjoyed them!

Might be good- I liked Susvara on my Moth 2a3 even though it wasn't the ultimate in bass control. Rich overall which I thought was pretty nice on short listen.

How many watts does the Moth push?

Edit: Easy to find. 3 watts.

Hey hadn’t thought of the Gustard, but that seems like a really good alternative as well.

Yeah. I really like the tuning of Gustard R26 too. Very modern but has some R2R qualities, I like it better than Schiit Yggdrasil.

Okay, a couple *really* nice listening sessions with the R26 thus far. I hate comparing DACs. Mostly find that if I'm feeling it, then it's good.

I might have done better in Berlin digging for electronic/techno, but that ain't my thing. Have had some luck in smaller cities (in the US), but also have seen a lot of small shops pricing in the stratosphere. A lot of people, dealers and customers both, treating LPs like black gold, even when the stock is crap.

Ah, Record Store Day... there was just nothing I was interested in this year. *Another* Bill Evans re-discovered "holy grail"? On so-so pressed vinyl cut from digital files? Yawn. I'll stream it.

Been doing the same in London last couple of days. Interesting to see a different flavour in the used selection vs North America, but but holy fuck the prices... And the staff don't seem to need RSD to be arrogant, I suspect it's a permanent state.

I read that even beefier amps/speakers amps bring more slam to the Sus. Something to experiment with down the line. I also have the feeling the VC will take to tubes nicely. No doubt a Feliks Envy would serve both nicely, but I don't think I'm that nuts.

Like, Susvara offers up detail I'm not even sure the Utopia or HD800 can dig out. It's just all... there. As in, tracks I've heard hundreds of times revealing parts I never clocked before. Pretty astonishing. Via the Ferrum, bass doesn't hit particularly hard, but it's also there, including sub-bass.

It's also a bit of a ten rows back kind of experience. Stat-like, as many have remarked. It doesn't reach out and grab you. You sort of come to it, which I prefer for longer listens with HPs anyway, but everything is there when you want it.

Now just working on the DAC. I think I need something a little warmer/bassier than the ESS9038-based VMV (SMSL) I have in now. Current candidates are Bifrost 2 (OG), Gustard R26, maybe Orchid.

PX-100. Good memories. My first hifi purchase. Purchased twice! Used them each until they died (broken cables because I took them every where) then switched to Porta because PX100 (mk1) went OOP.

I stockpiled a couple pairs of PX100-ii, but, naturally, they're in storage.

The rare album where the bass is almost the lead instrument.

Not Even Jail FTW

just don't catch an STD from carlos!

When I get them I mark on the back ring with a silver marker. Might not be the most elegant solution, but it's the one least frustrating personally. https://i.imgur.com/wJqzJzI.jpg

About as elegant as one could get. Thanks. Good tip.

Also, I think I got mine paired wrong, again.

Interesting. In a way, you are giving yourself a blind test.

Ya weight is an issue but you can use Crescent Snap and BBB strap for better weight distribution.

Thanks. Might check out the Crescent Snap.

The VC are polarizing, for me, thus far. On certain tracks, the dark, warm, bassy sound is really appealing, and there's still a nice sense of detail and space. On other tracks, they're a bit congested. Too much warmth. This is with Universe pads.

Unfortunately, I could only hear them through a Mojo 2. Probably not ideal. The Yamaha was… I dunno, different? Warm? Wooly? Not unresolving but also not screaming DETAIL? Hard to tell really, as only had 5 minutes.

Whichever way, my conclusion is that, at this price range, I might as well go Susvara.