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yotacowboy

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not surprising synergy machine: SW51 w/ Tungsram EF184 -> old skool black screen HD600 + Cardas Smurf Nov 18, 2020 at 4:10 PM

yotacowboy was last seen:: Nov 23, 2020 at 5:03 PM

1. yotacowboy
  not surprising synergy machine: SW51 w/ Tungsram EF184 -> old skool black screen HD600 + Cardas Smurf
  
  Nov 18, 2020 at 4:10 PM
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  3. Skyline
    Funny you should say that. I've always treated synergy as balancing out components...brighter amp for a 650, etc. Lately, though, I've been going the other way and leaning into a headphone's traits like you say. The 600s are currently tied to my "brighter" amp and the 650s with the darker.
    
    Nov 19, 2020 at 10:02 AM
    
    yotacowboy and dematted like this.
  4. yotacowboy
    it's kinda like one's EQ-ing preferences: do you boost more than you cut? or cut more than you boost?
    
    Nov 19, 2020 at 10:14 AM
  5. gixxerwimp
    Catching up on profile posts ...
    I've got Tungsrams coming in later this week.
    
    Nov 23, 2020 at 11:06 PM
2. yotacowboy
  waow. Hum Inlet on vinyl is... all guitar in not quite an awesome way. No punch, just 120Hz fuzz.
  
  Nov 9, 2020
  2. e.schell
    I do love me some Hum... was sorta shocked to see they had released a new album... still have yet to give it a listen though...
    
    Nov 9, 2020
    
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  3. yotacowboy
    It's a great album. Just don't let the vinyl be your first listen. and, turn that shit UP!
    
    Nov 9, 2020
    
    jexby, Superexchanger and e.schell like this.
  4. jexby
    2 members of Hum were previously in Bad Flannel who played their first (second?) gig in the basement of my dorm building around 1986/7. to this day Bad Flannel tapes remain great music relics for those in Chambana eons ago.
    
    Nov 9, 2020
    
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3. yotacowboy
  fuck my neighbors: https://youtu.be/0I601JImgHk
  
  Nov 8, 2020
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  2. Hammy
    My Hero
    
    Nov 8, 2020
    
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4. yotacowboy
  I always enjoy Roon's recommended tracks after playing pink noise on repeat while setting levels.
  
  Oct 30, 2020
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  2. jexby
    Whitehouse, Macronympha and Pain Jerk FTW!
    
    Oct 30, 2020
5. yotacowboy
  I had no idea Qobuz takes "requests"! https://airtable.com/shrWFlthbAGjTSuJu
  
  Oct 30, 2020
  1. rtaylor76 and Soups like this.
  2. Soups
    Just submitted a request. Seen any user feedback on whether Qobuz has used this to add to their catalog?
    
    Oct 30, 2020
  3. yotacowboy
    Can't say. Though it says they review every request!
    
    Oct 30, 2020
6. yotacowboy
  we should go on vacation more often. it's like getting a new stereo every time you come home.
  
  Oct 28, 2020
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  3. dasman66
    @atomicbob ... Works for women too.
    
    Oct 28, 2020
  4. Tachikoma
    I've been away from my main rig for more than half a year, thanks to Covid19.
    
    Oct 30, 2020
  5. yotacowboy
    @Tachikoma: dude that totally sucks to hear. hope you're getting along with something decent portable in the meantime!
    
    Oct 30, 2020
    
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7. yotacowboy
  LOL, disregard
  
  Oct 21, 2020
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  3. yotacowboy
    YOU WILL DISREGARD AND LIKE IT.
    
    Oct 21, 2020
    
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  4. YMO
    Indeed. Now stop being a boomer and shut off caps lock. ;) Happy hump day!
    
    Oct 21, 2020
    
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  5. Thad E Ginathom
    I won't disregard. One of the best profile posts in a long time. So funny!
    
    LOL
    
    Oct 22, 2020
    
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8. yotacowboy
  nothing to see here...
  
  Oct 21, 2020
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  2. Jinxy245
    But now it can't be unseen...
    
    Oct 21, 2020
  3. Deep Funk
    I still see something. Maybe my eyes are still functional...
    
    Oct 22, 2020
9. yotacowboy
  anti-yoinks! Did Yggdrasil Unison swap as favor for an older retired (not electronic savvy) friend; he returned favor with a free pair of LS50s!
  
  Oct 21, 2020
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  3. rtaylor76
    And be careful with blocking the port...those KEF's don't like big excursion.
    
    Oct 21, 2020
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    The cameras were my grandfather's. after my grandmother passed, we were clearing out her house and possessions, and no one else wanted an old box of broken cameras.
    
    Oct 21, 2020
  5. yotacowboy
    I've never looked closely at them. So, now that I have, yes, it's a Canon AE-1, and an Argus-A.
    
    Oct 21, 2020
    
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10. yotacowboy
  iFi Zen Phono Balanced out is a nice improvement from SE. That whole blacker blackground thingy. Soundstage cohesiveness, too.
  
  Oct 19, 2020
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11. yotacowboy
  BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
  
  Oct 16, 2020
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12. yotacowboy
  aside: fawk I need to sit down and clean my vinyl. some shit looks (and sounds) like Carl from ATHF borrowed it.
  
  Oct 13, 2020
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  3. rtaylor76
    "You're hot blooded...go ahead...check it, and see!"
    
    Oct 13, 2020
    
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  4. JK47
    I Spin Cleaned my vinyl after the ultrasonic bath... and a few times without, It's better than nothing.
    
    Oct 13, 2020
  5. Thad E Ginathom
    Fancy machines, fancy fluids, may be best but...
    
    NB: microfibre is wonderful. With a home-made IPA solution.
    
    disclosure: it's been a decade or so since I consigned the deck to the cupboard.
    
    Oct 14, 2020
    
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13. yotacowboy
  Way to go Zampotech!!! this little amp freaking rocks!!
  
  Oct 13, 2020
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  3. yotacowboy
    It's like the audio version of doing a Whippet.
    
    Oct 13, 2020
    
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  4. Mdkaler
    Yep my SW51 is literally sitting on top of the Af now. (still haven't got my ass to write some impressions after a year...)
    
    Oct 13, 2020
  5. gixxerwimp
    Had to look up "doing a whippet" ... LOL
    Haven't done one since high school. Should go out and buy a can to try with SW51+ ...
    
    Oct 14, 2020
    
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14. yotacowboy
  ebay + craigslist + replacement parts from mfg = $88 plus some shipping for used set of 4 https://imgur.com/a/e5Ckynm
  
  Oct 9, 2020
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  3. yotacowboy
    @bixby - just sitting down to some vinyl with these footers. So, the most interesting thing I'm noticing is more front to back layering/soundstage. But it's not something I've experienced before in my rig.
    
    Oct 11, 2020
  4. yotacowboy
    there's more depth, but overall things have moved forward into the room than ever before. Like, now there's three distinct layers - IN the room, at the speaker plane, and things behind the speaker plane. Granted, I'm less than one album in, Poppy Ackroyd Resolve Reimagined so it could be how the album is mixed, but it's not like i haven't spun this album before!
    
    Oct 11, 2020
  5. yotacowboy
    I'll reserve judgment for a bit, but on a 1-to-blowjob scale it's somewhere in the middle.
    
    Oct 11, 2020
15. yotacowboy
  weird. hollow center pin RCA plugs don't fit in BF2 RCA out...
  
  Oct 9, 2020
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  2. YMO
    Hehe, "fit."
    
    Oct 9, 2020
16. yotacowboy
  scrolling thru fighter jet thread thinking "JK47 is definitely going to post the AC-130"... Bingo!
  
  Oct 8, 2020
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  3. YMO
    @JK47 boooo. I need more A-10 friendies.
    
    Oct 8, 2020
    
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  4. JK47
    Wild Weasel flew the Cobra equivalent fighting GI Joe, and that was my prized possession when I was a youngster, if that's any solace.
    
    Oct 8, 2020
    
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  5. yotacowboy
    Dragonfly with the thumb trigger to spin the rotor FTW!
    
    Oct 8, 2020
    
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17. yotacowboy
  I don't always post reddit links, but when I do, it's posts like this: https://tinyurl.com/yxrastes
  
  Oct 3, 2020
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  2. gixxerwimp
    [deleted]
    
    What did the OP say?
    
    Oct 3, 2020
    
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  3. nishan99
    "But when I do, it's [deleted]."
    
    Oct 3, 2020
18. yotacowboy
  c'mon, somebody has to "like" this just because: https://tinyurl.com/y5eoq7sx
  
  Oct 2, 2020
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19. yotacowboy
  If i were to judge solely by the amount of rush hour traffic today, I'd say COVID-19 is 100% done. Winning!
  
  Oct 2, 2020
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20. yotacowboy
  boooo! TU-8600 left channel ded. calling in reinforcements, i.e., local electronics shop.
  
  Oct 2, 2020
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  3. yotacowboy
    already dropped it off for a diagnostic. I pulled the trafos out and triple checked everything and didn't see any cold joints or bridges, so that's the limit of what I'm willing to do without some way to discharge the high V caps.
    
    Oct 2, 2020
  4. yotacowboy
    also "out of an abundance of caution"
    
    Oct 2, 2020
    
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  5. famish99
    I would say because of all of the DC regulation in the circuits, the caps discharge within a matter of seconds when turned off. That's a bummer it died though, I had a few issues, but it still ran through them.
    
    Oct 3, 2020
    
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Gender:

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Home Page:

http://davidhasselhoffonline.com/

Location:

NOVA

Occupation:

Designer of Graphics

Gear List:

Main rig:
Sources—Roon/Qobuz to RPi+ALLO DigiOne Sig, Technics SL-1200 w/ DL-103r to Reisong SUT to iFi ZEN Phono, Sangean HDT-20
DAC—Yggdrasil A2 (BNC RPi, Coax Sangean)
Preamp—Freya S
Amps—AegirX2, EC Af, broken/MIA Elekit TU-8600, SW51
Speakers—Audio Note AZ-2 (Hemp drivers, silver VC tweeters, upgraded x-over)
Headphones—HD800SDR, HD600, ZMF Aeolus, Aurorus Australis

Work:
Sony XDR-F1HD/iPhone 8 --> Bifrost 2 -->MDxZDTJr/Asgard 3--> ZMF Aeolus, HD650K, Solaris/2019 Andro
Sony NW-ZX2 --> Solaris/2019 Andro
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