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Yeah I am liking it but still trying to digest it. So far it doesn't have the same impact for me as Double Negative (tho I am glad it isn't just Double Negative V2.0), but many of the albums that are now in my all time favourites took a long time to earn their places there...

I'm excited to spend some time with it. Need more time, simply because in recent press photos one of the guys was doing this WH-Macy-from-Shameless look and I'm just having a hard time with that for some reason.

my thinking, too, @shambles - another challenging sonic kick to the head like Double Negative would've been too much - HEY WHAT meets in the middle between DN and 1&6s.

mutherfucking breadcrumbs. how does 8W of SET toobz sound more "commanding" than 80W of Aegir?

It's not the size of the wattage, it's how you use it. ;)

So far 8W of SHRED beats the fuck outta a buncha limpdick eleventy-hunderd watts of garbledeygook.

yooo another plini fan! hellll yeah, love plini too, good taste!

Nice! Love Deafheaven myself and will give it a listen soon!

Listening now, and that's some good shit. Tanxx!!

Listening to their latest album Silencia. Have you ever listened to William Basinski's Disintegration Loops? Different, but really good.

Oh, have definitely heard Basinski - big fan since disintegration loops came out around the same time as Richter did Blue Notebooks (another seminal ambient album!). His works are a bit more cerebral, Hammock are good, but more just trying to sound "pretty" imho.

I was searching for headband breakage info and stumbled across this video which seems to describe @Ti_Leo's repair. Too bad it's in Bahasa. Really interesting teardown in any case.
https://youtu.be/HjE0CGvDkb8

@gixxerwimp yea, Focal headphones are quite pretty after disassembling. And I saw someone mentioned using some strong tape to fix the headband on Head-fi or somewhere else. Definitely needs to open the stitching.

Yeah, if the flying leads to the VC had been damaged I'd have at least tried to resolder them, but both were visually okay. Good news is these were Gaspasser's old phones, so he hooked it up with an RMA from Drop - they were still within warranty coverage.

Working on it

We are counting on you for a 8600 vs 8900 showdown.

you buy, I'll fly!

You goateed temptress...

I thought it was a painting of his wife, maybe it is a self portrait

his wife is an artist, perhaps it is a Steve in shorts painting.

I can't unsee that it's some weird sharon stone upskirt shot of someone who we're not supposed to see an upskirt shot of.

Yankee.

Hotel.

Foxtrot.

Hmm, color me interested. New at around $550 USD, a decent value?

Nothing around here to compare to other than Pi2AES but at used prices I'd say its worth it. after a couple nights spinning discs and comparing to streamer, the Pi2AES is a little more dynamic, exciting-sounding, front-row presentation. Audiolab is a little more wall-of-sound, in a good way. better space, more like generally 5th row presentation.

but closely mic'd stuff pops out in front of the speaker plane; spacious but well defined.Tonally, there's little difference between the two. Seems to be more a difference of dynamics (and quietness), and detail. Neither are remotely fatiguing, if that's a concern.

Worth posting about in some guy's 'musical foundation' thread ;)

Siamese Dream has been a big one for me

@Biodegraded I thought nobody was paying attention to that thread!

And yes, OK, if there actually was a CD release back in the mists of time then I can usually get it (often at significantly inflated prices) on Discogs, etc. but then not a penny of that goes to the artist, which removes a big part of the reason I buy music in the first place

Precisely - if it's an artist I like, i'll be buying both CD and LP, but I'd prefer CD over DL for my digital library. Sure, 24/96 is neat, but I'm fine with 16/44 for non-streaming library.

Very happy with the rips of my older CDs. Have bought very little music in recent years, but have come to understand that "remastered" can mean "spoilt." Better to digitise one's own LPs, even if they are not perfectly clean. My brain is used to the imperfections on favourites anyway: the CD copy seems /too/ clean!

What one has a less mid range focus? aka, do any get closer to a diverse sound like the elrog? Or should I just focus on another tube compliment.

Least midrangey/midbassey is the LL E300B: https://linlaiglobal.com/index.php/product/linlai-elite-series-e-300b-vacuum-tubes/

My view is, with super tubes, even the uncommon amp isn't enough to differentiate between them and hard core is required. The Jeffrey Jackson or Donald North custom amps area is needed to take advantage of the summit type tubes otherwise it's a waste. It's something I experienced myself, common components on grail tubes equals roughly the same experience. Top design, components and build thins the herd.

Seems like the going price on ebay, but in my own limited experience with them - the bigger question is do you like electrostatic? Wouldn't be worth it to me as the "good" energizer is supposedly $7k from the guy in Iceland. The current production Stax energizers don't cut it - again, limited experience though.

Check out https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=Stax+SR+Lambda+Pro, looks like $450 in great condition is reasonable

Definitely agree it's a subtle but noticeable improvement that becomes more apparent over time. Slight improvements in a lot of areas that become greater than the 'sum of the parts.'

He said he thinks he sent me 1960s. Should get them on Monday and will confirm with this site he also provided
https://tctubes.com/telefunken-date-codes.aspx

Whoah, arrived early. There doesn't seem to be a way to distinguish the decade from the code. 4th digit: "Last digit of year (1958–1978), tens need to be guessed". Mine are all U9005608J, so 55/65/75 I guess. Will pop them in shortly.