Vtory
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Vtory

Audiophile™, from East Coast

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I always feel ambivalent whenever seeing end-game items in one hobby are priced lower than entry/budget ones in another hobby.. Mar 22, 2024 at 4:49 PM

    1. Lyander
      Lyander
      Props for Steins;Gate :))
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Well yeah the lack of resolution for the first half arcs kinda comes with the territory, haha. The sense of escalation between Q & A is part of what I loved about the franchise.

        I used to be into VNs but less so lately, and far fewer games in general. Just feel kinda meh about it.

        Also I've yet to check out S;G0 so thanks for the tip! Adding it to the list. Original was fine IMO.
        Sep 7, 2020
      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        RE the director I've not seen much of his work TBH (wow some of these titles are nostalgic), but I didn't entirely hate Zettai Karen Children or Sket Dance so... fingers crossed?
        Sep 7, 2020
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      5. Vtory
        Vtory
        I didn't know much either lol. I can comfortably say his work of Mr Tonegawa was great though, but that's a little different style from When They Cry. The scriptwriter is a very capable guy anyway, so mildly optimistic haha.
        Sep 7, 2020
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    2. Vtory
      Vtory
      Whoa! Will be trying out vmoda m200 later this month.
      1. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        That headphone seems well engineered. I am curious.
        Sep 7, 2020
      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        Roland never disappointed me (digital piano, soft midi, etc). That's why I decided to give them a shot.
        Sep 7, 2020
    3. Vtory
      Vtory
      10d passed. Still enjoying magnius. Despite 'meh' reviews, it made hd650 survive and get persistent headtime. Sedated grado amp nervosa too.
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      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        But explaining why I liked it this much isn't easy. Trid to list some terms but neither was fully convincing to me. Feels like I just didn't find proper wording yet. Multi-dimensional flavor might be the closest to my honest feeling, but leaves room to be specified.
        Sep 2, 2020
    4. Vtory
      Vtory
      Lol I made the best decision not to go for gtx 2080 early this year.. Now waiting for 3090 cuda benchmark in pytorch training.
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      2. DEATHxMACHINE
        DEATHxMACHINE
        10,496 freaking cuda cores. I don't need it but I sure in hell want it. I have been waiting for good upgrade for my 1080 ti.
        Sep 2, 2020
      3. Vtory
        Vtory
        I am very attracted by its huge 24G memory as my requirement is to load as large batch as possible at once. Hopefully (if it works as I imagine) could finish some sort of tasks much faster and make me less nervous for high dimensional big data.
        Sep 2, 2020
    5. Vtory
      Vtory
    6. Vtory
      Vtory
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      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        Aug 28, 2020
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        Aug 28, 2020
    7. Vtory
      Vtory
      Enjoying a great collaboration among iFi, Schiit, and Grado. (Moderately compressed) dance pops f**king euphonic.
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    8. Vtory
      Vtory
      While Magnius generally on the relaxed and softer side, occasionally harshness heard w 650. All such disappeared if switched to hmp/vrt tho.
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      3. Vtory
        Vtory
        Right those two. Funny thing is the issue resolved w Erish(+650) that I recognize a little more aggressive than Mgns.
        Aug 27, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Huh, odd. So the Erish is categorically "harsher" with other transducers but the HD650 comes across as moreso when with the Magnius specifically? Talk about pairing, hah.
        Aug 27, 2020
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      5. Vtory
        Vtory
        Want to clarify I failed to hear any harsh piece from Erish with verite (grado not testable -- bal only amp) in any context. On the flip side, 650+Mgns picks up treble "errors" in some (pattern hardly predictable) marginal recordings: good for some, not for me.
        Aug 27, 2020
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    9. Vtory
      Vtory
      Pentaconn to xlr bal interconnect incoming. Excited to test zen sig's full potential myself.
    10. Vtory
      Vtory
      Sometimes it just feels like my ears are the most critical bottleneck of the chain -- they can't scale with $$$ gears lol.
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      2. Priidik
        Priidik
        Another twister: Everyone have their own sensibilities and thus pay attention to selected properties of the sound. Not that they are not able to hear everything else, it's just not on the radar.
        Aug 26, 2020
      3. Gazny
        Gazny
        I recently got Debrox and it improved the clarity in my ears by 20%
        Aug 26, 2020
      4. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        Trust your feet. When your feet shuffle and tap, yeah it sounds good. When you really cannot sit still any more, you have found it. A thing you learn through collecting Funk and Soul...
        Aug 26, 2020
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    11. Vtory
      Vtory
      {HD650, Verite} ⓧ {Magnius, Erish} : lovely mix & match
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    12. Vtory
      Vtory
      it's 4am here. Still awake w/ Magnius. It lets me realize sonic behaviors I believed bad are more lovable than I thought.
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      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        Haha I liked asgard too. Also think it overall sbaf-better. But my taste departs from the forum average, particularly when it comes to hd650. Frankly I couldn’t hear 650 long when I had a3. It’s eventually a matter of context and taste I believe.
        Aug 23, 2020
      3. HotRatSalad
        HotRatSalad
        Yes same here with 650 A3 BUT Bifrost 2 really made a difference there for me. I felt it lagged behind SW51 and LP a lot with 650. Not so much now.
        Aug 23, 2020
      4. Vtory
        Vtory
        Then we may have more fundamental differences in tastes as I didn’t like lp at all and sw+650 wasn’t fully convincing to me. All with bifrost 2.
        Aug 23, 2020
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    13. Vtory
      Vtory
      Finally, finally getting my hands on the Magnius. Kinda feel confused because it betrayed my extrapolation .. in a good way.
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      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        With HD650, yeah, very different. Some virtues shared but presentation largely different. I think Erish cooler and faster in voicing while Magnius is a little more sedative.
        Aug 22, 2020
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      3. Hands
        Hands
        Oh god, that relative comparison makes the Erish seem like it would be absolutely abysmal.
        Aug 23, 2020
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      4. Vtory
        Vtory
        I bet so, as FWIW our preferences are negatively correlated in some criteria.
        Aug 23, 2020
    14. Vtory
      Vtory
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      3. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        I believe the Macan and Q5 share the same platform, but suspension design is totally different. The Macan (no "S") has the same engine as the Golf R (we really regret not getting the real V6 Porsche engine ...$) but has more than enough torque and power.
        Aug 22, 2020
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      4. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        The Q5 is front wheel drive biased, while the Macan rear biased 4WD. I didn't bother to test drive the Q5 after reading reviews, but drove the X3 and there was no comparison in handling and steering feedback. Told the wife if she was going to make me drive an SUV it was going to have to be the Macan. PS the new tail lights suck, glad we got the OG
        Aug 22, 2020
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      5. yotacowboy
        yotacowboy
        @JK47 close, it's the same platform as the Audi Q5. IIRC Porsche did the engine development on everything except for the 4cyl (VW EA888 2.0 TFSI) and the diesels. True Porsche PDKs in them, too.
        Aug 22, 2020
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    15. Vtory
      Vtory
      Magnius found and tracked again. It managed to arrive at somewhere in PA (but not at my place yet).
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    16. Vtory
      Vtory
      My magnius (order placed 7d ago) seems missing on its way here since last Sat. Pacoima was the last place tracked. What r u doing Fedex?
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      2. HotRatSalad
        HotRatSalad
        Should have told me I would have sent mine to you instead of back to schiit lol
        Aug 20, 2020
    17. Vtory
      Vtory
      Love line level fixed attenuators. Prefer them to sys in the chain.
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      3. MLegend
        MLegend
        Do you two have them plugged directly into your amp or do you have it set up differently? I haven't found any discussion about it anywhere else, is there a specific impedance value you should look for or is that not an issue with these?
        Aug 23, 2020
      4. Vtory
        Vtory
        Impedance matching likely changed. But I personally don't mind much. Also directly plugged, as shown in this pic (not mine, from amazon): https://imgur.com/k6K4iqu
        Aug 23, 2020
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      5. MLegend
        MLegend
        Alright, that's how I've had mine set up. I wasn't sure if it was bad to have them directly connected or not. I wonder if what I'm hearing is being caused by an impedance mismatch then. Thanks, Vtory.
        Aug 23, 2020
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    18. Vtory
      Vtory
      Verite-Hemp contrast using car analogy (to me): the former luxury sedan w/ racable pwr+tqe; the latter high-perf coupe w/ RL-usable comfort
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    19. Vtory
      Vtory
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      2. Vtory
        Vtory
        I believe Amir did some mistakes in putting harman curve into b&k 5128.. unless 5128 is much worse than 4128 (which I had a short experience). Maybe that's a perfect example of confirmation bias.
        Aug 15, 2020
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      3. BenjaminBore
        BenjaminBore
        Charlatan
        Aug 16, 2020
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      4. Josh83
        Josh83
        I don’t think the ASR crowd is ready for how much “subjective” finagling is involved in getting good headphone measurements. Not “science” enough.
        Aug 18, 2020
    20. Vtory
      Vtory
      When lived in TX, everything ordered from Schiit arrived in ~2 days. Now in PA, mostly takes nearly one week. Realizing I've moved this far.
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    Headphones: HFM Susvara (mod), Sivga SV023 / Amps: Topping LA90, SMSL HO200 / Dacs: Gustard X18, SMSL M500.3
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