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  1. Arnaud
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    The Stax I thread

    I haven’t A/B the x9000 with 007mk1/2 but, from past experience, the only thing in common would be the warmer tilt vs 009. For the rest...
    Post by: Arnaud, Oct 9, 2021 in forum: Headphones
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    The Stax I thread

    I don't contribute much / enough to this forum so I hope the following brief listening impressions on the x9000 will compensate a bit ;-) This is...
    Post by: Arnaud, Oct 9, 2021 in forum: Headphones
  3. Arnaud
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    Behringer DEQ2496 Equalizer Review

    Yeah, I agree driving the UI with the rotary knobs and mix of hard push up/down buttons feels tedious at first to stay polite :-). The one that...
    Post by: Arnaud, Aug 27, 2020 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Behringer DEQ2496 Equalizer Review

    I’ve been using REW+DEQ2496 for some time, with headphones before and speakers these days, it’s been working flawlessly. The UI took a bit of time...
    Post by: Arnaud, Aug 27, 2020 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Ode to Schiit: Vali Coaster

    I am not sure about the timeline in regards to head-fi and head-case fallout, even surprised to see the two sites ever were friendly. My...
    Post by: Arnaud, Aug 17, 2020 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Holo Audio - Spring DAC - Level 3 - "Kitsune Tuned Edition" - Impressions & Reviews

    ditto!
    Post by: Arnaud, Feb 15, 2020 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    ECP DSHA3F Ravenswood 3F

    I don't remember where I posted here for the last time but I thought I should appreciate my gratitude to those who contributed to make this wonder...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jun 22, 2019 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Sennheiser HD 820

    Except that as well said below and by @n3rdling , acoustics in a headphone earcup are a bit more complex than sun rays reflecting off a glass....
    Post by: Arnaud, Jan 14, 2018 in forum: Headphones
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    Modding Planars: Voodoo, Alchemy, and Science

    @ultrabike, thanks for the link to this head-fi post, I forgot I had done such investigation ;-). @Bill-P, good luck digging yourself out of...
    Post by: Arnaud, Mar 21, 2017 in forum: Modifications and Tweaks
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    n3rdling HE90 Orpheus Clone loaner impressions

    Ok, I have been procrastinating on this for too long and if I don’t get my “review” by today (last holiday here in Japan for a while), it won’t...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jan 8, 2017 in forum: Headphones
  11. Arnaud
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    The Stax I thread

    An attempt at translating the latest Stax tour / interview:...
    Post by: Arnaud, Dec 31, 2016 in forum: Headphones
  12. Arnaud
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    Holo Audio - Spring DAC - Level 3 - "Kitsune Tuned Edition" - Impressions & Reviews

    Thought I'd share some quick impressions of the L1 which I received this week. Using a Singxer SU-1 with i2s to feed the L1 and AES/EBU to feed...
    Post by: Arnaud, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Focal Elear Measurements

    I had this interesting conversation about the Focal phones design with the focal rep at the Tokyo audio show this week end. One thing I learned...
    Post by: Arnaud, Oct 1, 2016 in forum: Headphone Measurements
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    Mr. Speakers ETHER Flow Headphone(?) Upgrade(?)

    I agree that there is little point in trying to understand the acoustic performance of this funnel by looking at what happens in the near field...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 17, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Mr. Speakers ETHER Flow Headphone(?) Upgrade(?)

    Thank you for the link, it's a cool animation. What I take from this is that things are a bit complicated for a headphone because we are in the...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 17, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Mr. Speakers ETHER Flow Headphone(?) Upgrade(?)

    I've been curious about fazors before but not to the point a running an acoustic simulation. This time, given the promised changes in ether's...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 16, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Focal Elear and Utopia Impressions at Source AV

    I absolutely agree to ignore you :-)
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 10, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Focal Elear and Utopia Impressions at Source AV

    The way I am coming at this is that Be tweeter is not the only part of the differences between the Elear in the Utopia as they have quite...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 9, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Focal Elear and Utopia Impressions at Source AV

    Face woofer lol :-). Some pad redesign is in order it seems. With the talented modders out there, there's got to be some potential to get rid of...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 9, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Focal Elear and Utopia

    This plasticky sound is the new word of the month, just like ethereal and limp dick bass was that at the time... I would not put too much thoughts...
    Post by: Arnaud, Jul 4, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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