loadexfa

Don't play with the Butthole

IMO -
The crack mods don't all work independently from each other w/ regards to synergy. It can take some messing around to get it right.

Also, bypass caps on the output cap made a much bigger difference than expected on the Crack.

Ultimately stopped messing around with my BH Crack as the tubes I wanted were just not easily obtainable... and I just had no more desk space.

I would consider a Crackatwoa if I could go back and do it again though. If anything, just to have more space for the mods.

true story- met @zach915m eons ago at RMAF, we hit it off and agreed to massive joint venture funding. until I found out he was a Red Sox fan instead of White Sox, we called it off. soon he met Bevin and they both now make ZMF special. at least that's how i remember it. :)

@Armaegis the pics work for me. And of course the final result looks fabulous as you would expect from ZMF. :)

I'm just happy that Zach and Bev remember me from the previous Can Jam a year earlier.

My own opinion - it's good and worth trying, I want to buy one myself. Only thing holding me back is from what I understand, distribution supposedly keeps stock in Canada, but I haven't heard of any new orders being fulfilled for anyone in the last several months, at least in the US.

I hope I'm wrong though so I can jump on one.

Yeah I'd like to know either way so I can also get one when they show up if I like it. I'd rather not do another blind expensive tube purchase, they don't always pan out.

couldn't fit chocolate chip trip on one side

They fit it on 5lp, but they are all single sided.....

Tool being tools.

@loadexfa it's the curse of loaners. Loaners make you insane and want to continuously spend more money

@ChaChaRealSmooth you say that like it’s a bad thing.

Sigh. When will we learn; we're not done until we lose our hearing for funds :-)

Thank you, you're too kind. If anything, your posts here speak to how great a member of this community you are.

I'll gladly add my voice to the chorus of endorsements of you as a seller (in the Pavane FS thread). loadexfa has gone above and beyond to help out with this claim and has been a pleasure to correspond with. Thank you.

Your kind words are appreciated. This community is great. <3

@Tchoupitoulas is the best! Seriously, one of the highlights of this community.

Customs can't go any faster.

But customs must go faster because this person is SPECIAL. How is he going to live without his new toy?!

At work, we stopped shipping overseas, it barely made up any of our sales and the majority of our headaches.

Now I get my domestic USA customers complaining their shipment is late while a wild fire prevented delivery today, and they want compensation. How should I compensate you dear customer who didn't have to pay for free overnight shipping :|

I liked the sound quality of the AirPod Pros better and the ANC was excellent. But damn they made my ears itch a ton.

Then I tried the LCD-4 (RD modded) and yeah, it totally holds up against the Atrium and then some. The Atrium is still awesome of course.

I know you're working on a writeup, but the big question for me: is it $1K better than the revamped Auteur? Subjective as all hell, I know...

Something to keep in mind about me, I'm not exactly practical when it comes to toys. When I got my Stratus, I loved it and thought, "well, I guess I need to get a Stellaris". Still, I'll do my best to explain the difference and how much of a gap exists between then. Haven't compared them yet, will hopefully get to that today.

When did you start having a car in SF?

I'm on the peninsula not in SF, public transit is even more useless here than in SF.

Agreed. I've driven Toyotas (Camrys, Corollas, RAV4s) for the past 40 years, The factory sound systems all sucked.

With environmental conditions here, I'm glad I ended up putting a midtier gaming PC together instead of a budget vinyl rig since it's offered more in the way of enjoyment overall and isn't quite as persnickety.

Not having the option to disable autoplay seems like a remarkable oversight though

Ahh, sorry, I forgot....

Never joke about vinyl on an audio forum! ;) lol ;) lol :D

I don't know @Lyander , Windows has it's own special persnickety abilities.

@Tchoupitoulas a quick heads up, he's being slow to respond to me. If another offer comes up please go ahead and sell. I'll encourage him to get yours (the cat bite is minor and I'll show him the ad) assuming he likes mine but it may take weeks for a decision on his end. Also I appreciate your generosity!

Thanks for letting me know, @loadexfa. That all sounds good. If I end up selling it, I'll let you know.

Hey @Tchoupitoulas youre awesome!

Here's one sports site that's not filled with bloat. https://plaintextsports.com/

I came across this lecture. You might be familiar with it already

https://youtu.be/kZRE7HIO3vk

@Cspirou I’m not familiar with this one, looks interesting.

“Oh wow, I’m hearing things I’ve never heard before in this song!” :D

It truly is a joy. I remember the first time my wife listened to ZMF headphone at Axpona. She had the biggest smile of amazement.

Years ago we had a Seattle Can Meet at Frye Museum. Two of us had EC ZDSE + HD800 rigs. It was great to observe reactions from museum visitors hearing our rigs. Many would go find their spouses to come and experience a similar auditory revelation.

@loadexfa is speshul.

IIRC when it was introduced the guidance was to let relevant staff know if you make a donation of $20 or more, and you'll get a tag. But if you're already a friend no need to bother, unless you really want to.

So most of those with both will have been contributors before being made friends.

Before it was a thing I did it the old fashioned way. By bribing my way to friend-ship with hookers and blow.

@loadexfa does private 1:1s with me.

Yeah, and if they do have someone doing it right, they are some crazy controlling geek or something.

I always laugh when people in movies/TV talk about the amazing sound of vinyl and then put a record onto one of those POS Fischer Price all in one record player and speakers units and that's supposed to convey the benefits of vinyl haha. It's amazingly common.

I notice more often than audio, how characters in movies/TV who are supposed to be professional photographers or filmmakers even just hold a camera like they've never touched one before. Or have no idea about the basics. Its' especially strange with film gear, since the makers of the program should know this stuff...you'd think...

@Cspirou implementation was definitely at the core of my argument.

My reply was from the experience of other nerds humoring me.

BTW, this guy found the lowest IMD was with a tube amp

https://josephcrowe.com/blogs/news/the-effect-of-amplifier-choice-on-speaker-intermodulation-distortion

In their defense this article was from over a year ago, they are almost certainly up to like $103 in disbursements by now.