cskippy

I found removing grills from HFM headphones made zero difference to the sound. Did you settle on the Bryston after trying lots of different speaker amps with the HE-6?

Bryston isn’t the be all end all but it’s certainly no slouch. I have a 250W amp sitting here but convenience and fear of blown drivers keeps me content with the versatile BHA-1.

Yasssss queen

Best wishes for rapid and painless recovery.

Hope you are feeling ok, heal quickly.

Yeah, thanks. Doctor gave the go ahead foe weight bearing in the walking boot so I can go back to work very soon.

Likewise. Your 1541 + BHA-1 stack looks real nice too, man.

Are we praising each other like schoolgirls?

Hahahahaha I wasn’t expecting the compliment!

The silver and aesthetics really match well between your gear, like they were made for each other.

Thanks man. Yeah I kinda enjoy looking at it.

Hope all goes well and you recover quickly.

@Kunlun, "No" leaves room for misunderstanding of the worst kind.

All the best, @cskippy. Surgery is wonderful. It changed my life when I thought that five years of chronic coughing and illness was going to go on for ever. And I got seven weeks off work too! And pretty nurses.

Get it over, get well soon!

Get 'er done mate. I've been on that end. For me, I went from agonizing pain when I tried to walk to normality.

These deserve a hype train, choo choo!

Well, history repeats. Zach will come up with something new this fall, and some verites will be up for sale too. I am sure you will recover your health and fiance until then!

Wait for the higher janka woods..!

Does this mean that you'll be lowering the prices in your FS thread? (hopefully obvious joke, can't imagine how good a feeling that is, great news!)

That's awesome news! A weight off your shoulders no doubt. I'm happy for you.

Happy to hear it. All the best, @cskippy.

but you excluded 650 in the photo!

Speakers will have to wait for a helping hand. Powered sub controls input into monitors and the power button is on the floor under the desk. Will get assistance tomorrow.

I thought it was your feet that got hurt. Not your hand.

Hoping it doesn't hurt much (I guess it probably does) and you recover fully ASAP.

Get well. Drop me a PM if you need medical advice or a second opinion

wishing you a speedy recovery

I didn't realize how good my Dahlquist DQ-10 sounded until I set them up in the living room to demo to sell. Still sold them, as I had no space for them, and made money, but I still kinda wanted them after that.

And be thankful for companies like Schiit and Massdrop so you can have a very good basic system for under 400 bucks if you need a restart or hit hard times.

Keep a Koss PortaPro. Eases the pain of audio loss...

Curious what the tuning/performance is like...might be a good work IEM.

Dual BA's can be magic. Very curious!

Never mind. I just figured it out

The speaker?

Why settle for beryllium when you can have unobtainium?

Headphones are still up in the air but closing in on my endgame.

How is BHA-1 as a pre? Have you used it that way at all?

It's great. I'm startled by it's precision and musicality. No etch or grain here. Currently using it with Neumann KH120s.

Looks like you could work on room treatment. The bass null and mid bass scoop are not ideal

They were quick measurements. I'll do proper measurements tomorrow!

Maybe you don't need much. Shuffling furniture, or a rug.

What a beautiful verite.

Needs to burn in but already sounds terrific!

Jealous; mine's still in the queue!

Norne Draug 3

@David De Lucena IMHO you don't need such a fancy cable even if they do look nice. But I do recommend replacing the stock HD800 cable with a thick pure copper cable. I've used various microphone cables with excellent results.

So beautiful cable!!!

Probably but I'm not keen on supporting a company that charges exorbitant prices for pads and headbands and doesn't support their customers.

I feel you on that, there's a reason every time I've heard a Utopia it was at a meet or showroom and not my own pair.

Same reason that as much as I like the sound of the Clears and Elex, I find myself taking a pass.

... to be replaced by?

Overpriced and non-transferable warranty, Focal can kiss my golden schlong.

Unsure. Nothing atm