E_Schaaf

Aww, we have a whole new Cat-egory of headphone stands now. ;)

Happy birthday you old mucky muck

"turning 9 thrice!" --- *young* mucky muck!

Happy Birthday, E_Schaaf :)

My buddy had a pair of those. Said there were very warm. Sansui copies before Pioneer started copying JBL speakers.

Played some sweeps and there was definitely a 300-500hz lift that made them a little woofy, they were pretty muffled at first dynamically too but taking the grills off helped quite a bit.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/eta-genesis-headphone-intro-discussion-thread-3dp-version.10517/page-6#post-349798

Done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUYvbT6vTPs

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsODRfCMRoM

Both the red and the blue teams like the ETA move.

It is quite difficult to claim a preference from a F/R alone IME, but as a game I think I'd like blue.

Red

The real fun begins when you present another graph, same as an old graph, but with colors switched. Do people choose the same color or the same wave?

Wow, really? I have 58X, so this is surprising. Never heard 660S.

Is that based on value IYO, or actual performance based?

Haven't heard the 58X but I thought the 660S was as bad as people said it was.

You know, make it "Acid" and add "House." Remember the KLF?

The best way to fly. As long as Pin 3 is not hot (which it is not on the Burl).

@Merrick couple tweaks left to do but you're on my shortlist for a private proto loaner along with a few others. I'm excited to test out other drivers in this shell too, but the Peerless work great :)

My body is ready.

Wow! Perfection.

shhhhh https://i.imgur.com/o8u3aaj.png

Nice! That reminded of my Hemp measurement to some extent: https://imgur.com/QmKqGDL

Btw can you share the picture to see how pads look like? (My ultimate reason to give up hemp wasn't sound but ergo)

Well, it's not remotely close to done. Gotta see about that sub extension... which might mean pad swap down the line. Right now I have flat pleather pads like on Yamaha orthos.

Sounds awesome. Looking forward to seeing more details soon.

Btw any plan on free-space hanging style such as K1000 or SR1a? Evan bass + Perfect open baffle will be a wonderful combo I believe..

ETA supra is about halfway between a conventional supra and an open baffle earspeaker. That's all I'll say for now.

As a member of big head + klingon ridge club, yes, the Senn 580/600 series headband could improve slightly, but it's already the most comfortable for me during long sessions VS any other headband I've tried (from suspension type bands like Audeze/ZMF/DCA to other clamp bands like Focal).

In order for this to be a homerun, it'd need to be a bit modular. So, one strap/band/pad design with 3 or 4 or 5 different gimbal mount types and gimbal spacings. That's a lot of injection mold tooling startup cost.

Have you not checked with China yet? You could order a "sample" of 50 units?

Congratulations on this achievement.

You need to roll in the GE JAN tubes if you want to use HD600. Stock tubes will have too much upper mids

Yes, GE JAN 5654W are most helpful with this amp. Re-evaluating HE-500 (new Forza AudioWorks cable) on this amp with dac2541. Won't satisfy headbanger sound levels. At 75 to 85 dBSPL this combination works very well.

I couldn't find any 1/4" height anywhere, much less in stock. Closest was 1/2":

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Upholstery-Visco-Memory-Foam-Square-Sheet-1-2-x24-x24-2-5-lb-Regular-Density/264468386398?hash=item3d938b525e:g:6H0AAOSw2RZdgH~h

Couple other sources had the same in different lengths and widths.

There is a worldwide foam shortage, no, really, just saw a whole article on furniture delays, etc.

news to me! I've been getting ghosted by suppliers who have 1/2" cuts of the foam I want in 1/4". 1/4" is unobtanium for some reason, though I have found 1/4" open cell foams in densities too high or low than I need.