Huhnkopf

I haven't heard the MA900 though with all the current gear so I need to unpack it and see it how it actually fares by now. Will do that tomorrow.

The Liquid Crimson helped with the Philips Holland E88CC tubes, contrary to the HPA-1 from Pass Labs which is more linear and less soft. Not a good pairing with the 560S.

Marv still has the Vali I think and I think it's also best to wait for him to tear it all down as I am sure he has ideas for mods.

And then of course Evan Schaaf will join in, pulverize the headphone by throwing magic bombs, while cursing and singing and build something new out of all the atoms.

best mid tone of any hifiman!

I guess the weight and fit were the main reason of it not doing great business after launch

HEDD is super small team that has been having a tricky time meeting current demand with covid limiting production. I finally have some units coming in soon, I think I can talk to HEDD about a review tour.

I have the small yoke version right now and my incoming batch is larger yoke.

I think it was the production version, but can't be sure of course...this was back in February this year.

Ouch, that looks like I might even prefer the older one. Treble peak looks not-at-all-fixed and instead of 500Hz dip you now get a 1.5-2kHz dip?

I take offence to not preferring 1kHz dips to 500-600Hz! :P

Kidding aside yeah the 909 fixes some of the 900's issues but doesn't key it all in. I'm mostly curious how the semiopen configuration changes reverb character and resolution, plus "textures"

There's a very simple mod you can do to basically solve the treble peak on the 900s and X00s with most pads other than stock, I know the 909 has the same drivers as the 900 so a similar tweak might work just as well. Been meaning to get open cups built for my 900s...

somewhere along the road Audeze seems to have given up that magical romance with all the later iterations. Why?

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While I agree you should be able to, just can't help but wonder why you'd want to.

Got no other use for it right now. Banking on the protection features which might not hurt, though I might be trying too hard to find a use case when electricity in Germany is very stable and reliable.

It might save you your PC PSU in worse case scenario, but these have some surge voltage protection already in them. Other sensitive electronics might benefit when the power company messes around with switches. Mostly still double safety, just in case...

Good preparation for covid-19

You are exceptionally lucky to have found a unicorn.

Also FWIW the low-mid recession strangely disappears on the EARS when you add a bit of pressure. Could possibly just be a seal thing. With different cup stuffing and baffle adjustments, the dip lightens up a bit too.

Thanks Evan. It probably is the pads, they are kinda flat for my taste and don't seem to fit as well as all the different pads that the Hifiman game made me amass, which I'm used to. TH-900 are so beautiful and delicate modding them is very new
territory.

The TH-X00 pads help change things out a lot, someone posted measurements showing how the treble peak shifted from ~7kHz to 10~11k as per the MDxFostexes. I got to try the same in demo conditions and can confirm the pads go a long ways towards making the treble less painful. Tiny ear hole, not a problem for me but might be for others.

What does the 'mold' refer to? Size? Technology? Modularity?

I’m thinking the modularity. Something the size of Gungnir and Yggdrasil, not sure it’s possible that everything will be swappable like Bifrost. Like those huge analog boards on Yggdrasil - seems kinda crazy to be able to swap those from the rear of the unit along with the other boards.

The whole philosophy with the multibits is that there is no interpolation or extrapolation of the bits. This just carries that to the hardware level.

There were a few people in that thread infuriating enough to keep me from needing caffeine.

"There were a few people in that thread infuriating enough to keep me from needing PCP." ftfy.

https://youtu.be/gq1lsR7REM4

Buddy was at Audeze HQ yesterday, heard the LCD-1. Described it as so "It's tuned like the x but with more treble presence"

not sure how accurate this is but found this through metal571's channel. Audeze's GRAS KEMAR Raw Measurement of LCD1: https://imgur.com/LRchn7y

This needs a closed and truly portable version fast - the over-ear comfy Sine, please.

IFL the HE4. Best single-sided planar ever made IMHO. It's a planar ADX5000

Never listened to the ADX5K unfortunately. Not yet. I'm amazed how great the HE-4 remains and how it got even better, cleaner, how capable it is: punchy, fast, yet light and very agile. Gives me more joy than most of all the new Hifiman headphones that followed. What an unsung hero. Now I gotta save the 5LE and its dead screws etc.

As someone who owns all three... no. HE6 is a fickle bitch.

A pity, kinda hoped there was at least a noticable upgrade.

You could flip your V281 for a Schiit speaker amp (or two) or a First Watt clone + used OG Saga, which would yield gains with your current headphones and would also give you better drive on the HE6.

Have you heard a ZMF Auteur with suede pads?

I expected ZMF to get mentioned, heard none of them yet. Not ready to shell out over 1k for headphones again since SBAF made me a used gear hunter but I will look into the Auteur. Gotta read on the wood types a bit. Thankfully they seem to have a very dedicated german dealer.

Consider the Borealis when it launches hopefully this year.

I’m a Sony fanboy and wouldn’t buy their phones anymore. This is someone who owned four different compacts from their line.

Ideally 4 AES out + BNC word clock, shorter than 1,80m.

I've got a Lynx break-out cable if you need one

Yikes, that is a bit unfortunate. Could look into putting an Audeze headband and yoke on it.

I'm very interested in your opinion.