Merrick

My brother is getting the same for x-mas. His girlfriend consulted with me on the purchase. It looks like a stunner of a set...

I'd love to get something like that, but hell if I don't have some place to put it.

Agreed @insidious meme, that's why my personal favorite is Slave 1. It displays upright, and perfect for the mantle. Yes, I would put it on the mantle...

Thanks for the replies and the offers, everyone! I am going to wait to make sure the ZX300 I ordered makes it through customs first. @LetMeBeFrank I may hit you up later! Much appreciated!

For sure just let me know.

I ought to just convert a few HD650 stock cables with 4-pin XLR and sell them for what I paid in parts to SBAF Friends. Might be cool to charge just a bit more and the extra can be donated to SBAF. Just an idea.

My wife looked at me incredulously: but we already HAVE those......

These are good enough that you can sell the old CDs. I’m hearing the vinyl may be an upgrade depending on which issue you have of a given album.

My wallet is going to suffer. Thanks.

Don’t so much care about the remix, but saw the Sgt. Pepper mono was included as well and wasn’t sure if different from 2009 remaster: https://thebeatlesstore.com/products/sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-6-disc-super-deluxe?variant=36201492227

@zonto Yes, AFAIK the mono on the Pepper and WA sets are flat transfers of the mono master tapes, so they are different from the 2009 CDs and 2014 vinyl.

I haven’t A/B’ed the 2009 and 2017 Pepper mono versions, but to my ears the new WA mono transfer is much better than the 2009.

:-( Saw them twice, 1986 in NZ and 2012(?) here in Calgary. Very different, but excellent on both occasions.

Dear god yes.

I wish. I love the sound quality of Neutron, but wonder if the developers are actively trying to have the worst UI of any IOS application.

Congrats! Enjoy the ride, it can be amazing.

I'm sure you'll get by quite nicely with whatever audio equipment you have at present. Chances are you bought it wisely.

But... if there's anything else you *really* want, better to buy it right now before the bills really start coming in. Ahem, right now after the cot and nappies (diapers) and all that stuff, of course!

Congratulations! Wonderful news.

Wait, Sisters remasters? Is making it sound good allowed? I'm sure we all remember A Slight Case Of Overproduction and how it polished some tracks to a mush?

(I kid, mostly. If it's just remastered and done well, I am curious. How is Some Girls Wander By Mistake?)

@Kattefjaes Some Girls Wander sounds as good as that material can sound. It will never sound audiophile or even professional but it’s well presented for what it is.

And an amen to Asian (or any non-budget foreign carrier) being far, far better an experience flying abroad than US carriers.

Re. the comments on foreign vs US airline experiences: Air Canada often advertises itself as 'best North American airline', which I've always thought is like 'best North American cricket team'.

@Merrick Pro pilot forums refer to passengers as SLF ("self-loading freight")

Am I the only one who thinks Axl sounds like a half-dead bleating goat?

I present to you, the best of Axl Rose, live: https://youtu.be/PpccpglnNf0

Interested to hear how it compares to mastering of initial CD release(s). Bit pricey on HD-Tracks for single album...

It might be too much to ask for, but hopefully the releases won't be horribly compressed or otherwise messed up in whatever remastering they go through.

@fraggler I hope so too. Legacy is usually good about retaining dynamics so I have hope. I do have the now OOP hi-res flat transfers of his Warner albums from For You through Parade and they sound good, not compressed but the albums are due for a proper remastering.

That’s some big talk, warming up my system right now...

^Beat me to saying it, I'm checking Bad Witch out as soon as I can.

6 track album with all the business in the first and last tracks.

Nice to hear Reznor go in a fresher direction, not wildly so, but his output since YZ has largely blended together.

Thank you!

@insidious meme On Amazon through MusicTek.

Taobao. Forum sponsor SourceAV has them.

Thanks guys. Went with Source AV.

If you live in the states PM me your address. You don't need much but there's some trial and error and sometimes they fall out but I'll give you enough to get started.

It will probably get mailed Monday.

Tom

@skank Thank you for the offer! @Biodegraded is sending me a small sheet already and if that’s not enough I will reach out to you. Much appreciated to both of you!

https://evossound.com/headphones/in-ear/palais/palais.html

Mod is dead easy: just poke front-vent with thin needle and put criss-cross micropore tape on the nozzle.

Edit: forgot to mention, I also did the tape + pinhole thing on the back-vent :) Anyway, stll easier and less risky than the Fostex and Blitzwolf mods...

@james444 Thanks! How easy are these to drive? One of my favorite aspects of the Fostex is they sound terrific out of my phone.

They're a tad less efficient than the Fostex, but I can still drive them to ear-splitting volume with anything but quiet classical recordings out of my phone.