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rfernand

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About to try a Vision Pro with and without AirPods. Review-worthy? #troll Mar 24, 2024

rfernand was last seen:: Apr 14, 2024 at 3:05 PM

1. rfernand
  About to try a Vision Pro with and without AirPods. Review-worthy? #troll
  
  Mar 24, 2024
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2. rfernand
  Fun read: http://tinyurl.com/ycyxudsk
  
  Jan 13, 2024
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  3. YMO
    I’m not old and fat and rich
    
    Jan 13, 2024
  4. Thad E Ginathom
    But you will be at least one of those, one day.
    
    Wouldn't you like to have built your dream audio system?
    
    Isn't what he did the same as what many here do? The difference being only one of scale.
    
    Jan 13, 2024
  5. rfernand
    I like reading about passion projects related to my hobbies - I may not get to rebuild a 1964 Corvette, but I can certainly enjoy someone else’s story about their ride :-)
    
    Jan 13, 2024
    
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3. rfernand
  Before people lose their shit, if a conference has a non-peer review track, they label the paper as such.
  
  Dec 9, 2023
4. rfernand
  Silver MJ3 charged for shipping the same day Peter Gabriel's i/o was finally released. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
  
  Dec 1, 2023
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5. rfernand
  I know it’s true / it’s all because of you / and if I make it through / it’s all because of you
  
  Oct 30, 2023
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  3. joch
    Say it’s true it’s true
    And we can break through
    Though torn in two
    We can be one
    
    Oct 30, 2023
  4. Walderstorn
    In love?
    
    Oct 31, 2023
    
    Thad E Ginathom likes this.
  5. rfernand
    New Beatles song
    
    Oct 31, 2023
6. rfernand
  Did not see “Red & Blue” and “Now and Then” coming. Much less the personal stuff going on for Giles & The Beatles right now. Very touched.
  
  Oct 26, 2023
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7. rfernand
  Mani 2 to Skoll - The gain alone is already a win for me. Also, very quiet. Current-gen Schiit sound DNA (flat-ish soundstage). Good stuff.
  
  Oct 20, 2023
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8. rfernand
  Peter Gabriel’s i/o is now available for preorder. This is a nervosa release.
  
  Oct 18, 2023
  2. MellowVelo
    Why the nervosa? Too many options?
    
    Oct 18, 2023
  3. rfernand
    Too many options indeed! And the box set won’t ship until march!
    
    Oct 18, 2023
9. rfernand
  MJ3 as Genelec preamp? Yup.
  
  Oct 16, 2023
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10. rfernand
  SKOLL!!!!!!
  
  Oct 11, 2023
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  2. rlow
    I’m waiting for my mail-order MIL-F
    
    Oct 11, 2023
    
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  3. Riotvan
    I’m glad Schiit is picking up the slack with the import restrictions on Russia.
    
    Oct 11, 2023
    
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11. rfernand
  Peter Gabriel’s i/o tour - if you still can, go. Seattle show was great.
  
  Oct 9, 2023
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  3. rfernand
    The Master nailed it again.
    
    Oct 9, 2023
  4. MellowVelo
    The whole evening was an incredible synthesis of sight and sound. Even at 73 years old, PG continues to push himself artistically. It's a gutsy move to go out and play 11 new songs when you already have a remarkable back catalog spanning 40+ years, not to mention that he and the band were incredibly tight and energetic for 2 hours 45 minutes.
    
    Oct 9, 2023
  5. rfernand
    21 years ago I saw him in Mexico City - this was like a week before the Up tour formally started. The newspaper review was “This jerk charged us to come see him rehearse”. Not unlike the current performance, it was him, some theatrics, and the band - without the large “Us” era spectacle. He also filled the set with tracks from “Up”. He didn’t even play “In Your Eyes”.
    
    Oct 9, 2023
12. rfernand
  MJ3 vs MHA200? Hurm…
  
  Oct 7, 2023
  2. rfernand
    No, not versus. And.
    
    Oct 8, 2023
13. rfernand
  OK. RS1x is the Grado GOAT.
  
  Sep 27, 2023
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  3. rfernand
    This is all it took, yes. What gave it away? Portable CD players?
    
    Sep 28, 2023
    
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  4. ColdsnapBry
    RS1x is the only headphone I'm interesting in hearing / owning right now.
    
    Sep 28, 2023
  5. rfernand
    @ColdsnapBry hesitate not!
    
    Sep 28, 2023
14. rfernand
  Well, Schiit. Skoll looks cool.
  
  Sep 27, 2023
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  3. joch
    Phono pre-amp
    
    Sep 27, 2023
    
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  4. roshambo123
    Watched the replay. Yeah, bal preamp. And Midgard looks like improved Magnius
    
    Sep 27, 2023
    
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  5. Tchoupitoulas
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On0IImHTTNY
    
    Sep 27, 2023
    
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15. rfernand
  MJ3 in silver now…
  
  Sep 25, 2023
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  2. roshambo123
    Geralt: How do you like that silver?
    
    Sep 25, 2023
    
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16. rfernand
  Professional Series no longer listed in 4ourears.com -> imminent x driver upgrade coming?
  
  Sep 21, 2023
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  3. joch
    I just saw that when rfernand mentioned the site. I’d jump on those if I had known.
    
    Sep 21, 2023
  4. rfernand
    “Sony guts, it’s good”
    
    Sep 21, 2023
    
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  5. Cspirou
    seems overdue
    
    Sep 22, 2023
17. rfernand
  The MHA200 is either under-rated, ignored, or neglected. This thing is bonkers.
  
  Sep 18, 2023
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  3. zonto
    No matter how good it sounds, I don't know if I could ever buy McIntosh gear. It looks so gaudy to me. Same with Chord.
    
    Sep 18, 2023
  4. rfernand
    This thing does not have VU meters, if that's what you're reacting to. Just green LED-lit tubes.
    
    Sep 18, 2023
  5. Azimuth
    I mean is Mc-amp. It better knock your socks off...and your wallet.
    
    Sep 20, 2023
    
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18. rfernand
  Traveling. Just discovered the Bathys use the mimi hearing test now. Interesting (sounded good - on a plane anyway). Any other users?
  
  Sep 17, 2023
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  2. Qildail
    I haven’t updated mine yet. @zottel is another Bathys user. He wrote about it extensively a bit further down.
    
    Sep 17, 2023
    
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19. rfernand
  THX cables!?!? https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/thx-announces-new-interconnect-cables-to-elevate-home-theater-entertainment.html
  
  Sep 9, 2023
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  3. Riotvan
    Well increase the resolution, refreshrate and or length of the cable and you start running into problems. I've bought 4k 120hz cables that couldn't even do 4k at 60hz. Lot's shit out there that doesn't meet spec. LTT and others did some video's on it. Once you run into limitations fibre optic is not bollocks, go over 5m with 4k@120hz and you pretty much need these.
    
    Sep 10, 2023
    
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  4. Thad E Ginathom
    Sorry, didn't mean to imply that! Fibre is totally not bollocks. I used to have 8Mb/sec broadband: along came fibre and now it is 200.
    
    And maybe it is the case that case that html, as it is now, needs to be history. And a fibre-based system would be so much better.
    
    My cynicism kicked in due to the super-marketing-language talk.
    
    ...
    
    Sep 10, 2023
    
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  5. Thad E Ginathom
    "The THX mission is to empower high-fidelity entertainment"
    
    Eh? What? Funny, though, that the guy's name is Jason Fiber!
    
    So I probably missed out on learning about a good thing because of... my prejudices.
    
    It happens.
    
    Sep 10, 2023
    
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20. rfernand
  MHA 150 is discontinued? Is there an SS replacement coming up? Does anybody know?
  
  Sep 7, 2023
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  3. jexby
    what 1% of ORFAS used the MHA 150 as a headphone amp?
    
    Sep 7, 2023
    
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  4. netforce
    Back when I was at TSAV, usually the clientele ordering the MHA150 skewed older and their use-case was getting the unit to work with their headphones and 2 channel setup. Friends with used MHA100 I know liked using speaker taps with their planars. At msrp, I wouldn't cop MHA150, half off? Better price
    
    Sep 8, 2023
    
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  5. rfernand
    If they sell one without a dac at mha200 price , maybe.
    
    Sep 8, 2023
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Gear List:

Audeze LCD-X, Dan Clark Audio ÆON 2 Noire, Dan Clark Audio Stealth, Focal Utopia ‘22, Grado 325x, Grado PS500e, Grado GS1000e, Massdrop HD6xx, Sennheiser HD600, Sennheiser HD 600S2, Schiit Folkvangr, Schiit Jotunheim 2, Schiit Mjolnir 2 (Phillips Miniwatt), Astell & Kern KANN Cube, Meridian Explorer2, Schiit Bifrost 2, Schiit Gungnir Multibit, Schiit Yggdrasil A2, Bowers & Wilkins 606, Genelec 8010A, Klipsch Heresy IV, Nucleus, Pro Ject Essential III (Grado Timbre Master3), Pro Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra, Rega Brio, Schiit Aegir, Schiit Freya+, Schiit Mani 2, Schiit Ragnarok 2.

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