rlow

Reviews without relative comparisons to known references are the worst.

That's exactly it @E_Schaaf. Without comparison to a known reference, impressions are worthless. It's like trying to read a headphone frequency response plot without knowing the compensation

I have pretty much given up on "beg the question" ... <sigh>

Can't wait for the new Dune movie. Nice sneak-peak reworking of Pink Floyd's 'Eclipse' on the trailer soundtrack.

I got one! Thank you so much for helping me look! So far it seems like I definitely need a lot of time to figured out how it all works.

What? No diesel backup generator for the DAC? I recommend http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/CM20180613-31732-45870

Hope it won't need another multiple weeks to re-activate. Might need a couple of days (if they were used for years) though. I'm pretty happy my (one-year used) bifrost 2 needs no more than a couple of hours in any reboot situations haha.

Actually I usually find a day or two now and I’m good. I think they do warm up faster as they get older. Or I just don’t care as much as I used to. But right after the first power on, she can be a bit rough sounding.

I really need to read more into these preamps. I think I want to add a tube buffer between my DAC and headamp and the relay volume control seems awesome. I just wish there was an AIO Saga+ / Magni 3+ (or Mini Aegir) for low Z headphones.

If the Audioholics guys can pull it off, why can’t TAS, Positive Feedback, Tone Audio, and the rest? Audioholics seem to think others should be able to:
https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/loudspeaker-myths-and-truths/loudspeaker-myths-anechoic-chambers

I may give it a shot myself at some point just for fun. Will need to setup outdoors for the non-bass FR and then figure out how to do a proper ground plane test for bass. Will see if I can get close to the FR of Stereophile or Soundstage (NRC) or if I’m way out to lunch here haha (probably that).

Your points taken. But praising reviewers who measure and blaming those who don't are not the same at least to me. Maybe my personal bias -- been more often fooled by graphs than helped. Rather request pro-reviewers to use less enthusiastic wording, honest comparison, and not to BS what they don't really understand. Measurement gets too low priority in my POV. If they do and explain it right, that's cool though.

best album she's put out in awhile...

Their King of Limbs From the Basement set is better than the recorded album, IMO.

Radiohead's live stuff is superb. Tons of well recorded stuff on YouTube.

Aaaaaand, now you've sent me down a rabbit hole. Thanks a lot. Hope you're happy with yourself. :P

I'm so happy to hear that you may soon be ditching the OG Freya :)

please tell us more later. I didn't like that much of the OG Freya even it was a steal at that price.

@rlow... no, this was supposed to be on my status, not yours. No idea what I did. Sorry.

Like I say, it's a fucked-up world. Making sure I do my share of fucking up!

My only hope is that pretty women continue wearing Rebel flag bikinis, even "ironically" now, cuz it's a fucking hawt look.

My only hope is that pretty women

Seems like someone who needs ppl to spoon feed him info. Why people continue to reply to him boggles the mind.

Why I even looked at that thread boggles the mind.

I should have said he has a bright future here.

As in the bright gleam of the blade from a sword or axe about to descend on one’s neck...

HAHA! Agree... too funny.

Like “The Way to Eden”. I wanted to punch every one of those hippies, even as a kid! Lol

Any episode where there's more than one Shatner.

No wonder. I was honestly a little confused because I didn't think any BBC monitors or variants need such massages. Now I can see a more complete story.

The Grahams are a bit bumped through that region as well, although possibly a room mode likely related to the port on each, because the ATCs (sealed) in the past and the Buchardt S400 now (passive radiator) don’t exhibit this. With the Grahams however it’s just perceived as a bit more warmth and some excess on certain notes, not sleepy or dark sounding.

I think I read somewhere where KEF's are designed with stone walls in mind and with American sheetrock construction, it is best to use the foam in the bass port. I think this also removes the midbass hump. I know my Q300's in my room I liked them with the foam.

650 doesn’t take EQ all that well. But if you want to try, I used to do something like this:
Filter 1: LowShelf, 45Hz, Q=1.2, G=+4dB;
Filter 2: Bell, 150Hz, Q=1, G=-3dB.

My specific unit had a peak at 5.5kHz. So I did a Filter 3: Bell, 5.5kHz, Q=2, G=-3dB.

Personally I don't think 650 responds to eq very well. (sr1a is the best regarding this, planars mostly decent, dynamics usually trickier). My own rule of thumb is not to apply any boost below resonance frequency (80-90hz for hd650 as far as I remember).

Much easier way for the life: sell it to me! lol

You could try the oratory1990 EQ settings for the Harman curve: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/tree/master/results/oratory1990/harman_over-ear_2018/Sennheiser%20HD%20650 . It is what I have been using. The effect is subtle. There is a choice of either 5 or 10 filters.

@RobS let me ponder with the idea. A full film psu would be a start and better filtering. Some precision bypass caps with copper foil with really low ESR outputs. But then it's a high end amp...for the HD650 mostly.

@m17xr2b dude your bottlehead rules. im jelly of your other tube amps as well lol.

OTL all the way! Decware CSP3 is the best I've heard with HD650. The tone is dark, but somehow it still manages to have wonderful microdetail. My educated guess (based on experience with the ZD series and HD600) is that ZDS would easily beat it due to its far superior staging. Best luck!

On a quick google, i found it mentioned once as a possibility, but it doesn't seem confirmed. We'll have to do more google

What are we ASR now? I once threw mine 47.35 poo units if it helps. I know most of you are used to shitting in boxes or parks, but angry apes throwing shit is a real thing.

OK, I learned that they do. Thanks. But, apparently, not in the wild, where they throw other things. But annoy a chimp in the zoo, and shit in the face is a real danger.

https://www.livescience.com/66042-why-chimps-throw-poop.html

One of my favs. It reminds me of my college radio days. I still think The Weight Is a Gift is one of their best.

You got it right. in my mind this a pub not a broadcast station.

Nothing wrong with a civil disagreement followed by a mutually consented fist fight as dessert, and then going out for a beer together afterwords. It happened many a time during hockey playing days.

It's actually one of the few times I've explained my dislike, and it was a show of respect.