roshambo123

Forza Audio Works has a hybrid silver/copper cable that you may want to try if the Norne doesn’t work out. The brand is well-reviewed on the forum.

I've used all flavors of Norne for years. I'd go right to the Forza Audio Works hybrid silver / copper. Absolute best bang for buck.

I guess as I’m also curious as to why the hybrid cable is desired for the HD800? I would think, in a vacuum, that an all-copper cable would be a better match for that headphone?

okay, sort of maybe might be able to help... I have a stock Senn 4.4mm pentacon balanced cable - I think this was a DROP HD8XX thing? I can't remember. Either way, easy enough to grab a 4.4mm to XLR adapter: https://www.amazon.com/DD-XLR44B-Headphone-Converter-Headphones/dp/B0BKFDFZY8. I've also got a stock 1/4" TRS. PM me and we can work something out.

more digging in the cable drawer: 3m Cardas Clear Light HD800 XLR; 5m DIY Furutech FHD-35 w/ PlusSound HD800 connectors and Neutrik XLR.

I'm a bit of a purist on the no adapters thing. I still have the stock 1/4 cable too and I actually have a Audiophile Ninja XLR HD800 cable that I'm using but I can hear the difference been the Senn $300 cable and it (highs are rolled) I appreciate it though! And yes, the Senn cables fall apart after 10 years.

This is what I am using:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092PN2C3M

Herbie's are legit in that they are meant to compete with other "high end" feet X times their price via a proprietary silicone blend, but whether that makes enough of an audible difference to justify price is gonna be a personal judgement call, I think. Diversitech pads are fine too, IME.

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Could it be a cache issue with your browser? I still only get the restored thread.

Same post name but post number is different? The old link that is dead is audio-terminology-subjective-terms-used-on-superbaf.3400, the link that works goes to audio-terminology-subjective-terms-used-on-superbaf.11665

Oh, you mean the link on the page. I was thinking search results. I’ll see what I can do.

@joch ugh thanks, that brought back a memory that I can smell...

I was in my teens then. It would never have come to my mind to think about the smell of the headphones. :) It was just great to listen and discover new music.

Other reactions at work: "They cost $125? Should be $25, if that" "They sound like my 90's walkman." I don't agree though. On MJ2+Yggdrasil, Sr80x is actually kinda impressive value. Very detailed, dark blackground, expected lively mids which works with MJ2 V-shape, jarringly realistic timbre.

I'm curious how one makes Val 2 more FV, given that FV was a super Val 2.

5 tubes! ;)

Be interesting fitting those into the mid-size chassis

Confirming still available

I will take. To mod, because basically this is the same as a pre-built Crack.

On way to @Azimuth

Not sure about less distortion, but probably not better. Output caps have been associated with sins of omission like the Valhalla veil and the Aliexpress 1969 JLH amplifier's lack of detail

If someone put an output cap that would be truly ironic LOL.

You could add caps. You wouldn’t even have to open the amp, just make a filter between the amp and the headphones

I assume it would cause more distortion though, not less

Yeah. Not looking good

I'm hearing the death count (currently 53) is underreported as they're only counting confirmed dead. Still ~900 people missing. Could be hundreds dead.

Dreadful.

Yeah, that's why I think it's particularly important to keep trying to hear other people's setups/gear.

This is why I decided to get a SS and tube rig, fed from the same streamer, HQPlayer, and DAC. Sometimes I favor one over the other, but they're both great.

I only use music to listen to my gear

Turned off error sounds on player, otherwise no problems with it. Plays way better with a controller for me.

Starting a thread on Diablo 4

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/diablo-4-discussion.13555/#post-410593

Horrible editing and story structure problems but the first 4-5 episodes are worth watching.

I dare you to you ask mods for "dragon slayer, maiden kisser". The result should be quite entertaining.. to us

I do that it'll end up "maiden slayer, kisser of dragons"

We think exactly alike! Although I have the feeling the mods are a bit more creative

@Walderstorn Cost cutting. Amazon has been trimming the fat for a while now. Just happened to be in the firing line this time around.

Didnt even know it had been owned by Amazon. "Not profitable enough". Sickening.

@archer88 The Archive is reportedly doing it.

Even if there were some kind of actual electromachanical voodoo, why in the farfignugen would I want them to oscillate in unison? Anyone who took high school physics will know that overlapping all your resonances is bad.

And apparently in this review, "You should aim to use one QPoint per device," so buy 5 everyone, or your resonances are unharmonized! https://tinyurl.com/4d275s2f

Or worse, you may risk certain death or injury as "life is not possible without it" as this reviewer "experienced physical pain when...putting the device back into the box." https://tinyurl.com/mscwe968

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see below

New LP pushes the budget too much and requires balanced DAC. Good warm choice though. Sounds like he should start leaning towards a Crack.

@Claritas Forgot to say, he has to have Pre outs. That means no SW51+, I believe. @Azimuth, Agree but Crack is out. He wouldn't want anything he needed to assemble or had an inch of DYI in it. He found my DarkVoice too scary to deal with. Valhalla 2 is a great choice but he has a child and thus will be scared of many hot tubes. He also doesn't like dealing with tubes in general, although likes the sound.

In that case, you and @rlow were right from the start in recommending Lyr 3. The stock Darkvoice is underrated. It played well with every dynamic headphone I threw at it. But it made HD-6 sound a little "oily." Back then, I liked that sound. But my taste, always pretty neutral, has become ever more "neutered."