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Man, that Yggdrasil GS+ is a steal of a deal, but I have a feeling it would be too bright for my system. Nov 22, 2023 at 10:51 AM

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    1. Serious
      Serious
      Man, that Yggdrasil GS+ is a steal of a deal, but I have a feeling it would be too bright for my system.
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      3. zonto
        zonto
        @dasman66, very curious re: your impressions, especially re: any other Yggdrasil variants you've heard and how MIB sounds with the DSHA-3F and Clear + other headphones. Know you mentioned the SFD-1 DAC recently and some Metrum stuff, but the Yggdrasil gels so well with my speakers that I think I want to stay in Yggdrasil land.
        Nov 22, 2023 at 12:40 PM
      4. purr1n
        purr1n
        A2/OG works really good in systems with big woofers = low midbass distortion.
        Nov 22, 2023 at 4:03 PM
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      5. dasman66
        dasman66
        @zonto , going to be at least until mid-December until I can get my 3f, OG Clears & SFD out of boxes. We're in the process of moving to a new office and that system is all boxed up until after the week of Dec 4. Only other Yggdrasil I've had ears on was the LIM loaner... and that was awhile ago
        Nov 22, 2023 at 6:16 PM
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    2. Serious
      Serious
      These JVC projectors remind me a lot of my FW900 in their contrast handling. Got a working X3 now. For 60 bucks.
      1. Serious
        Serious
        Blacks aren't quite as black as the FW900, but there's a bit less halation. Very nice. Colors need more tweaking, though. It's not quite where I want yet.
        Aug 8, 2023
    3. Serious
      Serious
      Aegir vs Ragnarok makes for a less interesting comparison than I expected it seems.
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    4. Serious
      Serious
      I can't wait for the 21" OB SB Audience woofer to be released. AFAIK there has never been such a thing. RiPolius maximus incoming.
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      2. Serious
        Serious
        https://i.imgur.com/f2559xV.jpeg

        Suspension didn't seem stiff at all, so I'm hoping for a low Fs coupled with low Mms (for a 21" woofer). Two in a RiPol might make for a lovely sub.
        May 26, 2023
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    5. Serious
      Serious
      New speaker idea. Three way full range cardioid.
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      3. Serious
        Serious
        And is it really that useful to extend the cardioid-ness down low? With Hathor I can combine a ported bass with a cardioid widebander and get what I feel is a way better compromise. Omni at 20Hz transitioning to 10dB rear attenuation at 100Hz. Allowing good extension + efficiency from a relatively compact enclosure.
        May 26, 2023
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      4. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        Sorry, not following the DIY speaker threads. What's the Hathor? Link?
        May 27, 2023
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    6. Serious
      Serious
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    7. Serious
      Serious
      The cardioid monitors are fun. This 4" driver really kicks and the woofer is no slouch, either.
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    8. Serious
      Serious
      WTF! Getting 5dB less D2, 25dB less D3 and 25dB less D5 with the APM compared to the HD600! At 1kHz, 104dB.
      1. Serious
        Serious
        Checked with two chip-amps, GO2A and M4 headphone out. I doubt I'm clipping the amps at those levels. Is the HD600 magnet structure nearing its limits at those levels? And if so, is the AirPods Max' driver really that much more linear than the HD600?
        Jul 30, 2021
      2. Serious
        Serious
        Actually, the values could be off, this is not relative to the harmonic, but instead relative to the fundamental. Takes more work otherwise.
        Jul 30, 2021
    9. Serious
      Serious
      Hate to say this, but I'm immensely enjoying the AirPods Max in general.
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      3. Serious
        Serious
        Might have to compare against the Audeze Penrose aswell. The rtings measurements look similar enough that I'm sure I'd love the tonality on that thing, too.
        PM-3 with HA-2 is another interesting comparison. From what I've heard so far, kinda on even footing.
        Jul 23, 2021
      4. Merrick
        Merrick
        I’m sure they sound good but the price tag kills it for me. I use my AirPods Pro all the time, so convenient and useful.
        Jul 23, 2021
      5. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        Ive had AirPods max since they released and basically haven't listened to any other headphones since I got them. Sure they don't sound as good as a well amped HD800SDR, but they sound damn good and are so convenient. these days its just them or speakers for me
        Jul 25, 2021
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    10. Serious
      Serious
      How could this happen? How and why am I enjoying Harman bass?
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        Cuz bass is goooooood.
        Jul 18, 2021
    11. Serious
      Serious
      Just looked at Jude's 5128 measurements and tried to come up with my own compensation curve. Yeah, no... 5128 doesn't look very useful to me
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      2. Serious
        Serious
        Jul 15, 2021
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      3. Serious
        Serious
        Honestly, I'll make a thread about this. This is just too ridiculous not to mention. And here I was thinking the 5128 would actually be good. Maybe a curve with more upper mid gain, but then the upper mids on the other headphones aren't that suppressed, are they?
        Jul 15, 2021
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    12. Serious
      Serious
      Widebanders on the desk were a mistake. 3-ways with coaxial mid/tweeter FTW!
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      2. Serious
        Serious
        I think the mid has some D3 around 1kHz, otherwise really not too bad if crossed high enough. Subjectively they handle high volume levels surprisingly well, but using them nearfield certainly helps. They're not big drivers and they don't sound as effortless as big drivers.
        Jul 23, 2020
      3. Hrodulf
        Hrodulf
        @skem have you found a unity horn desktop speaker?
        Jul 23, 2020
      4. skem
        skem
        lol no. It was a reference to a discussion Serious and I was having elsewhere. I am thinking about larger speakers.
        Jul 23, 2020
    13. Serious
      Serious
      I wonder if phono cart break in is actual wear. Lyra Delos after (too) many hours measures less bright than DV-20X2L.
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      2. Serious
        Serious
        I always thought the resonance was a cantilever bending mode, but that may not be it. Not sure.
        Jul 9, 2020
      3. JK47
        JK47
        I always thought of a fresh needle as having a burr on it that needed to be removed, like a newly sharpened knife. Not exactly, but in the beginning it's so sharp it grabs and doesn't glide across the surface of the record smoothly. Just my thought, could be wrong.
        Jul 9, 2020
      4. JK47
        JK47
        Jul 9, 2020
    14. Biodegraded
      Biodegraded
      Yep, test records. With the Feickert 7", crosstalk on the same cart is -35-odd dB in both channels.
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    15. Serious
      Serious
      Sorry everyone, had a stressful day today, not enough sleep and too much caffeine. And still have stuff to plan for tomorrow.
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      3. Serious
        Serious
        Tbh I do want to add an update to the ambient noise thread soon and I hope afterwards we can all go out of it a little friendlier. But it's still going to take a while until then. Have been gathering data on and off for a while, but I still need to gather some more before I can present it.
        Jun 23, 2020
      4. Serious
        Serious
        Also Marv I'm glad you mentioned hearing noise in many common mics + preamps. I do too, but the U47 recordings I heard really make me wonder if that even matters. I feel it manages to resolve more plankton despite being noisier than other mics. Or maybe it's placebo.
        Some of my favorite recordings are quite noisy, yet capture so much plankton. I guess that's what no denoising does.
        Jun 23, 2020
      5. RobS
        RobS
        why so serious?
        Jun 23, 2020
    16. Serious
      Serious
      Experimenting with linear phase brickwall filters in RePhase. Certainly sounds much better than minimum phase lowpass.
      1. Serious
        Serious
        Cymbals now simply sound rounded vs sounding weirdly sharp and nasty when the material still has good output to the CD limit. Makes me think driver extension past 20kHz matters. Time to try it on "Hi-Res" content.
        May 29, 2020
    17. Serious
      Serious
      How many FFT bins do you want? Yes.
      1. Serious
        Serious
        May 7, 2020
    18. Serious
      Serious
      As expected the plasma TV is an EMI nightmare. EDIT: Not really. See below.
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      3. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        They look so good though
        May 6, 2020
      4. Serious
        Serious
        Yeah, the EMI is likely way less bothersome to me than the actual audible buzzing they emit, anyway. Maybe we'll get 480Hz refresh OLEDs at some point.
        May 6, 2020
      5. Serious
        Serious
        https://imgur.com/a/bqSAO3Q
        Here's an album with the measurements. CRT looks far worse than the Plasma TV here, but note that it was much closer for this measurement.
        May 6, 2020
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    19. Serious
      Serious
      Recently rediscovered the 'Perfect Declipper'. Actually works much better than I anticipated.
    20. Serious
      Serious
      Why are we so obsessed with ASR again? We don't really worry about most other forums, why ASR?
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Cspirou Not to forget Ken Rockwell, besides being really weird once you learn more about photos, also reviews audio gear and Shilla the DT880 hard.

        That might have been a factor in my getting one a few years ago >.>
        Dec 6, 2019
      4. neogeosnk
        neogeosnk
        ASR is Donald Trump @ the Nato conference. Fake news/Egos/OneSided (Topping!).
        Dec 6, 2019
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      5. zonto
        zonto
        I've seen users in audio groups on Facebook share the comparative measurement "recommendation" charts updated from time to time on ASR as authority/evidence backing their own recommendations. Me telling them I've owned something (or its similar predecessor) recommended and well ranked on the chart and that it sounded horrible falls on deaf ears. I like to think this is why we resist.
        Dec 6, 2019
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