skem

Your famous! The double link causes 1 extra click for everyone that visits. Thats probably good for the income for the site.

Ahhhhhh. My ego has been soothed. All is well now. :)

"Skems bane." huehuehue. I love this place.

Yesteryear's Sabre dac --> GS-X mk2 feeding HD800?

XA25?

@skem, reassure Mrs skem that her brain will adjust and tune out the information that it feels is excess. That is one of the things that the digital processing system between our ears does.

Gets me every time.

Mando has no over-arching theme, there's no White Walkers or Daeneris and her destiny, no mystery of John Snow... something happens one week, something happens the following week, each week is a nice little episode, but not feeling anything epic like I would have hoped for from Favreau and Star Wars

I'm willing to bet they are planting seeds right now for post - season 1. Point taken on GOT foreshadowing, but all that was for shit in the end. Huge fumble.

For Sure on how GoT ended, but the show was at its best when those overarching themes were in full play. Other than Baby Yoda, who doesn't really represent much in terms of story so far, aside from ep 2, I feel like Mando is one self contained episode at a time. Hopefully you're right about the seeds but with all of the SW universe to work with, I'd have thought they'd already have plenty to work with.

Lemon juice might be sour, it works sweetly...

Yep, must wash hands after handling raw chiles, or pee time soundtrack is hunka hunka burnin love.

@Hands's avatar could be a portrait of a chilli/anus interaction?

It is chilly and dark today in Seattle, so I agree.

I have three projects i’m working on and the deliverables are this month. The person in charge of one portion of the project had one job to do and he’s now out on leave. I just got dumped two days worth of extra work when this project is supposed to go live this week. Woosah...

Preach!

What preamp are you using?

"One of the best amps I've heard" is a common reaction to the XA25. It's very capable and pairs well with modern nimble sounding speakers.

Preamp is via Adagio. Main speakers are 801 series 3. But I’ve tested on four headphones and also my Walsh Fs. Writing a review now.

You've had this on for 20 mins and already sharing impressions?

review here https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/pass-labs-xa25.8320/#post-272543

My thoughts are: what’s the clock implementation? Jitter? USB as USB audio or something else?

Knowing Schiit, I'd put it up against any Focusrite or PreSonus interface. I'd use it, but I like having inputs and outputs as well as ASIO drivers.

Great tip indeed, the fact that it's a song I love listening to helps. For something more "violent", I've been using Billie Eilish's xanny lately; 30/31Hz at its lowest, hahaha

I fall somewhere between I think. I don't necessarily chase perfect reproduction of source material, but do have fun seeing how much "better" the listening experience can get. Shame 90% of my library is crud haha.

I've always thought that the difference between an audiophile and a normal music consumer is that, to the audiophile, all recorded music is acousmatic to some extent. Audiophiles are keenly aware that changing the manner of reproduction can dramatically affect the way the content is perceived.

I am exactly the opposite. Don't think there is any "wrong" though.

Whereas our beloved Psal finds peace of mind listening to Iron Maiden.

But yes. I’m not a stoic in practice (can there be any other kind?), but I am an admirer of Seneca.

I’m out of the headphone hobby forever. I sold my Sennheisers and just use a Porta Pro and HD 25. The Porta Pro is just as far from speakers if you get a 6.3mm adaptor and plug it into something real.

I’m working on a DIY speaker using all the physics and psychoacoustic knowledge I have and Troels’ experience. Maybe you’ll like what comes of it.

Its a coincidence that I'm in providence for the summer but I have my hilo with me using it as a headphone amp/dac. Please feel free to pm me to discuss your needs.

There was a headphone store I liked in Apgujeong Rodeo, but there’s better things to do in Seoul than investigate audio equipment :P

I think karaoke counts as audio places in this regards.

That’s true, take someone who knows korean to a 노래방 and have a good time

Got one of these coming Monday.

You mean the headphone amp?

Well, actually I want something for a loudspeaker test.

You missed me by a few minutes. I take the onramp and offramp there half the time.