songmic

Would you say better (overall) vs. ZDS?

In my limited exp. with Teton and Zdse:
Teton is smoother , faster, lesser bloom (which I think can level with tube selection) ,more powerful, cleaner and tad brighter than the zdse. ZDSE was absolutely no with planars, no.such problems with Teton

The only amp I still miss.

As best I can determine it would seem that it would be pronounced the same for both usages of the word. https://tinyurl.com/t3gzrzv

ARE-EEE-UH

No one really cares about high end gear anymore, it's all about the cheap and cheerful.

@m17xr2b Says the guy who owns a Stellaris :)

From the guy who tries everything under the sun including the Studio :) I'm afraid all thisl measurements talk has dismissed the DHT tube amp my friend. Got badgered the other day for pointing out a cheap and bad amp is...cheap and bad.

HD800s are weird. Even when unmodded with the huge audible peak and general brightness, they somehow manage to sound more natural than the Clear and Utopia to me in the long run.

The devil suggests EQ

For me the HD800 still represents the best timbre of any headphone I've heard. When I owned the Utopia, there was two things that stood out. Perceived detail was greater because it shoves it in your face, and the beryllium driver (for me imo) fucked timbre hard. While tonally HD800 is extremely picky, with the right dac+amp it's amazing.

It is part of the Upscale Audio banner advertising their brands.

You wouldn't have been the only one bamboozled for a bit (@Vtory)

Not quite. Iirc the 3 has an additional output transformer after the DSHA circuit, while the 3F doesn’t (hence why only balanced out, it’s basically a direct feed balanced).

More importantly, the 3 also starts at $3800, and the 3F at $1000 cheaper seems to be good enough for many headphones, provided they’re balanced and you use a balanced cable.

No love for Jack Nicholson? Sure the movie was campy/cheesy as hell, but his performance basically made that movie.

Looking forward to seeing this new one though - looks awesome, and JP can play a great twisted bad guy.

Absolutely despised his character in gladiator... mark of a great actor.

Interested...

I’ve heard the same comment with respect to Susvara vs. HEKv1. I have not had the privilege of hearing Susvara, though. I’m extremely keen to.

One headphone is tuned by someone who loves music and actually goes to shows at the various great concert halls in SoCal?

My production pair sounds really off compared to my pre production pair. Something is amiss.

I couldn’t yank the Stride outta my ears fast enough. That treble is turrible.

I had a problem with one of the earbuds having the phase reversed. Drop told me that others have complained of the same problem.

All jokes aside, and I was making an effort at levity above, IQ is just a measurement like any other— subject to skilled interpretation. It's honestly cool that you qualify for Mensa if your OP was sincere, but while the boost in confidence is always well-deserved, don't let a number on a page influence your perception of personal worth; you're more than that.

Here's another proverb for @songmic's day... It's not how big it is it's what you do with it that counts.

Sorry I can't match @Kunlun's literary flair and wisdom on this occasion!

I prefer to think that my awesome gear, fancy car and huge penis boost my self confidence by 19%

I thought of myself as being pretty lucky to see 3 bands I loved while I was there, it was the first time for all three of them!

December? Likely they're thinking the same thing...

TFW you realize it's a N. Korea tour

Oh, I was talking nonsense --- deleted.

Says he has MOT status. His site appears to be down.

I hate to break it to you, but a product won't ever fulfill that hole in your soul.

Funny, Keysight, Tektronix, Fluke, BK Precision, etc never seem to run Black Friday specials. Oh well, guess it's better to spend the day using the stuff we already have for enrichment and enlightenment while sharing time with family and furry friends.

He clearly does what he's paid for.

If there’s one good thing I can say, it’s that Michael Lavorgna did eventually get canned.

Whoops! Sorry, thought I was answering a current post.

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Clearly they have no idea what output Z really means, or perhaps they are trying to hide the fact that their amps have a high output Z because it might scare away potential customers. Output Z is, in the literal sense, the impedance of the amp's output, NOT the range of the load (headphone) impedance that "the manufacturers think" would work well with their amps.

Well, half of the consumers don't know the difference between sensitivity and impedance.

Maybe it indeed is 8..600 ohms, hehe. More true, but also more offensive.

The HE-5/Code-X only comes in 4 screw version. It is the HE-6/Code-6 that comes in early 4 screw or late 6 screw versions.

Aren't you forgetting Sundaja?

Some forums have probation periods for new members where they don’t have certain priveladges like creating threads. I guess that’s an option for non contributors who are “rando” and “acquaintance” status

Maybe. Or maybe the mods (yes, I know, more work! Sorry) could just roll them up into a "Latest from Massdrop" thread.

Another maybe... ban the people on those threads who tell us what the thing is going to sound like.