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    JAR800 Super Saiyan Edition: Abracadabra

    Good job, everyone. He's back.
    Post by: takato14, May 22, 2024 in forum: Headphones
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    Yamaha YH5000SE orthodynamic headphones (HP-1 successor)

    "UHH UHH THATS NOT FAIR ITS NOT AN HP-1000 SUCCESSOR YOU SHOULDVE COMPARED IT TO THE HP-1" [ATTACH] [ATTACH] o_O
    Post by: takato14, Mar 25, 2023 in forum: Headphones
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    Yamaha YH5000SE orthodynamic headphones (HP-1 successor)

    Just so everyone has context. [IMG] [IMG] This is what the ""modernized"" orthodynamic flagship measures like. [IMG] [IMG] And this is what...
    Post by: takato14, Mar 25, 2023 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    More like a TH500RP with the T50/RP18 cups put on it using some 3D printing magic. Tentative name is T30-II.
    Post by: takato14, Feb 27, 2023 in forum: Headphones
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    Differences Between the SB and non-SB Stax Transformers

    Due to the electrical problems that tend to arise when trying to direct-drive an electrostatic headphone -- an open circuit with almost no actual...
    Thread by: takato14, Feb 26, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: Portable and Other Gear Measurements
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    ZMF Caldera Review and Impressions

    Not quite. Isodynamic and Magnetostatic are the names used by the original designers of the principle, one of which was an engineer from...
    Post by: takato14, Nov 16, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    [reserved #7/6 -- closing statements]
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    [reserved #6/6 -- repair]
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    //////////////////////// //--NAD RP18: Retune--// //////////////////////// I had already formed a decent gameplan for how to approach the retune...
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    ////////////////////////// //--NAD RP18: Teardown--// ////////////////////////// [ATTACH] Off come the pads... aww, come on. Why does everyone...
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    //////////////////////////////////////////// //--NAD RP18: Impressions & Measurements--// //////////////////////////////////////////// [ATTACH]...
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    ////////////////////////// //--NAD RP18: A Primer--// ////////////////////////// [ATTACH] This headphone has been shown off over here numerous...
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    //////////////// //--Abstract--// //////////////// A while ago, @Philimon started a loaner tour of sorts for a set of modified vintage planars,...
    Post by: takato14, Jul 10, 2022 in forum: Headphones
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    The vintage Ortho thread

    I ͏fee̶l s͢o̶rr̨y fór wúalta͘ i̢f ̷th͝at's ̶the͟ cas̕e! I'̀d͟ ͞di͏sa͡ppea͏r̨ a̴fter ̢t͠h̕a̵t t́o̴o LǪL I͝'ll be t͝h͞oro̡u̸g̷h̵ i̧n m̨y...
    Post by: takato14, Nov 20, 2021 in forum: Headphones