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Everything ok? I hope so. Much love brother

People catcher doing it’s work already.

Recalled I was seriously debating to pick up zx700 decades ago.. (very noob era when I was enjoying hd580 and cheapo dacamp lol)

dammit guys- you forcing me to sign up for the Atrium tour now or what?

@jexby I have used a 4.4 mm adapter to XLR to drive my Atrium from the Gryphon. It’s not TOTL amplification, but it’s not bad at all.

The Atrium just might be my favorite headphone ever and I've owned a bunch. It's also the first ZMF I like. My prevailing thoughts early on was that it's the ZMF phone for those that never really did like the house ZMF sound and still feel that way a month in. This headphone is special.

Current mods = Dynamats on the back + foam disc folding + pad spacer + front damping replacement (microsuede) + zmf pilot

Still looking forward to trying out zmf 6x0 pads.

I also love how magically my current "cool and clear" upstreams (X18 + HO200) pair with the modded 650. The sum is the most enjoyable yet resolving 6x0 combination for me to date.

I'm not a car guy, but that's pretty amazing. You can see the thousands of hours he poured into the thing.

The people leaning out of their own rolling cars to take videos, though... oy.

OH!! check out street bandito on YT! holy fawk he's doing a full carbon tesla-powered version of this thing. Bonkers!!!

Oh yeah, that is sick. :)

First impression is they do differ a lot in person -- I couldn't see much difference in pics.

Fancy way of saying shore lunch :-) And spirits as well absolutely!

try this, too: turkey breast sub for white fish. then, squirt a tablespoon of anchovy paste and mount sauce with butter on finish.

Time to poop

Probably better than my first-ever fried rice. I thought that all one had to do was to... fry rice.

Can't claim really good results even now, it seems to be an art!

I don't think it's supposed to be a replacement, it's shilled as being more "studio" oriented. Fixing the upper mid dip? Or adding shrill treble like many "studio" 'phones? I hope it sounds good.

@Jinxy245 Hahaha let's take a look at what Audeze markets lcd-x: https://www.audeze.com/products/lcd-x

Indeed the way they position x made me suspect mm might be a replacement (until x stock lasts).

Saw it yesterday https://imgur.com/a/uv5cMKU

Single sided magnet design, different diaphragm, trace and magnet structure than the LCD-5. Machined aluminum body, metal headband with no holes in the leather. Uses LCD-X diaphragm, sounded better than LCD-X but it should for costing more.

Linus Headphone Tips.

Can't believe.. what happened there! I remember a lot hotter these days in FW..

As @9suns and I would say, "didn't have no AC on, all we had was OnlyFans."

It's Shirtless time....let a rip.

Sidegrading = costly masturbation. Pick a philosophy and pursue it until it no longer interests you. E.g. High complication, high driver count speakers + high wattage class-a SS amplification + latest ESS chip DAC, or! high efficiency simple driver/crossover + low wattage SET + R2R or better vinyl rig. Don't cross the piss streams and piss-stain your life with extraneous gear-dicking-about.

I want to waste money to have fun not because I need but because I can. Money-consuming masturbation is super fun. Didn't you know it yet? Ha.

@nishan99 Exactly. I'm seeing side-grading as a sort of extended home auditions or investigation that we don't have to feel to be pushed or forced. There used to be generally so many new discoveries, findings, and fun. It's pretty cool as long as we know what we risk..

Do you notice a difference between steel and silver cutlery? Solid silver v. silver plate?

EPNS?

Unfortunately no silver stuff in the house. I'm thinking the different would be minimal at best.. did you find something interesting? Or am I just not understanding high-level joke? lol

I'm kidding, of course. Tasting the highs with silver cutlery! Getting that last 0.1%!

But actually, seriously, now i come to think of it, yes it could make a difference. Like drinking out of china, glass, metal or plastic is different. Eating with wooden utensils is different.

Haha, right. But that's half of the story to me.. The other half is more social. I'm still debating myself in speaking anything out loudly. Strong yet unfiltered voices (and super low ROI to convince or be convinced for the issue) arouse fear, insecurity, and disjointedness. We may all know we're categorically different.. but seeing it explicitly is another imho.

Come on... Out with it!

Remember what my mum always said: better out than in :)

I feel like maybe there could be an SBAF audio mentoring program. Like, join as a newb or even seasoned vet, and have a continual personal interaction with someone who's been around the block and keep folks from being either ramrodded by gatekeepers or deluded by constant side-grading. like a tailored and less public general advice thread.

I can re-realize a myriad of gradations exist in any of muffling, rolls, and coperto in timpani. Well-amped Susvara just made them so easy to pick up. I'm just enamored by how melodic this instrument should sound, which can't be easily heard otherwise.

Also fully content with la90 amp. A very analytical take coming with top-notch blackness, transient, and separation. On top, super-subtly warm and rich tone completes the sound. I don't think it a good match to challenging (i.e., low-Z) speakers, but it's making Sus sing effortlessly.