Cspirou
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Cspirou

They call me Sparky, Male, from Northwest France

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Audio-Technica has a 6 figure headphone system. Dwarfing the price of HE-1. https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/hpa-kg-naru Mar 6, 2024

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    1. Cspirou
      1. dark_energy and Scott Kramer like this.
      2. dark_energy
        dark_energy
        It is what it is man. Just enjoy the community and chill.;D
        Sep 1, 2020
      3. Cakecake
        Cakecake
        Your cat is so luxurious
        Sep 1, 2020
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    2. Cspirou
      Cspirou
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      2. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        @fraggler - His speakers definitely deserve a review. His front baffle goes above what a typical DIY'r can do with an integrated horn and recessing the backside for rear mounting. I think there's even the option to buy his front baffle alone.

        I plan on building his ES-300 horns for a pair of fostex drivers I have.
        Aug 26, 2020
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      3. fraggler
        fraggler
        If I ever get access back to the fabrication lab I joined earlier this year (shut down still due to the pandemic), I will definitely buy the files to fabricate the enclosure. Assuming the crossover isn't crazy, it should only cost $400ish to complete a build.
        Aug 26, 2020
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      4. nishan99
        nishan99
        Very nice indeed!. Thanks for sharing.
        Aug 26, 2020
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    3. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Any gardeners here? I find that tomatoes tend to taste better a few days after being picked rather than right off the vine. Same experience?
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      2. mitochondrium
        mitochondrium
        Not a gardener but picking the tomato’s off our sole plant lately. I put them in a bowl with other fruit and they will continue to ripen. The magic of ripe fruit out gassing ethylene which will make other fruit in the vicinity ripen and that won’t work in the fridge
        Aug 23, 2020
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      3. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        @crazychile - never!!! A fresh salsa is my only exception. If there's any left...
        Aug 23, 2020
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      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Just watched a video with an Italian family that makes a giant batch of tomato sauce every year. They say they don't cook the tomatoes fresh off the vine but wait two days because it taste better
        Feb 9, 2021
        dark_energy and crazychile like this.
    4. Cspirou
    5. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Cooler Master has an RPi case!
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    6. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Got the HD25s with vintage yellow pads. Yes!
      1. Deep Funk, CEE TEE, netforce and 8 others like this.
      2. JK47
        JK47
        I can barely remember as a youngster listening to my Dad's Sennheiser HD414 SL, gotta love that yellow.
        Jun 11, 2020
      3. imackler
        imackler
        Where did you purchase from?
        Jun 11, 2020
      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Direct from Sennheiser!
        Jun 11, 2020
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    7. Cspirou
      1. zonto, Gazny, E_Schaaf and 4 others like this.
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      3. JK47
        JK47
        Just bring back the OG800 with a decent cable for cheap.
        Jun 5, 2020
        obsiCO, m17xr2b, FlySweep and 8 others like this.
      4. M3NTAL
        M3NTAL
        I was able to hear the HE 1 yesterday. Just tune the HD800 like that and we are golden.
        Jun 5, 2020
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      5. zonto
        zonto
        Jun 9, 2020
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    8. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      RTJ4 is a free download today
      1. Deep Funk, FlySweep, Lyander and 2 others like this.
      2. Cspirou
      3. Superexchanger
        Superexchanger
        RTJ2 has been getting a lot of play time in my head these days for reasons which I assume are obvious. Finally, some good news.
        Jun 3, 2020
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      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        I haven't heard RTJ2 entirely, but I know some of the tracks. Excellent stuff
        Jun 3, 2020
    9. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Not happy to see ASR banners when shopping at audiophonics
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      2. atomicbob
        atomicbob
        Preliminary measurements indicate reasonably good performance for the price, but nothing that is going to make Matrix XSP lose any sleep.
        May 6, 2020
        Cspirou and Poleepkwa like this.
      3. Poleepkwa
        Poleepkwa
        Would it be on par with DACs in that price range, comparable with Modi 3, ect or is is a bright hot mess?
        May 7, 2020
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      4. atomicbob
        atomicbob
        Not enough listening time to make useful comments, yet. Trying to get through a slog of measurements and then spend decent amount of time listening.
        May 7, 2020
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    10. E_Schaaf
      E_Schaaf
      Remember those really tall single-driver rear-horn (?) cabinets I picked up from your old place in SoCal about a year and a half ago? I was using those as a coffee table for the longest time, but now that I've moved I'm going to set them up! I was wondering what their name is so I can find an appropriate driver.
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      3. E_Schaaf
        E_Schaaf
        Just installed an hour ago. Small bedroom without much in terms of furniture and wall hangings, wood floors, super boxy. They sound really interesting, not used to small drivers and huge cabinet resonance accounting for the low-end. Really weird with EDM as expected. Very articulate in the mids though. Unique, I dig it! Wondering if some isolation feet would help clean things up.
        Apr 29, 2020
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      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Good to know! I've also seen even smaller drivers in bigger cabinets and wonder what the appeal is supposed to be
        Apr 29, 2020
      5. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        I also heard that Fostex drivers could use quite a bit of burn-in. So it should improve over time
        Apr 30, 2020
    11. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      1. penguins
        penguins
        Nope. Not enough cats for that to be SBAF.
        Apr 19, 2020
    12. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Just watched the Ciara - Level Up music video. All I noticed was the Bose speaker and Bose Headphones they were wearing
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      3. DigMe
        DigMe
        Rappin' bout wearing New Balance. The man didn't give me all my frequent flyer miles.
        Apr 13, 2020
      4. DigMe
        DigMe
        Whole foods sold out of the organic broccoli so I politely complained to the produce manager, BITCH!
        Apr 13, 2020
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      5. DigMe
        DigMe
        He said:
        "Thanks for the feedback, we'll do our best
        Covid 19 got the farmers on rest"
        Apr 13, 2020
        Thad E Ginathom likes this.
    13. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      I just found out Jeff Bagby died. RIP
      1. Jinxy245 and dmckean44 like this.
      2. JustAnotherRando
        JustAnotherRando
        Woah. That is sad to hear.
        Mar 25, 2020
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      3. fraggler
        fraggler
        Wow. That is sad.
        Mar 25, 2020
      4. Azimuth
        Azimuth
        Yes. He was battling pneumonia after a kidney transplant the past week or so. I have been following on the DIY Loudspeaker page. Very sad.
        Mar 25, 2020
    14. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Montblanc has headphones?!
      1. E_Schaaf
        E_Schaaf
        Fun fact - the guys at RAD helped design them. Not branded as RAD of course, and none of the tech, but we were consulted about the tuning and visual aesthetic. The last tuning I heard wasn't great but Alex asked for my feedback and hopefully they made some adjustments between then and now.
        Mar 16, 2020
      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        Randomly came across a What Hi-Fi article about these just as you posted, shared it with some friends in the FP hobby and they all claimed it looked a lot like Sony's new WH cans.

        LOL, Sony have certainly left their mark.
        Mar 17, 2020
    15. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      I bought some 99.9% isopropyl for soldering. Now looking like I can use it as disinfectant.
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      3. JK47
        JK47
        JK47's hot tip... Aftershave as hand sanitizer...
        Mar 13, 2020
      4. drgumbybrain
        drgumbybrain
        please don't use it as "listerine"
        Mar 13, 2020
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      5. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        @Cspirou "The disinfectant thing was a joke"

        I keep a bottle on my desk. Originally, it was the vinyl-cleaning solution, but it is a long time since I played records. Now it is used as a general purpose cleaner, eg for spectacles, but I do use it as a disinfectant. If, for example, I kill a mosquito on my skin, I spray and wipe off. Also, cleaning clinical thermometers etc.
        Mar 14, 2020
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      3. bixby
        bixby
        "Return to a better digital sound." Are these folks on crack? There is no way I would ever go back to an iPod.
        Mar 3, 2020
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      4. scblock
        scblock
        I have a 5.5g iPod with a big SD card that lives in my Jeep. Unlike any of the several Chinese DAPs I’ve tried it works perfectly with the garbage Chrysler head unit.
        Mar 3, 2020
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      5. Azimuth
        Azimuth
        Upgraded my 20G iPod Photo to 32 Micro SD until it died. It used 2 adapters (Flash card/SD/Micro SD). Such a waste of space, but good battery life.
        Mar 3, 2020
    17. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      I have 2lbs of scotch bonnet peppers.
      1. crazychile, Lyander, brencho and 3 others like this.
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      3. GoodEnoughGear
        GoodEnoughGear
        I've been thinking about fermenting peppers and then drying them to see what fermented pepper flakes are like. I reckon you want Jalapenos for flakes probably, but it couldn't hurt (hahaha) to try it out if you have an abundance of scotch bonnets.
        Feb 14, 2020
      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Jalapeños are hard to come by in France. Which is too bad since I consider them ideal for whole fermentation. Quite spicy, but just mild enough where they can be eaten whole.
        Feb 14, 2020
      5. DigMe
        DigMe
        I love jalapeños. I always have some pickled jalapeños in my fridge (because I can't really find them fresh in China).
        Feb 14, 2020
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    18. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      I found another audiophile religious war. Ported vs sealed subs.
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      2. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        Waterproof, nuclear or diesel?
        Feb 7, 2020
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      3. zonto
        zonto
        What are your thoughts? I assume it's the implementation and quality of the driver/amp that matters more. For what it's worth, in my office system the Rhythmik L12 spanks the Dayton SUB-1200, but that's probably not a fair fight. :)
        Feb 7, 2020
      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        @zonto - I figure proper design is what matters. If JBL is producing a +$20k speaker that's ported, I assume they aren't doing it for cost cutting.

        Someone tried telling me that ALL ported speakers are just them trying to cheap out of adding an additional driver and are inherently flawed.
        Feb 7, 2020
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    19. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      1. fraggler
        fraggler
        I met a few guys who were heavy into stats at the last ZMFestivus and one of these was available. They were probably more proud and excited about these than the Stax they had. Unfortunately, the amp these were supposed to be attached to had to have the bias switched or something so I missed my chance to hear them. They were reasonably comfortable and normal on the head which is a first for estats.
        Jan 23, 2020
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    20. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Whoa, forum is totally different
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Thought I was having an episode when I checked in a while back, haha. "Click here" in orange text up top links back to classic mode but I don't hate this, honestly. Would like option for both.
        Jan 15, 2020
      4. Riotvan
        Riotvan
        Yeah looks cool! Can't click on "new profile posts" though from the new page. Also was thinking just the other day that the 5 year anniversary is coming up!
        Jan 15, 2020
      5. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        I think it's a work in progress still...things changing & availability sporadic while it's being worked on
        Jan 15, 2020
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  • About

    Gender:
    Male
    Birthday:
    September 12
    Location:
    Northwest France
    Occupation:
    Scientist
    Gear List:
    Open Headphones:
    Sennheiser HD 600
    Audiotechnica AD-700
    Sennheiser Massdrop HD 6xx

    Closed headphones:
    HD 201
    Koss MV1

    IEM:
    Skullcandy whatever
    MD Plus
    JVC


    Amplifiers:
    Topping TP-21
    LJM HA-PRO
    Schiit Magni 2 Uber
    Dynalo SuSy DIY

    DAC:
    Schiit Modi 1
    Schiit Modi MB
    FiiO Taishan D03K



    Dongle DAC/Amp:
    FiiO f10k
    Meridian dongle

    Speakers:
    DIY fe83en bookshelf speakers
    DIY TABAQ floorstanders

    Unfinished projects:
    DIY Aren van Waarde OTL 6080 amp
    Dynalo SS mk2
    Dynalo SS mini (so close)
    LJM HA-Pro enclosure
    CD transport
    digital transport
    fe103-sol speakers
    Folsom TDA7297
    Various speaker amps

    Misc:
    Raspberry Pi B+, 2, zero, 3
    Arduino
    Hifiberry Digi+
    iPod touch 3rd gen

    Wishlist:

    Vmoda BoomPro Mic
    Headphones with 3.5mm jack (ATH-M50x, Noontec Hammo Philips SHP9500, etc.)
    CIEM - Alcair Reference
    IEM - Massdrop Plus
    Closed Headphone - Fostex TH-X00 or Oppo PM3
    Open Planar magnetic - Hifiman HE-400i, HE-400s or Fostex T50RP
    On ear travel headphones - Sennheiser Urbanite, Noontec Zoro II
    Schiit Jotunheim + Phono
    MQA DAC - Meridian Explorer 2
    Balanced R2R - Schiit Gungnir MB
    Dynalo Mk2 - DIY
    Turntable - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon
    Phono preamp - Hagerman Labs Bugle 2 or Schiit Mani or Millett LR phono
    I want to pursue audio from a DIY perspective although I am not blind to a good value.

    Signature

    Home: Modi MB > DIY Dynalo SuSy Mini > 4-pin XLR > Massdrop HD 6xx
    Laptop: Meridian Explorer² > Massdrop Plus
    Stereo: Marantz CD > Vista Spark > DIY Fe83en
    Portable: Cayin N5 > MD Plus/JVC