What It Really Means To Be Real, i.e. What Gear Do We Actually Use

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  1. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    There's shit everywhere. Just got to find that place where the shit is most bearable. It's a scale with many factors and never black and white. Personally I am disappointed Texas getting involved with what people want to do with their bodies. I could care less if people wanted to have sex with birds or turn themselves into another race.
     
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    Care of The Onion from 2010: "8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live"

    It starts thus:


    "NEW YORK—At 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, every single resident of New York City decided to evacuate the famed metropolis, having realized it was nothing more than a massive, trash-ridden hellhole that slowly sucks the life out of every one of its inhabitants. With audible murmurs of "This is no way to live," "What the hell am I doing here—I hate it here," and "f**k this place. f**k this horrible place," all 8.4 million citizens in each of the five boroughs packed up their belongings and told reporters they would rather blow their brains out with a shotgun than spend another waking moment in this festering cesspool of filth and scum and sadness."

    "This place sucks," Manhattan resident Woody Allen, 74, told reporters. "It just f'ing sucks."

    And ends with this gem:

    "By Tuesday night, New York was completely abandoned. At press time, however, some 10 million Los Angeles–area residents, tired of their self-centered, laid-back culture and lack of four distinct seasons, and yearning for the hustle and bustle of East Coast life, had already begun repopulating the city."​
     
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    Escape from New York is a true story for a film.
     
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    Were they turned NYC into a jail and rigged the bridges with land mines? Sure...that sounds true.
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    There was a sequel Escape from L.A.

    I think that's where the state of California implemented a wealth exit tax for leaving California.
    https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/01/wealth-tax-migration/

    Sounds too crazy, but I wouldn't count anything out over there. CalMatters I what I read about events over there. I don't trust L.A. Times, Fox, CNN, Tucker, etc.
     
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    Azimuth FKA rtaylor76, Friend

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    California is overpopulated anyway. The environment of wildfires, dwindling water supplies, rising housing prices, high electricity prices (to pay for renewable sources, and just too much strain on the power grid, and overall environment crumbling is evidence of this. So maybe it is good that people move out of California.

    The current amount of the California exit tax is 0.4% of an individuals’ net worth over $30,000,000 in a tax year. So I seriously doubt it would affect anyone here.

    Are we gonna talk about audio stuff?
     
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    I thought we already had one of these threads?
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    I let you guys steer. I simply oblige. You guys know the deal with my California PTSD.
     
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    Its cool - if I ever make it down to CC, we should go for a bike ride.
     
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    Primary lab listening
    Holo Spring 2 (and loaner Spring 3)
    Studio B with Linlai 300B
    HD800-JAR
    Atomic Clock disciplined Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

    When temperatures are too warm a Nitsch Piety is used in place of the Studio B.

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    Private room listening
    Schiit Yggdrasil A2 (not pictured)
    Zana Deux SE with Sophia Electric 6SL7
    HD800sdr
    Atomic Clock disciplined Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

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    Transportable rig 1
    Matrix Audio X Sabre Pro (NON MQA)
    ECP Audio T4 with Mullard CV4024 tubes
    HD800sdr / HD800-Jmod
    Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

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    Transportable rig 2
    Matrix Audio X Sabre Pro (NON MQA)
    ECP Audio DSHA-3F
    HD800sdr / HD800-Jmod
    Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

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    Alternate Lab Listening
    Bifrost (now Bifrost 2)
    SW51+ with stock tubes
    HD800-Jmod / HD800-JAR
    Atomic Clock disciplined Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

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    Kitchen counter workstation
    Soekris dac2541
    SW51+ with Telefunken EF805S tubes
    HD800-Jmod / HD800-JAR
    Atomic Clock disciplined Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.

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    When wanting a nostalgic night of listening
    ADI-2 Pro
    Bottlehead Crack with PS mods, Tungsram e80cc driver, JAN Philips 6080WC output tube
    HD600 / HD650
    Atomic Clock disciplined Dante AES feed at 88.2 KHz.
    JRiver with IVS system of VST plugins.
     
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    did you have to do anything special to run the e80cc vs the ecc82? My normal driver is a Tungsram ecc82, but I've always read positive reviews of the e80cc and was curious (but afraid) to try it.
     
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    Yes, I had to change the bias. So I installed an appropriately sized potentiometer so I could bias between stock and e80cc.
     
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    Escape from LA is underrated and great. It will happen for real if Mike Pence becomes president and makes California America's gulag. Great ending too.
     
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    Do you mean Hongers? LOL
     
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    The American Civil War breaks out all over the place.

    It's like the Spanish Inquisition --- which nobody expects.
     
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    According to 1993 Chris Rock, the term to use is "yakoo"... (although personally I am a fan of "honkaloid")
     
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    I hear you Marv

    I gave up on taking it all ( and myself ) too seriously some time ago - I probably should engage more in the banter but my job still sucks up a lot of my time ( don't get me wrong - I love what I do for a living and consider myself fortunate to be able to do it , but it comes with its own set of barbs ) and when I am not working or hanging out with my family, I am building shit because that is my therapy. I have started to pay more attention to being active, especially as I now spend too many hours on zoom meetings and don't get in the 15000 steps that were the norm.

    My rig has little to no reference for anyone as most of it is either heavily modified or DIY but I will give it a go.

    Home office :
    Franken monitors - tang band long throw 5" woofer in Optimus cast aluminum chassis ( lots of internal treatment to stop it ringing ) crossed over at about 200 Hz to Monsoon panels bolted on top of the chassis - there are pics in the DIY thread somewhere.x
    Modi Multi as source ( with Eitr)
    Amp - EL84 based Baby Huey

    Headphones - original platinum proto ( better than Crimson ;) ) & whatever vintage planar happens to be within reach ( most commonly the Yamaha YHD1, modified of course )

    Work office:
    Optimus AV7 (Realistic Minimus 7) - heavily modified , sound astonishingly good
    Cambridge sub - MINX X201
    R2R ladder dac
    M2X - DIY version of the First Watt M2

    Home
    Maggie 0.7i ( believe it or not - no mods )
    PS Audio DAC
    Pre - either Liquid Glass or whatever I have built - B1 tube , Iron Pre is about to get some airtime
    Power - whatever shit I happen to have built , currently balanced M2OPS

    Headphones - as I mostly chill when listening on this rig , I use the Glass and modified HD600s

    On the move I use IEMs ( and horror of horrors - use a TRN Bluetooth adapter to get rid of the cables ) - Rhythm Devils S12 is my go to - walk the dog 3-5miles every day

    life is too short to sweat the small stuff
    ..dB
     

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