neilvg

No Estat amp at the studio or at all anymore I'm afraid.

That's interesting... the atmos headphone mixing that is. I'm interested in how that translates... I've done a little bit of it. Seems like the guys who have full Atmos speaker systems poo-poo the headphone mixers... but the fact is - most people don't have 'atmos certified' rooms and many of the remixes happening are being done through virtual rooms using headphones...

I've seen but haven't heard their studio lineup yet. Curious to compare the MM-500 to the LCD-5 and see what the differences are with regards to sound engineering...

Thanks Birgir! I'll look into those 207's. Thanks for the tip. Seems like the old Stax are still the way to go. I'd love to try those out Al. Also an excuse to meet up and maybe grab some coffee or something? I can come out your way...

Grahame! Al! Everybody! I miss you guys! Amazing to see everyone on here...

Hi Spritzer - I'm in the market for a good mixing can - I've used all the usual suspects. I mainly use my ATC SCM150asl speakers, but I haven't been able to dig on any cans in a while for mixing / mastering duties. It's gotten so bad I mainly check my mixes on Etymotic ER4S if I am going to listen to headphones at all.. times have changed. Should I give those L500Mk2's a shot? Oh and pardon the thread revival. This is my first post in... years.... Best, Neil

Pwned.

Hmm.. got room for a newbie?

Steve has agreed to pick my amp when he drops yours off in the next few days. The awesomeness that is Ironbut cannot be stated enough. Hopefully some sort of secondary deal with the devil can be had... electrostatic style... Neil

Unless your into some particularly obscene electro-porn (and not the good kind), you really don't want to see the pics. Neil

Hmm... sounds like a walk in the park. A park in HELL. I have no idea how to do this. But... for someone who does and has the proper 30-40hrs to burn, it seems like this could work. When my tech saw the orange drops he laughed, shook his head, and refused to comment further less he sully his perfectly cordial and mild-mannered English nature. Neil

If this all works out I'm going to fly you out to my place so you can stay with me for a few days, get a vacation out of it.... oh, and fix my amp :beerchug: Trust me, I live in a vacation spot for sure. Neil

From what I understand, aside from that useless "bias pot"/voltmeter crap on my amps front panel, fixing the inside to 'generally work' can be done by my tech. The issue with the power supply is more problematic as it is essentially built to fail ("go boom" as Kevin likes to repeat to all of us). If I can get Justin or someone to build me a Blue Hawaii supply that is compatible, and inside my current casing (don't worry we'll slash off the "SP ES-2" and write "Justin Rules" or something like that , I would have a working amp again. An alternative solution is getting someone to build, from scratch, Kevin's "fix", but into my casing. Hmmm... maybe Kevin could do that? Neil

Damn... I just caught on to this thread. Sigh. My repair guy thinks its largely out of scope to work on my amp and doesn't really agree with the design philosophy and so would rather just build a new amp not repair this one. Not a good option. We need a solution. If I can get a replacement PSU that works, I can get the Amp section going again I am sure. Neil

First of all, sonically, the NWO doesn't have a tubey sound at all. The tubes are used to ward off the tendency towards an overly clinical sound.. you'd have to hear it... the D70 is nowhere near the NWO IMHO. I mean thr D70'd need some modification for sure, but beyond that the NWO is a transport/DAC combo with no external cabling required for the connection. Additionally there are a whole host of features in the NWO regardless of it being tubed. The original NWO didn't have tubes and was later added for the benefit of the end aesthetic sonic result. As you likely know, even the tubes used have changed over time via the revisions of this player. So to answer your question - this player doesn't appeal to tube or SS lovers, but rather, I'd say it is not overly categorized by either. Neil