Everything posted by spritzer
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Audiophile or Audio-Fooled?
That test they used is so stupid... so what music did she fail at? Stuff that sounds like garbage to begin with...
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Mr Speakers Electrostatic Ether E
Yeah I need to up the grump factor!! I find it really interesting that they don't open up headphones...given where they came from. Ripping apart Fostex sets...
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Sitcoms
Ahhh Corner Gas...such brilliance. Trailer Park Boys is also a special kind of crazy though it did get a bit thin after a while.
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Sitcoms
If you want something dark with the same actor as from the clip above, check out 19-2. The English version that is...probably one of the best shows ever made. Seriously, the first episode of season two... shit!! There are also a pile of quirky Canadian shows that have been brilliant low key oddity. Keeping with the hockey theme... Rent-a-goalie was excellent.
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Mr Speakers Electrostatic Ether E
Indeed, a 400$ set of the cheapest Stax set would be the mandatory minimum just to see how the industry standard does it. There is nothing wrong with new ideas, hell Stax once though dual solid dust covers was a bad idea or purely air damping would never really work but here we are. Simply covering up what you are doing and being misleading about it...that's something different.
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Mr Speakers Electrostatic Ether E
Dan is now my spirit animal, he clearly knows nothing about electrostatics, how Stax are made etc. so he just spreads misinformation to cover his ass.... Oh that. My understanding is that they used that on some older models, but it is not in use on their newer products. Among other things that would effectively triple the mass of the driver the driver. Every Stax set made since 1993 has been fitted with loose, wrinkled PVC dust covers on both sides of the drivers and they add nothing to the mass of the diaphragm or the driver. See there is this thing call physics...Dan should really look into that. It's kinda cool and does explain some things...
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The Headcase Stax thread
One small issue with that...she's gluten intolerant...
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Mr Speakers Electrostatic Ether E
Well the dust cover will not provide any protection at these voltages so yeah...couple this with an amp with no output protection and there might be serious trouble.
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The Headcase Stax thread
That is...ehhhh... a bit accurate.
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The Headcase Stax thread
Been there, done that. I'm even going to sell off part of my collection now as I simply never have time to use this stuff. I buy them and then they just sit so I'm kinda tired of this accumulation of gear. https://mjolnir-audio.com/projects/ Bunch more to come... I have way too much crap.
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The Headcase Stax thread
That's a very nice price indeed. The T2 also appears to work which is a nice bonus...
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Sennheiser HE-1
Who wants to bet they are using 800V mosfets for the output?
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Sennheiser HD 800 Redux
The leather earpads might be interesting. Same for the HD6XX leather pads for the HE60...
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Mr Speakers Electrostatic Ether E
Nahhh it's still fugly as all shit. Worse than that, the shell doesn't protect the fragile drivers which is kinda its main role...
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And now what did you do TODAY?
Hmmm here I was thinking I had a trademark on RedVodka?
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Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays!! We start at 6pm on the 24th so now I've eaten way too much...
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HeadAmp Gilmore Lite mk2 Headphone Amp
So purdy!!!
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Sennheiser HE-1
That very odd... Now the platinum vaporized is just BS, you need high resistance here which I've confirmed on the HE90 as that was supposed to be gold coated... Now they could have moved away from mylar and onto something else which has less mass at 2.4um...
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Sennheiser HE-1
So true... Back on topic, has anybody seen Sennheiser claim the diaphragm thickness in the HE-1? Mr. Speakers is claiming his Fuce is the same thickness which I frankly highly doubt...
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Sennheiser HE-1
Indeed, it's the HF way of doing things. If it is popular it must be good...if some idiot is willing to pay for it then it must be awesome!!
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The Headcase Stax thread
Yup, that will kill them real quick. Ambient light is not really an issue.
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Converting SRD-7 to pro voltage?
Just remove the cap and replace the resistor.
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Converting SRD-7 to pro voltage?
The SRD units predate the output resistors by about two decades. You could add them but I wouldn't bother. Do check the bias supply and see if there is a cap after the ballast resistor. If so...remove it.
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The Headcase Stax thread
The headphones could be faulty but personally I'd check out the WEE first. They aren't exactly known to be reliable or well made...or good for the headphones for that matter.