Beefy

FWIW, I have used my M3 with UE SuperFi 5Pro, and at a gain of 2 it was dead silent at normal listening volumes (though began to hiss loudly as the volume went up with nothing playing). I very rarely used them together though, because normal listening volumes was about 15 degrees of pot rotation, and even the slightest bump upwards would be enough to give serious hearing damage. I suspect you really need something unity gain, and/or with a VERY good attenuator.

I can, but am smart enough not to. Apparently you are not. :basement:

My first ever FPE order for my Buffalo upgrade. I hope I didn't screw up any measurements

Whichever mesh is blackish in colour, and the outermost part aside from the pads. I thought it was actually part of the pads, based on the new pads coming with 'replacement' cloth mesh. My ears do just touch it, and it is a bit irritating. I'll take a trip down to Canadian Tire and see what they've got. Thanks again!

Good to know If you could, that would be handy. But please don't spend any time on it if you can't find them immediately...... They are actually really soft still, but do have splits forming. Though mostly I want to get rid of the old mesh. But before I do buy the pads, any suggestions for vinyl treatment products? Back in Oz we would use Armor All for vinyl surfaces in the house and car, but it isn't the sort of thing I would necessarily want on my head!

Sounds good, thanks for all that I think I will start by sending an email to Yama's to ask for prices on the pads, foam, cable and headpad, then decide what to do from there. It is a bit of a bummer that all the pads are thinner these days...... my ears touch the mesh as it is, so I was hoping something new would be nice and thick

So after reading all 271 pages, my head is ready to explode....... I picked up some SR-Lambda's on this very forum. They are in good condition but still showing their age, and I would like to give them a bit of a spruce up. So I am just going to spill out all the info I have collected about such an endeavour, and open the floor to any corrections or comments! Before I take anything apart, my understanding of the construction of the earspeaker is as follows: 1. Pads, also containing the 'mesh' that spans the speaker opening. Easily replaced. 2. A thin dust cover. Should remain in place. 3. Driver assembly. Should probably not be touched. 4. Backing foam. For dust protection and dampening, should remain in place. 5. Mineral wool; further dampening, can be removed if desired. The current pads are OK, but have a couple of small splits forming and are perhaps a little flatter than they should be. So these seem to be the prime candidate for replacement, and any current Lambda pad can be used: 202: Same black colour, but a different material to the old pads. Better? Worse? 303: Grey, same material as old pads. 404: Shit brown colour, same material as old pads. 404LE: Nice black leather, but expensive and 'thinner' than the other pads. All of the new pads seem to have a soft cotton mesh over the speaker opening, instead of the older plastic mesh. The foam and mineral wool can be replaced if they are starting to disintegrate, but this is generally not necessary. The whole headband assembly can be easily replaced with a current model one; same colours available as for the pads. But they are ridiculously expensive for what they are, and will lose the original SR-λ branding and serial number. Is there any way to just replace the fabric part of the headband? That is probably the only part that actually needs replacing. The cable has collected enough nicks and kinks in its 30 years that I am seriously considering replacing it - IF I can get a suitable replacement. Now I don't trust myself enough to never accidentally plug the phones into a pro socket, so is it still possible to get a replacement cable with a normal bias plug? If I do replace the cable it seems to be able to be done without opening the driver itself - it sounds like there are just three 'external' contacts. But I have to make absolutely sure to protect the driver assembly from spitting solder and flux, which will just melt right though the diaphragm. Lastly, places to potentially buy all this crap...... Audiocubes 2 EIFL Yama's Hope that something comes up on Head-Case/Fi Fleabay So as I said, any corrections, comments or general additional info would be greatly appreciated!

Yes, I'm always on the lookout for a chair to tighten up the bass, sweeten the midrange and gave the treble more clarity. Something that also makes the soundstage more holographic and gives instruments a less artificial tone would be helpful too.

Well, it has been 10 years since I studied this stuff, but it is a pretty fundamental thing that would need to change. Though I doubt you'll find many direct studies on human infants......

Yes. There is a difference between sensing and hearing. The electrochemical gradient required by the stria vascularis is far too energy intensive for the oxygen content of the blood at that stage of development.

And the whole 'babies can hear in the womb' thing. It is physiologically impossible for an unborn baby to hear.

Perhaps the $9 cappuccino? Much more reasonable......

I'm more keen on the $7328 gratuity. [EDIT] Refresh before posting, ya dick Beef.

Murder Burger is priceless..... and it seems like they are a genuine burger outlet. Doesn't surprise me that they are bloody kiwis either [EDIT] HA! I walked down Ponsonby Rd when I was in NZ a couple of years back......

Particularly for a lingerie show. Why the hell would you put anything in the way of the bouncing boobies?!?

Old one was 4 digits, manual ranging. As I said, so long as you get a good connection with the probes it isn't an issue.

Just another update...... One thing I have noticed when powering up and testing the power supply today is that, for voltages in particular, it reaches an approx level very quickly but takes a few extra seconds to fully stabilise. As a result of this if you can't quite make a good contact with the probes, it jumps around quite significantly - much more than my old meter used to. On the whole it is still much better than my other meter, but just something to keep in mind while you use it.

I used to use EAC, but was having some problems. I tried dbpoweramp instead, and liked it so much that I bought it.

Happy birthday!

No, they are JFETs being measured for Idss. Different. I used my VC99 last night when building a power supply. It is very neat that I could measure/test the capacitance of 1000

In my previous research position we used pigs between 5 and 80kg...... we would catch, anaesthetise, cut the throat, and remove the lungs to take back to the lab for experimentation. Every morning as I was elbow-deep in the thoracic cavity, tearing away at the connective tissue near the diaphragm and scooping the lungs out, all I could think of was how delicious pork ribs are.

Ah fuck it. Now I'm hungry.

Capetown? Holy shit!

Good to hear!

True. I assume though, possibly incorrectly, that there is at least a ballpark figure that is probably a bit closer than the 75 ohms that most coax and transmitter/receivers would use.