Recent content by MD1032
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Official NYC Fall 2015 Regional Meet Impressions
Sorry, very very late checking in here. I had a great time and it was great to see everyone again after so long. Especially to meet Spritzer for the first time. What a great and knowledgeable guy. Telica as usual brought some heavenly chocolate snacks for us. Thank you very much. Aaron, great...- MD1032
- Post #80
- Forum: Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours
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Official NYC area / Regional Fall meet, November 14th, 2015 - Stamford Sheraton
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow... have to say, though, wow, you guys picked a heck of a location. A whopping 2-2.5 hours from my apartment in eastern PA...I'll probably be a couple hours late. haha- MD1032
- Post #413
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Official NYC area / Regional Fall meet, November 14th, 2015 - Stamford Sheraton
I'm able to make this meet and plan on attending.- MD1032
- Post #293
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Official New York Spring Meet Sat May 2nd 2015
I'm putting this on my calendar. I should be there. I might bring a pair of headphones, otherwise I don't think I will bother bringing any of my gear. I actually still haven't fixed my turntable's cartridge yet from last year. I need to get on that, but I moved to PA and life has been busy.- MD1032
- Post #29
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Official Team BEER-FI (Beer Appreciation Thread!)
Magic Hat #9 is terrible. The worst part is that Magic Hat themselves seem to be very enamored with it even though their brewery produces many beers which are far better. The marketing on it only adds insult to injury, "A beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate...- MD1032
- Post #1,957
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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What's Your Alcoholic Drink of Choice? // Drink Discussion
Hell yes. Their tripel is also outstanding although I do prefer Westmalle.- MD1032
- Post #109
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Audio-GD NFB-3 (2014) ES9018 DAC
This DAC looks interesting, specifically, I'm interested in how it compares to the Schiit Bifrost Uber. The signal-to-noise ratio is the only thing that isn't particularly impressive on the spec sheet. edit: I see they also came out with some other balanced DACS with the ES9018 chip in them...- MD1032
- Post #27
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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LCD-2 or 3 as Companion Phones to the HD800
The X sounds like the 3 but with jacked up bass. It is to the LCD-3 what the HD650 is to the HD600.- MD1032
- Post #5
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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LCD-2 or 3 as Companion Phones to the HD800
I think you need STAX, but that stuff requires a pretty significant investment between the amp and the phones, so it might not be practical for you. Finding high end phones with a dark sound signature is hard because manufacturers intentionally engineer high-end phones to be a little on the...- MD1032
- Post #3
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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Official/ New York Spring Meet Sat April 5 2014 - Impressions Thread
It was a great meet. I think it has to be said, though, attendance was mediocre this year. A lot of people didn't show up, and not just the people who were sick. Of course, who am I to talk, being the person who literally missed the meet last year because I wasn't paying attention. I would...- MD1032
- Post #22
- Forum: Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours
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Official/ New York Spring Meet Sat April 5 2014
OK, I have decided what I am going to bring to the meet. I am going to forego my computer rig this year because I reformatted my laptop recently and neither of my other two computers are very portable. I will be bringing: Denon DP-790 w/Grado Black Hafler SE100 phono stage, with copious...- MD1032
- Post #310
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Official/ New York Spring Meet Sat April 5 2014
I'm gonna try to make it!- MD1032
- Post #67
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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PC Enthusiast-Fi (PC Gaming/Hardware/Software/Overclocking)
FWIW, I gave up on the static discharge thing years ago. I used to be the person that wore one of those wired bracelets and grounded it to the chassis while working on the inside of the computer but one day I needed to throw together a computer in like 30 minutes and said "F it". Built 3...- MD1032
- Post #2,886
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Motherboard manufacturers going for "Hi-Fi" onboard sound
I bought an Asrock Z87 Extreme4 and I just realized today that apparently they tried to add some kind of fancy onboard sound to it that is supposedly better than typical motherboard onboard sound. I saw the "purity sound" logo on the mobo when I put it in, obviously, but apparently it's actually...- MD1032
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- Forum: Computer Audio
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Looking for sub-$500 computer speakers?
Basically, in order to get the same level of sound quality from a speaker, you have to spend 10 times as much as on an equivalent headphone. It is only a rule of thumb and in reality the gap is probably closing as speaker and amplifier technology gets better and headphones go up in price, but in...- MD1032
- Post #23
- Forum: Computer Audio