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Feedback by 'llamaluv' on listing 'Verite Closed African Blackwood'
Very positive experience. Would recommend. Many thanks again!- llamaluv
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Comment by 'llamaluv' on listing 'Verite Closed African Blackwood'
Haha yea it is very, very dark!- llamaluv
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Comment by 'llamaluv' on listing 'Verite Closed African Blackwood'
:chart_with_downwards_trend: Price drop- llamaluv
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For Sale Verite Closed African Blackwood
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- 1800.00 USD
- Condition
- Excellent/Like new
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- United States of America
Excellent condition. Original owner purchased in 5/2023, sold to me a month later. Includes Auteur lambskin pads, Universe hybrid pads, stock XLR and RCA cables, case. Paypal and shipping included in the price. Open to local pickup, New York City.- llamaluv
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Auris Nirvana EL34 Amp in the house!
Ooh, that makes me wonder about capacitor rolling on this thing, which for some reason I had not given even a passing thought to until you mentioned the word "capacitor". Anyone know what are the specs on the unit's coupling caps, by any chance? I rolled the caps on my previous tube amp, and...- llamaluv
- Post #984
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions
Thanks, for me, turning off the logo light had no effect. I've since gotten a replacement unit which has been getting a lot of use, and is behaving fine so far.- llamaluv
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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HiFiMan Susvara
Hehe, thanks. I use medium gain on the amps. Compared to using a single amp, bridged mono increases the output by 6dB (even though its power rating increases from 100 watts to 380 watts, lol). And I set the DAC to output at 6 volts. With the Susvara, I set the Bartok's digital volume control...- llamaluv
- Post #21,936
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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HiFiMan Susvara
Dual-wielding AHB2's for the Susvara here. Even though from a power perspective, this is overkill for headphones of any kind, it doesn't sound exaggerated in any way, but rather, just extra-composed and refined. The bridged mono configuration brings out extra depth and separation, and makes...- llamaluv
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- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Focal Utopia 2022 Review, Measurements
And the plot thickens...- llamaluv
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Focal Utopia 2022 Review, Measurements
"a little bit more", lol- llamaluv
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dCS Bartok
Listening through TOSLINK, and comparing it to my vanilla ethernet connection from my home router has been pretty fun, so far. TOSLINK sounds cleaner, more "ordered", and has a dryer, "just the facts" kind of character. Background is blacker. Makes the Susvara sounds more electro-stat-like...- llamaluv
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dCS Bartok
So, first the first time in 2+ years, I'm giving the TOSLINK connection a serious listen. Anyone else tried this?- llamaluv
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Focal Utopia General Discussion
Lest we forget the $100,000 special edition Utopia. Pic on that page seems to show gold-plated lemo connectors. 🤣- llamaluv
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Focal Utopia 2022 Review, Measurements
As I've just done some comparisons to a couple other cables (on headphones other than the Utopia 2022), here's a brain dump of my current thoughts on the Lazuli Reference Plus. The summary is that the LRP is more dynamic, has deeper and punchier bass, more extended treble, better separation...- llamaluv
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Want To Buy [WTB/FT] Affinity Adapters headphone cable adapters (Audeze/ZMF mini-XLR)
- Price
- 666.00 USD
- Condition
- Excellent/Like new
- Negotiability
- Or best offer
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I'm looking for two AffinityCables adapters: 4-pin mini-XLR (ZMF/Audeze) to Lemo (Utopia) 4-pin mini-XLR (ZMF/Audeze) to 2.5mm (OG Susvara/HE1000) Willing to pay two-thirds of your total purchase cost. Or, I can offer in trade one of these other AffinityCable adapters (note, I'm probably not...- llamaluv
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TOTL disappointments
If it's any consolation, the $5000 Utopia not only comes with a box, but a carrying case as well.- llamaluv
- Post #867
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TOTL disappointments
You know what would be really fun would be a dedicated thread on price gouging. I remember when the original Focal Utopia's 9-foot rubbery cable used to be sold as an accessory on the Focal website for $900. Man, that offended me. Still can't get over it, lol.- llamaluv
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TOTL disappointments
Oh no, no, I was being 100% facetious. I think it makes a lot of sense for the discussion to turn towards under-valued, high performing headphones, as they are like the opposite side of the same coin.- llamaluv
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TOTL disappointments
Wait, I came here for the bashing of overpriced, luxury headphones in the spirit of light-hearted malice and schadenfreude. But the conversation has turned towards something else altogether. What happened? 🤣- llamaluv
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Qobuz Lossless Streaming Service Thread
So now that Tidal is by necessity transitioning away from MQA, I've deemed it acceptable to re-reconsider Tidal again as a potential supplement to my Qobuz subscription. I spent a little while comparing the Qobuz vs Tidal offerings of dozens of artists I like, some more obscure than others, and... -
Best game soundtrack?
Anyone else playing Honkai Star Rail? This is easily my favorite Hoyo-Mix/Hoyoverse soundtrack, the Genshin Impact soundtracks notwithstanding. Favorite track: "Wildfire" (naturally). Which works so well in-game as well. Qobuz link- llamaluv
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- Forum: Video Games Discussion
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Focal Bathys Hi-Fi Bluetooth & ANC Headphones: Early Impressions
Okay, second try, this time ordering from a dealer and under warranty. "Open box", yet still shrink wrapped (haha). I'm coming from a Denon GC-AH30, which were a $400 ANC headphone at the time when I got them 3 or so years back. Their sound was unfortunately wholly unremarkable (The bathos to...- llamaluv
- Post #1,105
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Focal Utopia 2022 Review, Measurements
Ah yea, the Nirvana has good resolution, speed, and separation (and power) while making the Utopia more listenable than with solid state. I know there's been a renewed infatuation with 300B on the forum over the last couple years, but I'm very happy to have made the "lateral" move to EL34's, heh.- llamaluv
- Post #984
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum