Unfortunately I haven't heard the V590 v2, so can't offer any thoughts there at all. In the past I've heard a couple of the older Violectrics (sorry I don't remember which ones) and from my fuzzy memory they all share a similar sound, so again my stance would be unless you really really love the...

I haven't heard the V222, but I have heard the V281, used to own the BHA-1 (both high and low gain versions), and currently still have the SPL Phonitor 2. I also used to have the Phonitor X with built in dac which I thought was a tiny bit better than the 2 but not enough to justify keeping it at...

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If you vacuum up enough dog hair you can probably build a bass trap in the corner :L3000:

Did you DIY the panels or buy some?

I have an EP 4-screw, but I've modded it into darkish territory mostly with damping material under the pads. A combination of felt and twaron "angel hair" fibres.

I haven't listened to them myself, but my wife thinks they are ok. They are lighter, but not as comfortable since they sit on ear as opposed to over ear. They isolate very well though, enough so that she thought they were noise cancelling at first.

If you pass by, please pick one up for me. I need to get some new bluetooth headphones for my wife. She keeps breaking hers (they get banged around in her bag since she never uses a case, wears them at the gym, etc).

Maybe the V-Moda 80? I used to have the predecessors which were wired, but I thought they were quite good. https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=v-moda+80&crid=1G94DD2THLEAC&sprefix=v-moda+80%2Caps%2C106&ref=nb_sb_noss I have zero experience with this one, but it looks like they are trying to bank on the...

Speaker amps may also have more DC offset than headphone amps. A big driver that can handle tens or hundreds of watts doesn't care, but headphone drivers are far less tolerant.

My dad worked at Navcanada years ago (back when it was called Transport Canada) back in the 90's. He wasn't an ATC, he ran the cafeteria, but he was there for over a decade and got to know a lot of the guys very well. He did note that there was quite a bit of turnover in his time and cited that...

Hey @SennheiserMiser This just popped up on CAM: https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650071656-fostex-th-x00-purpleheart/

Wow @SennheiserMiser it's been a long time. Hope you've been keeping well! I think I'm the only person still active here who would remember you. I'm not a mac person... but couldn't an old iphone do most of what you're looking for? As for the Fostex purpleheart... paging @Viper2005, years ago...

If anyone passes by, pick up two (or four) for me! Heck, you can always place some under equipment like feet for cooling.

If you're worried about it being wobbly, just buy two and glue them together side by side.

pics 2/2 from the meet

pics 1/2 from the meet

Hey guys, I gotta offload a bunch of gear to pay for the new house. I posted this up at the other site but will copy it here (links removed because headfi will flag them). Willing to make deals for locals.

An L-pad is just a couple resistors both in series and parallel with the load (either the speaker or the headphone). They are used to trim down the amount of voltage seen by the load and thus reduce volume. Just a resistor in series will work to reduce it (the mechanism is called a voltage...

Ok so I found this image online... https://www.audioservicemanuals.com/s/Scott/Scott-299D/Scott-299D-Schematic-1.jpg So it appears that it is a tube amp w/transformer coupled output with different taps for 4/8/16 ohms speakers. Do you have the manual? Does it say anything about ensuring there...

In general, if you have the proper adapter cable to go from binding post to balanced headphone jack, you should be fine as long as you are careful with the volume pot. There are typically two scenarios to be wary of: 1) too much gain/noise, in which case a series resistor on the outputs is...

It's always good to have an ortho in the back pocket as it were. I'll admit two other orthos on the periphery of my radar have been the Modhouse Tungsten and the Rosson Audio. The former being another guy who has grown out of the T50rp modding scene, and the latter being one of the founders of...

Yeeaaaaaah... it was kinda messy and he lost a ton of business from it. Like, seriously man, as a business owner sometimes you just have to shut your yap because you know that's gonna come back and hurt you in the long run. For different reasons, I can't bring myself to buy any Mr Speakers...

I believe my first thoughts upon meeting @Beefy were "I wasn't expecting a guy with an accent" lol. My favourite pairing with the Piety was the JAR 660, and the DSHA-3FN with the ETA Mini-S. Unfortunately I don't think we had either combination out at the meet (both headphones were kinda...

Awesome to meet everyone today! Best turnout we've had in a while, and great to meet a couple faces for the first time. Thanks to @rifi for hosting again. Nice to see @Beefy and @Kernel Kurtz for the first time. Of course also @ecwl @Rubin @zoobabwa @dscythe . Hope I didn't forget anyone. Some...