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post #166 of 172
4/25/09 at 7:57am
All your listening sessions with the HD800 have been single-ended, right?
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post #167 of 172
4/25/09 at 11:24am
Fafner: Yep, we couldn't recable the HD800's cuz they weren't Jude's. SE only so far.
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post #168 of 172
4/25/09 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by -=Germania=- View Post
....But it would't explain why my DAC wouldn't work at the meet - then fired up at home...albeit combusted later....
Stacy, death is often preceded by illness.

Not only was the Wadia iTransport / Lavry DA11 combination working at the office before and after you left on days (and at times) in the industrial park when power issues would be more likely to be occur, but it's working at home now. I seem to recall your Zhaolu was not locking onto the signal without some amount of fidgeting. You said it sounded funny at the Mini-Meet. Your Zhaolu later does the suicide dance, reaching out and sizzling one of your headphone drivers before that routine was done.

I think the law of parsimony applies here.
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post #169 of 172
4/25/09 at 4:06pm
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Actually, I'm not so sure this was the case.

The interesting thing is that my expectations were low (expecting it to be the HD650+), and I was prepared to be disappointed in what one might get from $1,400 cans. I was frankly blown away. This is now the second time I've heard it, the first time in a much smaller meet, both times with my own source...and it's as impressive as ever. I'm absolutely buying one the first chance I get.

I'd suggest actually listening to one before deciding how much you'll pay and how long you'll wait.

At any rate, the used HD800's you're looking for won't be mine!
I'm just saying, right now, I can't afford any new headphone for 1,400, unless I sell my headphone collection.. Not sure I want to do that with a phone I never heard before..
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post #170 of 172
4/25/09 at 4:14pm
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Originally Posted by -=Germania=- View Post
If that were the case, I feel like a real PIA.

But it would't explain why my DAC wouldn't work at the meet - then fired up at home...albeit combusted later.

I will shut up on this for the time being. Right now, I am living in Mid-fi anyway and appreciating the more budget audio for what it is. "Budget" being a relative term.
There's your answer in bold right there - something was WRONG WITH THE DAC and you heard it first, and then it eventually self-destructed. I'm sorry it happened, but I think it was giving you a warning in advance. I might have missed the warning myself as well.
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post #171 of 172
4/27/09 at 8:54am
Thanks all for the impressions from the Detroit meet!

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Later, I'll post more impressions of other gear at our Detroit Mini-Meet.
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Well, tomorrow I'll be listening to the HD800 mostly out of the Style Audio Topaz, to see how the Topaz does with it
So Jude, do you have any further impressions of the Topaz and the FET-A paired with the HD800? Paired with the SRH840?
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post #172 of 172
4/28/09 at 4:47pm
Just updated the ESW9 mods to reflect changes in the design to better compete with the neutrality and speed of the ESW10.

ESW10 for people who can only afford an ESW9.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/g...-mod-s-383257/

Enjoy!
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