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Mar 22, 2013 at 7:39 PM Post #12,301 of 41,125
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olor1n said:
 
It was a general statement about the common trend here, obviously there are exceptions. Posts from members who've actually given it a fair shake and who divulge the upstream components are a rarity. Solude is the only other person who comes to mind. Didn't he also have the W4S before he tasted crow? :wink:
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I gotcha. I also agree that there is a lot of regurgitated BS. 
 
 
Yea. He did have the W4S before, but I'm not sure if that is when he had the HD800 or not.
Could be before, perhaps.
 
Either way, yea, we've both eaten crow.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 7:41 PM Post #12,302 of 41,125
paradoxper said:
I last heard the HD800 out of a LF and W4S DAC2. No emotion and no impact.

I am not sure what's to credit the change, but I don't think it's fair to immediately dismiss those who 
were never fond of the HD800 in the first place.
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I heard HD800 with LF and I think a Marantz CD player and was also not that impressed. It sounded good, but not remarkable. It was Morbid's inbetween rig from LCD-2 to SR009.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 7:45 PM Post #12,303 of 41,125
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maxvla said:
I heard HD800 with LF and I think a Marantz CD player and was also not that impressed. It sounded good, but not remarkable. It was Morbid's inbetween rig from LCD-2 to SR009.
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You never heard it with the Marantz. :) It was with the Cambridge 851C. The Marantz was at Austin 2011 with the LCD 2.2. Before I drank the HD800 Kool Aid. 
 
I preferred the LF to the BHA-1. Different strokes, etc.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 7:47 PM Post #12,304 of 41,125
Was trying to remember if you had gotten the Cambridge by then or not. And yes, different tastes.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 7:58 PM Post #12,305 of 41,125
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drheadphone said:
 

Cantata + Stratus
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 Very nice!
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 8:34 PM Post #12,306 of 41,125

 
This is a photo of my current listening station; Adcom ACE-515/Adcom-GFP-710 (which just replaced my GTP-400)
Sony cdp-c 601 (which also just replaced my cdp-c701 because I'm repairing it!) Meridian-203DAC/
Grado 325is drivers with MS2i cups. I recently purchased a Macbook Pro which I also jack into the DAC (optically) to listen to ripped Cd's or some downloaded music.
 
I was torn between a headphone amp and a home audio preamplifier, so I purchased the Adcom GFP-710 because I can remotely control the volume, and for future use hook up my vandersteens. Plus I really like the way the Adcom drives the Grado's from using my GTP-400, which was also a tuner, which I had no need for, and also didn't have a remote volume control which I really wanted.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:28 PM Post #12,308 of 41,125
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jronan2 said:
How is this possible when so many people say the HD800 has no bass? I never tried the HD 800 yet, I hope to next month at a meet, but I always was told they werent too good with EDM. I really want to get a pair but was scared I would regret it given my music tastes. How are the opinions of bass impact on the HD800 so varied?
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FALSE. Go hear one at a meet if you can. I loved it on the Schiit stack (Mjolnir/Gungnir) Now the K701 on the other hand... that has no bass, to my ears.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM Post #12,310 of 41,125
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:58 PM Post #12,314 of 41,125
The LP box was on sale at Pop Market a few days ago. $60. Worth every cent. Especially considering the fact it was mastered by Steve Hoffman, all analog.
 
BSSM is high on the list for buying. Woulda got it tonight if they'd had it at the local shop. Gonna just order one of the Red RSD copies floating around soon.
 
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I wanted the 4LP set of Stadium Arcadium basically since it came out, but i could never justify it since i didnt even have a turntable, but now that im getting one, that and the reissues of Californication and Blook Sugar Sex Magik are gonna be the first LPs i buy!
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