[connieflyer]

Not planning on going anywhere yet!  To much to see,do and hear!

 

[hypnos1]

  Hey guys, just wanted to say I miss hangin' out with everybody here. You all are a super great community. My circumstance ATM however hasn't permitted much time for Head-Fi recently. Maybe I'll try to get caught up on the past 50 or so pages when I can, unless there's some short recap 

 
BTW I'm getting impatient for Ms. Elise - I thought I should expect it sometime this month, but still no word of it shipping yet! Do they usually send out shipping notices or does it just surprise you at your doorstep one day?

 
Glad you're still hangin' in there DL...hope you can manage a leisurely stroll through those pages - perhaps with the help of a little midnight oil, lol!

...(don't expect you do keep the 3 or 4am vigils that @UntilThen seems to manage sometimes - how do you do it, UT?!!).
 
And even if there isn't a whole pile of new news, as @connieflyer and UT say, there's plenty of interesting music to lighten the load...and perhaps add to the repertoire!!

...
 
Hope your wait is soon at an end, and you can share our joy...CHEERS!

 

[hpamdr]

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And even if there isn't a whole pile of new news, as @connieflyer and UT say, there's plenty of interesting music to lighten the load...and perhaps add to the repertoire!!

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Hope your wait is soon at an end, and you can share our joy...CHEERS!

H1 you are totally right. I can add that with Elise more than discovering new music you can digg into your old files and someting discover some burried jewels you did not paid attention before...
I did some reorgs on my file/CD collection and using Elise it is hard to not listen the full track/album and had a lot of surprise even with some crappy music from the 80/90th
 

 

[UntilThen]

The weather's getting colder so I'm sleeping right through now, no more getting up at 3am. 

 
I've been enjoying Loreena McKennitt's music, having been interested by H1's good review of it. From the CD itself, the quality is great. I hear great details and expansive soundstage using 6xEL3N and T1. It is 3D and euphonic. I can't believe these EL3Ns keeps improving.
 
Being curious as to how 2xC3G and 4x6BL7 would sound with this music so I swapped over. Comparatively with the EL3N combo, the C3G combo is a leaner sound and the lushness and emotion is missing. Soundstage is also much narrower. What is more troubling is the high frequencies being too sharp and bass over powering. Returning to 6xEL3N, the music is pure bliss again.
 
@DecentLevi you're in for a treat with Elise and the 6xEL3Ns that you've gotten. Even the HD650 sounds great with it. 

 
Be prepared to listen to your music collection over and over again. 

 

[Suuup]

Elise has a new playmate: 

 

 

[jerick70]

Elise has a new playmate: 

Beautiful amp! Is that an Audio gd Compass? You will have to share how it stands up to the Elise.

 

[Suuup]

Beautiful amp! Is that an Audio gd Compass? You will have to share how it stands up to the Elise.

Oh yea, forgot to mention what it is.
 
It's an Audio GD NFB11.32 DAC/amp. I will mainly use the DAC part.
Got it for 100$ which is quite a steal.

 

[jerick70]

  Oh yea, forgot to mention what it is.
 
It's an Audio GD NFB11.32 DAC/amp. I will mainly use the DAC part.
Got it for 100$ which is quite a steal.

$100

..... That's a steal.  How is the DAC? Where did you get it at?

 

[Suuup]

 
$100

..... That's a steal.  How is the DAC? 

I like it so far. Haven't had much time with it though. Installing the driver was a nightmare. 

 

[UntilThen]

  Oh yea, forgot to mention what it is.
 
It's an Audio GD NFB11.32 DAC/amp. I will mainly use the DAC part.
Got it for 100$ which is quite a steal.

Congrats. Audio Gd dac amps are well regarded and at that price amazing. The unit looks immaculate. 

 

[jerick70]

  I like it so far. Haven't had much time with it though. Installing the driver was a nightmare. 

 
Does it have the XMOS usb in it?  I've had all sorts of problems with XMOS drivers.

 

[Suuup]

  Congrats. Audio Gd dac amps are well regarded and at that price amazing. The unit looks immaculate. 

Thanks man. I've heard good things about AGD also. 
 
 

   
Does it have the XMOS usb in it?  I've had all sorts of problems with XMOS drivers.

I don't think so. The Aune DACs I've tried all had the XMOS drivers, but they weren't too bad?

 

[UntilThen]

I heard the Audio Gd Master 6 driving the HD800S in balanced mode at the meet and it sounded fabulous.
 
If I'm not mistaken, @Lorspeaker had the model you just purchased.
 

 

[UntilThen]

Oh yes @HeatFan12 has it. 

 Really nice chap.
 
Summary details - Discrete DAC + headphone amp + pre-amp, 32/384 async transfer usb chip, 32/192 Sabre ES9018
 
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[DecentLevi]

Well, my Elise didn't come yet so I thought I'd cheat on her with this instead:
 

 
 
PS...