My duelund caps ARE IN!!!!
and I am deeply impressed. I was like
omgwtf when I first put the headphones on. I tried to remain skeptical in case of potential placebo (even though placebo has never really affected me) however there is zero chance that it is placebo, the sound is undeniably different, like big time. These caps require a long long (like 300-500 hour) burn in from what people say but they already sound amazing.
Here it is when it came
They were way bigger than I thought.
Each one feels like it's made of lead. They are WAY heavier than they look.
Here's the capacitors when I have them soldered, the leads were too big to fit in the holes.
Only the best quality wire covering
Being Duelund caps they clearly deserve only the best casing as well.
Sound:
The sound separation has gone off the map! like.. here's the sound separation before
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and now
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The sounds and instruments have widened out to where they're like, behind me now.
and the vocals are much more intimate at times, sometimes it's like "dude get out of my ear! I'm not into that!"
Which is another thing..it sounds SO much more realistic, like omg......there's no words, but only in some respects, the midrange and some of the high frequencies sound muffled, kind of badly, but that's just because these caps have no burn in yet.
Even with that though, some of the high and high-mids are so sweet and euphonic it makes my head ring. It's like eargasmic candy.
The bass, I have a pair of HD800s known for having sucky bass (and horribly euphony), the bass before was "there" but not really a huge part of the music. The bass now is deep and impactful and sometimes booming. Before it was like "eeeeeehhr" and now it's like "BuurhmmphhruhuhBAM-CHICKA-CHICKA"
It didn't turn the headphones into a pair of basshead headphones but the bass level and quality jumped literally 5-10 fold.
The space and holographic sound is WAAY better than before. Like, not space as in soundstage (well maybe a little) but space as in space between instruments and singers, its so amazing what my headphones can do now.
In fact, this is the first time I have ever headbobbed with a stupid grin on my face using the HD800s, the well known king of soullessness.
Actually that's not true I did it for a few minutes once I discovered how much better the balanced end on this amp was. But the sound was nothing like this.
There's so much more to the sound that has been improved but I'm terrible with words, I'll update as I sort it out.
The main thing I
don't like about the sound now is the whole thing, especially the mid range sounds muffled/veiled. Gotta let it burn in I suppose.
The main thing I
do like is the sweetness in the mid-high frequencies, It's orgasmic.
Oh yeah, it should be noted that the volume on the amp seems to be twice as loud now. Before I could max it out and still be fine (barely) but now I will blow my ears out if I go passed 50% volume.
I'll just leave the thing running until it's 3-500 hour burn in is finished and see what happens.
Wow, I just realized 500 hours is like 20 days
More soon!!!
If you think this upgrade is cool, you should see what me Redge and Maxx have cooking up. It makes this look like an appetizer. I'm sworn to secrecy for now
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