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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    I have a new addition to the electronics family, an April Music Stello HP100 h/phone amp/preamp, bought second hand ... well, naturally, since the amp came out in 2006, making it as 'old' as the FrankenZero, but at a $595US price at the time. Beautifully built, it was introduced as an intro to...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    A history lesson - for me: Most of my Head-fi listening (in recent months) has been with using my 15 year old and heavily updated Tianyun Zero DAC (FrankenZero or just Frankie) with the Burson Vivid V6 output module into the Schiit Magni 3+, a very good combo, full of transparent detail and...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    In light of Lantian's reply, maybe sending them off to Sennheiser is in order, as I imagine the drivers in the HD540 Golds are a matched pair and just buying a single unit on-line may not turn out to be a good idea. Maybe Sennheiser can service the complete HD540 Gold for you.
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    Reply to review by 'sennsay' on item 'Burson Audio Supreme Sound Opamp V6 Vivid'

    The Vivid V6 is almost up there with the Earth HDAM doing the astonishing 'head and headphones' disappearing act, a bigger, bolder expanse of music, if not paired with quite the same finer focused brushstrokes of the Vivid, nor with the more extended and finer detailed top end.
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    Reply to review by 'sennsay' on item 'Burson Audio Supreme Sound Opamp V6 Vivid'

    I agreed with you entirely regarding the Vivid V6. I was offered both the Classic and Vivid to test out in my already highly upgraded 15 year old FrankenZero - formerly the Tianyun Zero, using the venerable Audio-gd Earth HDAM in the output stage - and the Vivid is my choice for overall balance...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    One thing I didn't mention in my last post was that, while the Vivid V6 had gained in scale, that also meant image height, with some low bass rumblings appearing to be felt in my feet with low organ notes. Haven't felt that for some years. So, below and above the plane of the ear cups, again...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    No, probably not, far too many through-soldered holes on the double-sided board to go through. I do have a spare board though, so I could ponder other ideas without potentially damaging the No1 board. What I have also discovered ... well, at least two things actually ... is that because Frankie...
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    FIIO first cassette player CP13 is officially released!

    Wow, very cool! I do believe I want one :) That powder blue is a great colour, either that or the titanium grey with the clear door. Hmm, I own a fully refurbished Sony WM-D3 Pro Walkman from the 80's, but I'd love a new FIIO with the really nice headphone amp you guys make too, especially if it...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Update on Frankie and the Senn HD540 Ref1s: A new level of transparency has appeared from top to bottom, as if a slight and very mildly warm veil has been lifted, leaving an even quieter and darker background; what was already excellent fine detailing at the back of the stage, no matter how...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Yamaha were a great exponent of Black Gate capacitors during the mid 80's, I had them in a 100W integrated amplifier I owned back in the days when Frankie was just on the scene (ie; the Zero DAC, that would be 15 years ago now) and a couple of years ago in a CD player of similar vintage. Very...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Pics and a short update. The Earth HDAM this morning sounded .... not like itself, a bit unattractive. I took Frankie apart again for the photos I ought to have done yesterday and as so often happens, you turn off an appliance going through run-in, fire it up again later ... in this case some...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Done, sir. Pics coming up. It's been a little while since I ran in new components but I'm already hearing the vagaries of the process, especially with larger power supply caps and the BG bypass caps. Bass is noticeably more transparent the lower it goes now instead of a mild thickening, the live...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    No idea, at this point. I'm done with them. Meantime, I upgraded the power supply and a few other capacitors not directly in the audio path of my FrankenZero DAC today, been meaning to do it for a while now, since it was in 2008 when I did the major upgrade work of Frankie overall. I pulled one...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Well, time's up for AliNonExpress, their communication is very poor, they don't seem to understand that my pads HAVEN'T arrived and have marked me as confirmed arrival of item anyway. I've given them the boot, three months for a simple and light parcel to arrive from China is ridiculous and...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    Hmm, maybe that's why you received yours ok, eBay may use a different delivery system than Ali-nonExpress does from their own site. Although I paid very little for them, that's really no excuse for a dodgy distribution service. I suspect most eBay stuff comes through Australia Post once it gets...
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