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Hifiman HE-400i and HE-560: From CES to Pre-Launch
So... does HiFiMan still not sell a closed planar? And no plans to do so? Sigh......- Nepenthe
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Brainwavz HM5 vs. NAD Viso HP50
Anyone?- Nepenthe
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Brainwavz HM5 vs. NAD Viso HP50
Currently use M50s at work, with the coax pad mod, out of a Cute Beyond amp. I like them a lot, best closed headphones I've tried, the alleged v-shape freq response is excellent in light of the fact I listen at low volumes. Anyway, I'm wanting a second pair of closed headphones so I can have one...- Nepenthe
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If you could bring a pop singer or musician from death, who would be?
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An unexpected audiophile recording: Pavement "Brighten the Corners"
Old thread. I've always liked this album. It's produced by Mitch Easter, who also produced a lot of Scott Miller's (RIP) stuff (Game Theory, The Loud Family). -
Loss of Enjoyment, or Loss of Hearing?
[depressing post ahead] Interesting. I have this theory, though it only really applies to me, that my audio spending is secretly an attempt to compensate for the fact that I can't smoke marijuana anymore. It's hard to recreate the music I heard from my ESS AMT-1s (outstanding speakers) when I... -
New Nine Inch Nails! Hesitation Marks
This is significant. I hope. Interesting news. -
Massive CD Purchase
It's 109 days later. How did I do? Not very well based on all the "didn't buy" items. I had a three week in-home audition of Adam Audio Column Mk3 Active speakers (that I couldn't buy in the end due to employment circumstances), which provided voluptuous detail to everything I listened to... -
We All Know About Wimpy Bands
Young the Giant Imagine Dragons My Chemical Romance Good Charlotte emo garbage -
JVC HA-SZ2000/1000 Impressions Thread
Does anybody know what the crossover frequency is? Thanks.- Nepenthe
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any idea why we don't see more headphones using AMT drivers?
There's only one headphone I know of, the Precide Ergo, that uses an AMT for each driver. There are dynamics, multi-driver dynamics (new JVCs and I think some of the "surround sound" headphones), BAs, electrostats, and planars, and although I'm not aware of any production models I know some...- Nepenthe
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Most bizarre album of you've heard? [any genre]
Suspended Animation by Fantomas is kinda weird. Avant Hard by Add N to X as well. -
Test Your Ability To Hear Pitch!
Okay, the email came in to the "Spam Prevention Quarantine Summary" so I was able to manually deliver it to myself. Didn't do as well as I'd hoped. I got 1.5 Hz / better than 91.2% of people. Used ATH-M50s. -
Test Your Ability To Hear Pitch!
Tried it, think I did pretty well, but apparently work blocked the incoming email. Oh well. -
ATH-M50 is better than Sony MDR7506
I agree with your assessment. I love my M50s (with coax pad mod) for work duty.- Nepenthe
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Massive CD Purchase
First review is in for the new Leprous: http://echoesanddust.com/2013/05/leprous-coal/ “The album begins with ‘Foe’, all stabbing drums and guitars and a soaring vocal line that ends with a collage of vocal harmonies and melodies weaving in and out like the chorus line of an opera... -
Massive CD Purchase
Quote: My girlfriend had Rhapsody and we were not too happy with it. Seemed to be constant problems syncing things up, and I don't think the selection would be up to par for my purposes. I mean I understand the "try before you buy" idea that you're proposing, and I did listen to Amazon... -
Music that makes you cry?
Red House Painters - Mistress, the Piano version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbcmEF3TGM -
Massive CD Purchase
I'm about to order a bunch of CDs. Should cost me around $450. New stuff by these bands that I have other stuff by: Amplifier (out) Karnivool (date not quite announced yet) Leprous (May 28, looking forward to this more than anything) Tesseract (May 28) Ours (early June) Dead Letter... -
JVC HA-SZ2000/1000 Impressions Thread
My neck muscles are ready.- Nepenthe
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ISIS meets Deftones; finally a track from Palms:
Very nice, adding this to the shopping list for its June release. -
Emotiva Airmotiv 6 (Completed Impressions)
Do you feel you're getting early reflections off your desk at all? Or is it a more or less direct sound from the AMT tweeter to your ears? Do you have any damping material of any kind on or around your desk or screens? -
Some good Space-Rock recommendations?
disregard -- really dumb double post by me -
Some good Space-Rock recommendations?
You're welcome (Amplifier recommendation). I've got their whole catalog -- first album + EP, Insider, The Octopus + Fractal version 2.0 (outstanding package although pricey), and the Eternity and HAL EPs. Wonder of wonders, they seem to be following up their 150 minutes of excellent music...