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hardpike reacted to SolarCetacean's post in the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat) with Like.The ZMF Susvara Hybrid/Mesh earpads arrived today. They're good! They do two major things: increase bass and increase midrange/vocal...
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hardpike replied to the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat).I am taking my Jr to the grave As simple as that
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hardpike reacted to SolarCetacean's post in the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat) with Like.Since early February I've had the privilege of also owning the Stax SR-X9000 alongside my Shangri-La Jr. Owning it and being able to...
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hardpike replied to the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat).Ok more tube rolling Psavane mark 2 Incredible sounding, but it took around 100 hours to explode to glory. Also I needed to adjust...
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hardpike replied to the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat).Yes, i had a bit of unbalance with the original tubes.playing with them the conclusion is that was one of the rears. Also the rears run...
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hardpike replied to the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat).Got the Linlai tubes It sounds soooooooo good. Great alternative
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hardpike reacted to Gymboy's post in the thread [FiiO M17] Dual ES9038PRO, dual THXAAA-788+, dual power supplies, 9200mAh battery, 2 volume control modes with Like.I am soo happy with M17 I have nothing to complain, mine is not getting hot in headphones mode and if used in over head hp mode goes on...
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hardpike replied to the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat).I have ordered some linlai elites and will be tube rolling soon (I have the original shangri-la amp and headphones). I will report back...
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hardpike reacted to SolarCetacean's post in the thread HiFiMan Shangri-La Jr (New $8000 Electrostat) with Like.22 months later, I'm still loving my SGL Jr. In my experience it remains unbeaten at that fine balance between energetic and relaxing...
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hardpike replied to the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions.I have static, quite a lot. Using Tidal.
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hardpike reacted to chris0815's post in the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions with Like.Does anyone else experience a static hiss from the bluemini R2R at low volume and in silent parts of the song? And 2nd, the volume of...
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hardpike reacted to Polky74's post in the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions with Like.Certainly from a purely technical point of view the RU7 is superior to the RU6 without any doubt, but I would not define it superior in...
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hardpike replied to the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions.I found RU7, that i still own, to be far superior (from memory) to RU6 that I did own a while ago. I also think that combines superbly...
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hardpike replied to the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions.Dont forget that (at least in my case) it took 20 h or so to start to sound really good
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hardpike reacted to Polky74's post in the thread HIFIMAN HE-R10 Closed-Back Headphones Discussion & Impressions with Like.I use the bluemini with a phone with Qobuz not with its app but with UAPP which makes everything much simpler and has no compatibility...