Mercuttio's latest activity
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final A8000 Beryllium Diaphragm Dynamic IEM Comments and Impressions.That thing is intense. I do a lot of my A8000 listening on the Sony NW-WM1AM2. If the LPGT sounds better than the NW-WM1AM2 (and for...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final A8000 Beryllium Diaphragm Dynamic IEM Comments and Impressions.The A8000 benefits from burn-in more than any other headphone I've ever heard, in my 15+ years of being into headphones. I would assume...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.Does anyone have a recommendation for an XLR Balanced cable for the D8000? I don't feel like the nearly $700 price of the silver cable...
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Mercuttio posted a comment on classifieds listing Elekit TU-8200 R - Rare Japanese Headphone / Speaker Amplifier.For those who are curious, I am happy to drop the price by $50-100 depending on your proximity to Burlington, VT. This thing is heavy...
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Mercuttio added classifieds listing Elekit TU-8200 R - Rare Japanese Headphone / Speaker Amplifier to category Desktop.I'm starting to move further up the source / amplifier chain, and it's time to let this gorgeous tube amplifier go. These are very rare...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.communityPizzaFire.gif
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.I ended up doing just that- though I've had a pair of A8000 for several years and it wasn't a totally blind jump for me.
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.I don't have recent experience in cities outside of Japan (Yokohama, Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima) but they were quite difficult to...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.Bass Cannon is unfair. It just places bass as the first and foremost- I listened to a pair for a while and remember being really...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Any old fart head-fi'ers still around?.Samesies. The stuff today is unreal. Shame the prices aren't where they were though- I remember when "top of the line" was under $1k.
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.I'm not sure about ordering directly from Final in Japan, but all of the stores seemed to only stock the black non-pro. For example, at...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone.Picked up a pair of D8000 (regular edition) headphones in Kyoto this past week. It seems like as long as stores have the old packaging...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Elekit TU-8200 DX Headphone/Speaker Amp Review.Hey so this is a REAL stupid question, but- If I don't have speakers connected to the back of this unit, and it's on without a...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Elekit TU-8200 DX Headphone/Speaker Amp Review.Huh, good to know on the hours. I may be basing a lot of my projections on life on sets of Tung Sol I had go out after around a year. I...
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Mercuttio replied to the thread Elekit TU-8200 DX Headphone/Speaker Amp Review.I have done some NOS in the past, but the prices have spiraled so high. I actually liked the basic JJ tube setup more than the more...