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Post A Photograph Of Your Turntable
Please read it slowly so that it sinks into your heads. It is worthy. http://blog.eil.com/2015/01/30/vinyl-records-pressed-on-x-rays/?+Record+Collecting+News&utm_term=0_488cee8dc3-4aa793f707-263183477- zorin
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Audio-Technica debuts three new pairs of headphones ATH-R70x, ATH-M70x and ATH-M50xDG
Headphones with low impedances need amplifiers that can provide high electric current and headphones with high impedances need amplifiers that can provide high voltage. R70x's 470 Ohm driver needs less electric current than a typical low impedance A.T. model [batteries of portable amps thus last...- zorin
- Post #81
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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New Audio Technica Woodies: ATH-W1000Z announced
Currently I am talking to a guy to make a version of hybrid transportable amplifier with internal battery, tailored specifically for T1. If something that is worth and fit for T1 comes out of it then I'll let you know. It will cost you around 1200 USD, if you are interested.- zorin
- Post #148
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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New Audio Technica Woodies: ATH-W1000Z announced
A new one ? 1500 to 2000 dollars if you are lucky. There is one in Tokyo available, or was a few weeks ago, but I did not check since. It is either a new one or a store demo unit. There are also some available in China, if you can spare 2500 to 7000 dollars. The used ones on this side of the...- zorin
- Post #147
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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beyerdynamic T1 90th Anniversary Limited Edition: Impressions and Discussions
A - An orchestra is a collection of instruments B - The greatest musical instrument in the world is the human voice. After that the violin. Lucia Popp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBMpS78rsBM Gabriela Beňačková - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qul0b3e631k Emmylou Harris...- zorin
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ENIGMAcoustics Dharma
The term Single Ended relates to internal circuit design. From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-ended_triode : A single-ended triode (SET) is a vacuum tube electronic amplifier that uses a single triode to produce an output, in contrast to a push-pull amplifier which uses a...- zorin
- Post #205
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ENIGMAcoustics Dharma
I am not going to add a comment to that.- zorin
- Post #204
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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New Audio Technica Woodies: ATH-W1000Z announced
In Asian fora it is stated that W1000Z is an improvement over W1000X and not a departure from W1000X sound signature. It is also stated that W1000Z need to be paired with either tube / valve amplifier or at least with hybrid [ tube / valve + solid state ] amplifier. W1000Z has, reportedly, a...- zorin
- Post #127
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Post A Photograph Of Your Turntable
Yes, the strength of the field required to levitate a substantial mass would be scales of magnitude bigger compared to the strength of the field generated by a motor. The E-M field of the stylus is very small and on the top of it its fluctuations are actually the manifestation of the...- zorin
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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How long do headphones last? ATH-M50X Limited Edition.
You do not have to climb a ladder, take a helicopter to the top, or at least near the top Or even better, this one- zorin
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- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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Post A Photograph Of Your Turntable
Wouldn't the strong electro-magnetic field cause interference of the electro-acoustic signal in conductors ?- zorin
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Non-audiophile reactions to high-end headphones Part II
Tell him, be honest. Tell him that quality comes at a cost.- zorin
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Sony's new flagship 2014 - MDR-Z7
That is not true. Most people do not need to undertake blind testing whatsoever to make correct judgments. The expectation bias is not extremely strong in all who are in a process of making a judgment on sound, not everybody is a subject to effects of expectation bias, there are exceptions...- zorin
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Non-audiophile reactions to high-end headphones Part II
Good luck.- zorin
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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New York mini meet : Hifiman He-1000 Impressions thread
Fool! I say you, ask your self "why is it a niche market in the first place?!" Yes, why ? That said I think many head-fi-ers are EXTREMELY desensitized to money when they been in this game for too long. They feel it is the normal or better yet, justified to spend thousands on head...- zorin
- Post #123
- Forum: Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours