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The Stax thread (New)
sorry, accidentally posted- XFxGeforced
- Post #8,060
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Wife had me kicked out of my house....
you have to get her back eventually, but you're probably already plotting your revenge.- XFxGeforced
- Post #3
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Last song before you die...
if i was about to die, i would go say goodbye to my family and friends, not listen to one last song. It'd be cool if i could have Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells Part 2 playing as my soundtrack when I was saying farewell- XFxGeforced
- Post #55
- Forum: Music
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Before and after pics - CURSE YOU HEAD FI!
Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab And the Luke SkyBeyers are very cool! I wonder what the Princess LeaBeyers will look like hopefully no one ruins it by making jar jar beyers- XFxGeforced
- Post #3,810
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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My HD650 opened up all of a sudden
Quote: Originally Posted by Davesrose It depends on your point of reference and setup. On my setup, the HD650s are the most detailed headphone I have: the 325is are a smidgen more detailed on the top end, but in an unnatural way. Hence why I reserve my recommendation of the HD650 until...- XFxGeforced
- Post #16
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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My HD650 opened up all of a sudden
Quote: Originally Posted by Shahrose that happened to me when i tried out other lower end phones and then switched back to my beyers. you just adapted to your er4p's and when you went back to your senns the extra adaption just exaggerated all its strengths over the ety's. i think ppl...- XFxGeforced
- Post #14
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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DIY Cable Gallery!!
Quote: Originally Posted by mADmAN im curious... for headphone recables, whats the length most people use from the Y split to the headphones?? i did the split at about the top of my ribcage, and it's pretty good length. Could be a little shorter, but I like it.- XFxGeforced
- Post #2,006
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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post pics of your headphone set up and listening area
that exposure makes the lights look cool, nice camera skills you gonna case that amp? that setup looks sick, k701s have to be some of the best looking headphones- XFxGeforced
- Post #1,009
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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DIY Cable Gallery!!
My newly finished cable for my 650s. 22AWG silver wire, silver canare F12 mini stereo, and some 4% silver solder to finish it off. It really saved my 650s for me, I was kinda get bored with them, but it brought them forward for me a large amount, and not so laid back anymore like senns are known...- XFxGeforced
- Post #1,983
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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My HD650 Cable (silver)
Quote: Originally Posted by splaz It's got an enamel coating on it. Rub your soldering iron up and down it a few times and see if it works then. okay, it just looks plain copper though, but ill check it out. Maybe that's why the other wire is green it's not oxidized copper...- XFxGeforced
- Post #7
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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My HD650 Cable (silver)
okay, while you're here this is really bugging me! I have my fluke set to read resistance right, so I stripped the end of the 650 wire, which i cut long to practice, and there is the copper wire with like some kind of cotton or something wrapped around it, but when i put one probe on the wire...- XFxGeforced
- Post #5
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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My HD650 Cable (silver)
I've been told the method of cutting the wire and just soldering my wire to the existing wire (like 1/2 inch) would make a difference, as opposed to taking all the orig wire out.- XFxGeforced
- Post #2
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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What Are You Listening To Right Now? [#6]
"Road to Sanctuary" - The Flower Kings- XFxGeforced
- Post #1,043
- Forum: Music
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rare tubes to look out for
Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik I hate to be a wet blanket, but tubes have been trendy for a good 10 years or so. Finding rare NOS tubes is increasingly difficult, since most public stores have been raided years ago. My guess is that you're going to turn up a boatload of...- XFxGeforced
- Post #22
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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rare tubes to look out for
Quote: Originally Posted by sbelyo The best sound I got out of a millett was with Westinghouse 12AE6A or OLD RCA 12AE6A they did have westinghouse and rca ones of the 12ae6a's but as soon as I went to go pick them out of the bin i saw them, they shut the lights off and said they...- XFxGeforced
- Post #18
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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I have found my sound and to celebrate…….
Quote: Originally Posted by rocktboy Patricia Barber, Cafe Blue. great album! also verses is good- XFxGeforced
- Post #159
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Before and after pics - CURSE YOU HEAD FI!
Quote: Originally Posted by J-Pak D you reserved Doom3 too? I got the Baron of Hell pewter guy. I also reserved Prey and got 3 more from that game, they're cool little buggers- XFxGeforced
- Post #3,710
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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I have found my sound and to celebrate…….
Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler- XFxGeforced
- Post #128
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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What Are You Listening To Right Now? [#6]
Quote: Originally Posted by xlEnt Justin Timberlake - My Love for headphones =[ music first, now stop before your ears bleed ** "Postcards From Paraguay" - Mark Knopfler- XFxGeforced
- Post #934
- Forum: Music
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rare tubes to look out for
Quote: Originally Posted by motherone The tubes you'll want will depend on what you're going to do. You could find tubes like the following. For Millett Hybrids, you could look at: 12FK6, 12FM6, 12AE6, 12AJ6, 12FT6. All are space charge tubes, but you may need to tweak some...- XFxGeforced
- Post #10
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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What is the longest, non-stop, headphone listening experience you have had??
over 12 if you count guild wars music- XFxGeforced
- Post #18
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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My new DIY Darth Beyers. Tutorial + Pics!!! (56k) hehe
Keither just sent me a link to show me who you were, great stuff man! lmao- XFxGeforced
- Post #60
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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rare tubes to look out for
I was at my local electronics surplus store and went in the back, where i had never ventured, and found an entire wall of bins with thousands of tubes. They are from the mini size like in my millett, to the big ones you see in old radios or something. I was wondering if any are worth any...- XFxGeforced
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- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Pictures of Your Portable Rig Part VII
Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab LOL. Yeah, they really do -- the mini-me for short trips, the he-man rig for longer ones. Plus, I just like variety that is awesome how they look so much alike, but one got shrunk which iems do you use the most? and does the larger setup fit...- XFxGeforced
- Post #156
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Steps DC-out (problem?) interferance
Quote: Originally Posted by Pars You're talking center of a DC plug (+?) to the GND on the Steps board? You will see some resistance... looking at the schematic it looks like the most likely would be R3 + R4 + VSET, which would be around 2K ohms. Should be fine. okay thanks for...- XFxGeforced
- Post #4
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions