Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC, xurrentkynthenflsfhsuoo form abyss headphones, for hip hop and rap I'd say the TC is the best headphones money can buy outside of the shangri-la and Orpheus ( both of which I've not heard but are crazy expensive). But for rap and hip hop genre the Tc excels. These days I...

heh, decisions decisions :D. Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to try. Ive listened on both high end 2 channel speakers and headphones, vinyl is great on both. And I have some pretty resolving headphones in the way of Abyss Phi TC.

I just put on this ultrasonically cleaned album: https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/145780/Hugh_Masekela-Hope-Vinyl_Box_Sets good lord have mercy. And I've listened to the digital version, this vinyl is night and day. Listening through the Abyss HP with the KR-HP Tubes.

Yea there's a substantial difference from well recorded 180g pure analog records, and the standard digitally sourced records. I routinely expand my collection of thst quality of record, they sound truly amazing.

I'm terms of high end dacs, outside of the schiit yggdrasil I use, I've tested with anthem flagship receiver, and trinov processor, neither of the 3 could compare to vinyl for me, I do however have plans to trade my yggy in for the upcoming v2 of the ps audio dac, so I'll see how that improves...

Yea, what he said i've experienced myself, i even carried my vinyl player to my brother's all-digital rig, one he's accustomed too, high end 9H $35k speakers, and he said no way would the vinyl outperform his digital, after we spun up the first record, he had no choice but to admit "yes, this...

@MacMan31 Here's a couple videos on Digital/Vinyl from PS Audio:

I've just unsealed a couple of records, and just going through the artwork, track material, handling the record, everything is part of the experience. It's an intimate touch you just don't get with digital that I really appreciate. It's more than just "listening to music"

I've not listened to everything i've recently acquired yet, but i can say this. If i had to chose my 3 best sounding albums, it would be: 1. Grover Washington - Winelight (Nautilus Version) [I have a regular non-nautilus pressing, and the nautilus all analog version is just amazing) 2. Stevie...

I have a high end headphone rig, primary for my listening right now. I only get ground hum from my woofer but not audible during playback. through my headphones , quiet as a mouse , needle in the groove sure, but I don't hear that ground hum through my headphones. Abyss ab1266 phi tc and...

38 here, and I hear you re alive when records were main :D, I've hunted down some rare OG records from back in the Day. and the modern masters from impex, acoustic sounds, mofi all sound great too. Here are the analog / masters I have in my collection. recently got this delivered also :

there is no hum or pops on my rig, mild static on certain records though. and the entire process you described for playing a record, I.e. finding it, taking it out the sleeve , placing it on the tt , lowering the needle etc, is all apart of the experience, and everytime I play a record I enjoy...

Its Def a more Involved process with record maintenance , I've just got an ultrasonic cleaner from upscale audio to give that a go, I've been using a project vaccuum system until now.

hey, my first venture into vinyl was on a $150 audio technica turntable with a built in phono stage, so I hooked thst up directly to my headphone amp and off I went. and even at that price point I found the vinyl sounded significantly better than my schiit yggdrasil dac costing $2600 usd. The...

4. Audio Room - Part 1 So, construction on my dedicated listening room has begun, it's costing me a pretty penny between construction and treatment, when it's all said and done it better blow my socks off :D! I'll drop photos and designs etc as I go along. For treatment I'm using acoustic...

Sorry mate, i don't have any experience with that one.

I got TT->Phono->HP Amp. For my Speaker setup i do: TT->Phono->Tube Pre->Tube Mono Block

Hi All, Have not posted here in a while, been really busy, but construction on my dedicated audio room has begun, so time to update with some content. First, I'd describe my experience with the Martin Logan ESL 8 Electrostatic speakers, I'll follow up with another post on the room. 3. Martin...

I do wanna get my hands on the B&O Eq, maybe when covid dies down a bit and I'm in the US next I'll demo a pair.

2. Vinyl, 70hrs Prima Burn In Now that I've allowed some time for the Stock Prima to burn in (70hrs at this point), it's time for another listen. Things very much are improved, the amps seem to open up more, they sound more lively whiles still retaining the sweet harmonic tone these amps...

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/transition-to-speakers-tube-magic.959951/#post-16589340 Thread started here.

1. PrimaLuna Unboxing / First Listen So I'm quite familiar with the Persona 3F and 9H speakers on some emotiva amps and various sources. I found the much cheaper 3F + my rega kit to outperform the 9H without the rega, so I always wanted to get the rega paired back with the 9H to see what the...

TRANSITION TO SPEAKERS, TUBE MAGIC! INTRODUCTION I've been a headphone listener for the past 2 decades, starting with my very first pair of hifi headphones the Grado SR60. Since then I've crept up the line of absurdly priced gear all the way up to what I consider my end-game headphone stack...

I got my hands on the following stack: Prima Luna Evo 400 Monoblocks + Preamp :D Been testing it out past few days, think i'll start up other thread to discuss as I'm building a dedicated audio room to transition into speakers. Spoiler Alert, Prima Luna Rocks!