Moving on to Pi7. Used twice for about an hour during my daily walk. I liked the sound sig so upgrading. Pictures on request only. Just being lazy.

Shipped?

I just got my Stellia. And regardless what other say my initial reaction after a few hours of listening is, I like the Stellia more. I listen to a lot of vocals and Jazz and it looks like the vocals are more prominent and have more body in the Stellia. Obviously that means I have to lose...

With other issues like with the headband and earpads I had my better half knit to take care of the headband issue. It definitely provides the much needed warmth to Utopia!

Thanks! Appreciate the info.

After a few days of listening I have settled on the Sylvania 12BH7A tube for best in overall rich sound and the RCA BPs for a variation of that where the vocals are a bit more sweeter. Overall, I find that the vocals are a bit distant than my desktop speakers- active Meridians- and obviously...

Anybody know the part number or where I can get the female lemo connector that mates with the Utopia cable. Thanks

That bodes well and is more affordable. At my age I probably don't hear much of the higher frequencies anyway, so much would not be missed. It actually may turn out to be advantageous with the Utopia as I understand.

Can't you do that by changing the 6922 tubes? I have a cache of 6922 tubes somewhere. Wish I remembered what each one sounded like to see if that would have helped.

Any initial impressions with the Norne S3?

EBAY https://www.ebay.com/itm/Earphone-Pin-MMCX-Plug-Beryllium-Copper-Rhodium-Plating-Connector-For-SE846-Hifi/264524499694?hash=item3d96e38aee:m:mU799bJsun75ESv1IevBDqA

Don't tell me the Utopia is as slow as the AT L3000, just waiting to receive mine. And I am glad to see you are still enjoying the L3000!

I am sorry guys. Went to book the room and found out from the concierge that they are doing some renovation work starting tomorrow so cannot use the room. Leaving next week and will be gone till September so ......... Good Luck.

How many would commit to a mini meet this weekend?

Optical cable makes the SE Master 1 sound more than good. Have been using optical out of my computer to the BMC pre/Dac and it blows the USB connection for musicality and definitely my preference.   Also, the  polished glass Toslink cable sounds the best.

Now available on Pre-order at T Mobile for $769 with all kinds of free goodies.

​Like I said they replaced mine under warranty with a new one and there were no issues except that I had to ship it back to Japan.

​If the pin is on the cable, why not try a replacement cable and see if it works. I had a similar issue but it had to do with the connector inside the HPs. Swap the left side of the cable with the right and see if the left side has sound. That should tell you whether its the cable or the HPs.

$799 for the unlocked V20 @ B&H

And from T-Mobile   Bellevue, Washington — October 6, 2016 — This is how LG and the Un-carrier do it in October - Big. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the new LG V20™ will be arriving at the Un-carrier on October 28th, so you can get LG’s latest flagship as it was meant to be...

AT&T pricing the V20 at $830. LOL   Pre-orders starting tomorrow, Oct7.

Hasn't the reviewer gotten mixed up on the crosstalk figures?    The crosstalk specs as stated of AK240 at -90db easily betters the V20 @ -71db.

I was under the impression that the V20 did not have an amp (separate or integrated) but that the HP's are powered by the current/voltage that the DAC chip puts out.   The V10 is a totally different beast as it has a separate dedicated amp circuit to drive the HPs.

Unfortunately, the VG20 has only a single mono speaker.

The V20 with the B&O tuning will have a B&O logo next to the power button on the back.   You need to see the V20 drop test on You tube. Quite amazing.