For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?
Aug 9, 2022 at 6:56 PM Post #5,928 of 20,552
Hifiman Susvara (DEFS mod) < SMSL HO200 < Gustard X18

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https://open.qobuz.com/album/hukfv01exo7ga

One of the most adventurous big band albums I've ever heard. It's obviously jazz but I could detect many genres blended at various places in this work: avant-garde classical music, blues, r&b, and so forth. The sonic quality is also outstanding. Clear, balanced, and spread out on a spacious soundstage, with wide dynamic range in perception.
 
Aug 9, 2022 at 9:59 PM Post #5,929 of 20,552
Do you know when you fall in love with an album and you listen to it again, again and again? That happened to me with this incredible Sipiritual Front's album :L3000:



I'm listening to it with my new headphones (I bought them here in the classifieds :slight_smile:): Hifiman Drop HE 5XX... They are my first planar headphones and I'm loving them... Should that be good or will I enter in the planar rabbit hole? :rolling_eyes::sweat:

….rognir….rognir….
 
Aug 9, 2022 at 10:39 PM Post #5,930 of 20,552
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[Columbia: October, 1971.]
 
Aug 9, 2022 at 11:50 PM Post #5,933 of 20,552
Interesting combination.... :sunglasses:
It works extremely well. The outer space / vacuum background silence of battery powered RA-1 augments LCD-X’ detail retrieval without sending it to ‘etched’ or ‘hyper’ levels. Excellent tonal balance and imaging! The Mahavishnu’s guitar playing is rendered even more astounding - with amazing accompaniment. 😳🙂
 
Aug 9, 2022 at 11:56 PM Post #5,934 of 20,552
It works extremely well. The outer space / vacuum background silence of battery powered RA-1 augments LCD-X’ detail retrieval without sending it to ‘etched’ or ‘hyper’ levels. Excellent tonal balance and imaging! The Mahavishnu’s guitar playing is rendered even more astounding - with amazing accompaniment. 😳🙂

You are getting good use out of that little wooden music box :musical_note:

I have to re-engage my search for one of those units
 
Aug 10, 2022 at 2:33 AM Post #5,935 of 20,552
JRiver MC (PC) > SMSL SU9 > SMSL SH9 > Grado SR325x - the return of the heatwave negates the use of anything bulkier

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Lunatic Soul by Lunatic Soul - Polish prog with an occasional infusion of folk from the side project of Mariusz Duda, main man of Riverside :L3000:
 
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Aug 10, 2022 at 6:49 AM Post #5,937 of 20,552
Hifiman Susvara (DEFS mod) < SMSL HO200 < Gustard X18

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https://open.qobuz.com/album/l0ymh7idlouza

Great renditions. Very elegant, fluid, sensitive, possesses clarity and displays all the twists. Also faithfully conveys its brighter and darker sides, nuances and ambiguities.

What I love my Sus with this album is they let me realize how even the piano's sound was from top to bottom, revealing that the Steinway D was recorded well. The lower notes were satisfyingly round and full, and all the notes floated in the headspace as if emerging from a realistically sized concert grand.
 
Aug 10, 2022 at 9:59 AM Post #5,940 of 20,552
RME ADI-2 DAC FS ---> Violectric HPA V550 Pro ---> Meze Liric

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