[granodemostasa]

congrats... make sure to review that new amp of yours

 

[firefox360]

Congrats to saint.panda!

 

[werdwerdus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afrikane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Excuse the delay, Imageshack is a bit slow on the uptake tonight. Names in a box:

You can see my name! w00t! That's as good as a win in my book

. Jk, I'm amazed at all the generosity that I've seen coming from Afrikane.

Afrikane: Head-Fier of the year +1

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Congrats panda

Now you have two 650s

 

[vcoheda]

Damn. I was going to put Dvorak's 9th Symphony.

 

[GlorytheWiz825]

Thanks Afrikane and congrats Panda.

 

[Asr]

saint.panda! wow! For the record, the only reason I entered was because if I got randomly selected, I was going to subjectively select someone else to be the recipient, and incidentally, saint.panda was one of the two on my list! Congrats to saint.panda, but even bigger kudos to Afrikane this time - what a prize package! You truly rock! And it's great to hear you've found your sound too.

I'm also glad the prize package is going to someone in a 220-240V country.

(Not sure I understand why so many U.S./Canada Head-Fiers decided to enter.)

 

[Killercrush]

Man congrats to Saint.Panda!

There's so much generosity going on here and that makes Head-Fi the best forum ever IMO.

Thank you Afrikane for making this so exciting !

Enjoy your new setup !

Julien

 

[Romanee]

Congrats on the new gems -- and on the wonderfully dizzying surprise of winning!!!

Listen in good health.

 

[aaron-xp]

Nooooooo, I thought I had a great chance (about 1 in 200, but never mind).

Congratulations to saint.panda. Hope you enjoy the new rig.

One more thing: Kudos to Afrikane for starting yet another give-away thread.

 

[jdimitri]

Jeff Buckley- Grace

DAMN! How embarrassing.. and how did i miss out on this?
Oh, congrats

 

[Tachikoma]

Wooo congrats

and a big thumbs up for Afrikane's generosity

 

[saint.panda]

The Ear++ III arrived today and the amp looks absolutely stunning. Not the modern/chrome/sleek type of stunning but in a more natural and mature sense: a wonderful combination of black wood with a VW beetle yellow metal cover and a beautiful Mapletree logo on top. This is the prettiest headphone amp I've ever seen. My old Headcode was pretty, too, but in a more industrial and geeky way. Plus, the size is just right.

So how does it sound? Very good. The soundstage might not be as wide as the Hd 650/Equinox directly fed from the Apogee's XLR out but the Ear++ has the usual tube qualities: sweet tone and a slightly wet touch. And bass slam is better than from the Apogee's line out. The Ear++ is not overly lush, which is good. Transparency and resolution and pretty good, too. I think I'm going to use the Mapleetree a lot with my jazz, classical chamber music and pop collection where things like soundstage, dynamic range or ultimate frequency extension are less important than a pretty tone and soothing warmth. But despite being a tube amp, I don't think the sound is too sirupy or thick like my old Mg Head OTL MKII used to be. I'm looking forward to some tube rolling. Overall, I think this is better than the EMP I had for a short while, more open and defined. Last but not least, the Ear++ III has four inputs, 4 gain settings (mute, 5, 10, 25), a preamp out and it's is going to be a collector's time since Mapletree stopped producing this particular model.

Again, my biggest thanks to afrikane for his amazing generosity!

 

[bperboy]

The Decemberists -- The Crane Wife

EDIT: Whoops didn't look at the date.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bperboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Decemberists -- The Crane Wife EDIT: Whoops didn't look at the date.

LOL

Made me wonder why this was suddenly back at the top...