Hello,
Sorry I have been a bit busy, a good parcel arrived today from England.
Firstly don't argue with me.
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I listened to the HD800 in the shop on a Mcintosh mha 200.
It wasn't quite my cup of tea.
I found the Zmf Auteur Og better, but I haven't listened to the HD800 on Ultimate, that might change.
The other thing is I found out why I got the hearing loss.
I changed the pads on the Atrium from Auteur lambskin to Universe on Monday and that was the cause.
The Universe pads are flat and had too much pressure on the left side.
I didn't realise it could cause this.
This may limit my future purchases.
As for the parcel from the UK it had the caps in it where I don't say yet.
The operation on the open Ultimate is already done.
It wasn't quite so easy this time, everything was tight and what I achieved today was the absolute limit.
I still managed it though, even if the last millimetres had to be found for a clean soldering.
Ultimate is just running in with the new caps without any problems.
Or rather the first function test with tubes that are no longer quite fresh, some of which are less good, I have fitted them for the test and let the caps charge up a bit before I switch to tubes that still need to be inserted.
The caps still have to be worn in a bit depending on the voltage where I don't know, I was told up to 300 hours.
Well, let's see how it develops and whether it will be any better or worse than the Mundorf.
I'm curious.
By the way, my ear has fortunately recovered and I am very happy about that, even if it was difficult to keep quiet during the days.
Today is the first day that everything sounds normal.