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Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Works for me....dang it all, now I want an Oh Henry bar
Peete.
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Oh maaann .... I'm glad I've had my brekky already, now I need a cuppa tea!
I'm positively salivating now .... and NO, it's not from the ... um ... previous conversation! I have so much bloody stuff flying to me from China it's ridiculous! 2 sets of the HDAMs are on the way, Zero is nearly here, new ALPS pot, 1364s, 1028s, 1057s (these last two are probably redundant now, dammit) ..... and the dinky little 627AUs, which came yesterday, are a revelation in my headamp! These little tackers alone have been worth the visit to Head-Fi, let alone the conversations and finding Zero. They are soooo transparent to the signal before them, all of my CDs sound even more uniquely different and just so musical. Soundstaging is superb and the width has increased after only 11 hours burn in. Imaging is holographic, the first time I have ever heard that from an op-amp, this from both the HD540s and the new HD555s, which are now starting to really sing, they truly sounded quite awful before breaking in. A day of Tool helped them along!
As soon as the new Alps pot arrives it will go into the Zero, experience tells me cheap carbon pots are easily bested by the ALPS Blue models and their cousins, usually noticeably more transparent.
Since the addition of the 627s has already transformed my listening experience with the Trevor Lees tube pre-amp, I am so looking forward to hearing the Zero (esp with HDAMs, and I'll have spares to choose from, SUN or Earth, to pop in place of the 627s in my current headamp later on) through my most favourite Pre.
I'm going to stop spending now and just enjoy playing and most importantly, LISTENING TO MUSIC! Which is the whole point of it all.
Already done plenty of changing things for the sake of it over the years and it hasn't always been musically beneficial. The blessing of Head-Fi and this thread is to bring greater musical satisfaction to our music collections, the way I see it.
I remember hearing some $65,000 Infinity speakers in a big system one day and was disappointed. I went home to my modest Linn t/t, Plinius pre, homebuilt 100W mono amps and the lovely little JPW P1 speakers and enjoyed far more musical satisfaction!
Hence, I completely agree with Peete's comments about the wonderful value and easy tweakability of the Zero and it's compatriots. Sometimes it's just the simpler and compatibly connected systems that really shine and that's also where I see the huge value of this thread, at the very least where the Zero is concerned. Head-Fi rocks!
Three Amigos, OY OY OY!
RE the above pics of shoddy board clean-up, I certainly WILL be checking mine when it comes! Nothing a bit of Isopropyl alcohol and an old toothbrush can't handle.
