[JohnnyCanuck]

4800 pages!!
.

Yeah, but it's a lot less if you don't count the cats.

JC

 

[macdonjh]

Went to order on Amazon, $902.25.

Yikes! Perhaps a more reasonable alternative: $18.50 from HDTracks. I'm sure Qobuz and others have it as well. A couple CDs available on eBay for $22.

 

[macdonjh]

On a related topic: an artist in Baltimore started decorating community Salt Boxes - and the city embraced the effort:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryla...-pjyhxzsptfaffj4faoz6y2e7pm-photogallery.html

Houston started doing that with the telephone boxes. I'll have to get a couple of photos. As with all art, some I think are good, others not.

 

[macdonjh]

Funny, my HD800 do not suffer a lack of foundation. Indeed, the bass is quite impressive. Not quite up to Audez'e LCD-4, but then what can is?

Well, the pair I listened to, briefly, were used and of unknown provenance. Perhaps they had had a hard life. I found them "bass light" and preferred my much less expensive, and already paid for, HE-500. That's all right, I just spent my Christmas money on my other hobby, the last thing I need is a desire for a pair of HD-800.

 

[macdonjh]

Yeah, but it's a lot less if you don't count the cats.

JC

If you remove cats, BBQ and scotch, you're left with 25 posts. 21 Chapters from @Jason Stoddard and...

 

[tincanear]

On a related topic: an artist in Baltimore started decorating community Salt Boxes - and the city embraced the effort:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryla...-pjyhxzsptfaffj4faoz6y2e7pm-photogallery.html

not sure I would purchase "Old Bay" Seasoning. make yesterday's catch taste like something that's been sitting in the fridge / freezer since last year?

 

[tincanear]

4800 pages!!
.

make that 4801.

 

[tincanear]

Yeah, but it's a lot less if you don't count the cats.

JC

more like 48 pages if you also exclude BBQ and booze.

 

[sam6550a]

more like 48 pages if you also exclude BBQ and booze.

Wow, this is a tough audience!

 

[tincanear]

Wow, this is a tough audience!

I didn't say I objected to those topics...
(+1 on the posts covering multiple topics, aka pics of cats holding spatulas at the BBQ)

<< reallly just waiting for Jason's next new-product intro chapter(s). not to mention the 2021 year's worth of product winner who checks his fedex/ups delivery manager daily hourly for free Schiit >>

 

[RCBinTN]

Well, the pair I listened to, briefly, were used and of unknown provenance. Perhaps they had had a hard life. I found them "bass light" and preferred my much less expensive, and already paid for, HE-500. That's all right, I just spent my Christmas money on my other hobby, the last thing I need is a desire for a pair of HD-800.

Yep, that's the trouble with the HD800 - they are very hard to properly drive. Took me 5-6 iterations to finally get it right. It became my primary focus in this hobby, after I heard them powered by Dan Clark's rig: Yggy + WA5 at a Nashville HP meet many years ago.

 

[valiant66]

@Jason Stoddard Texas power outages and pipe freezing have been a lot in the news. I hope you're doing ok and that Schiit South hasn't been too badly affected.
.

 

[ImagesbyMurray]

http://imissmybar.com/

 

[darkarn]

Yes - each pair is matched.

Ah thanks!

Tubes can sound wonderful.
NOS tubes, New Old Stock, often sound better than new production tubes and usually last much longer than modern production tubes.
NOS tubes become more scarce and expensive each year.
One can easily spend more on tubes than the component that uses them. Very easily.

A component that uses one or two tubes is affordable to feed. After that, you have to decide for yourself.

Indeed, this is what I have been trying out and deciding. Feels like I came too late to the party frankly speaking (like so many things in my life)

To be clear, the devices won't care if the tubes are "matched" or not, only that they are of the correct type they are designed to power. The only reason for "matching" tube pairs is because sometimes you can hear the difference between right and left. But not always.

Thanks, you managed to frame this matching issue in a way that I can understand better

 

[macdonjh]

Yep, that's the trouble with the HD800 - they are very hard to properly drive. Took me 5-6 iterations to finally get it right. It became my primary focus in this hobby, after I heard them powered by Dan Clark's rig: Yggy + WA5 at a Nashville HP meet many years ago.

I had them powered by my Mjolnir that afternoon, so raw power shouldn't have been a problem. Perhaps the American amp didn't like the German headphones. Still holding a grudge from 1942?