[jonathan c]

The Grado's really love the Violectric.

That will be a treat. Because they do love the V200.

 

[Shane D]

That will be a treat. Because they do love the V200.

What gain are you running for the ZMF's? +6? +12?
I assume balanced out?

 

[Shane D]

That will be a treat. Because they do love the V200.

Interesting to hear a comparison between the two with Grado's.

 

[jonathan c]

What gain are you running for the ZMF's? +6? +12?
I assume balanced out?

I have the ‘pre-gain’ set at 0 (all the tabs down). V281 is connected to Mystique DAC by XLR / XLR interconnect cables. The XLR outs from Mystique are 5.0V: plenty! The ZMFs are plugged into the front XLR socket. The Grados are plugged into the front left SE socket. Speaking of which, the GH2 and the RS1 (original, a recent purchase) are glorious with V281 !!

 

[jonathan c]

Interesting to hear a comparison between the two with Grado's.

• Just going by sonic memory / familiarity, the V281 is a ‘turbo’ V200. The depth of bass extension, heft, solidity, stability of instrument placement are quite greater in V281 than in V200. The sense of ease with power in reserve is clearly present in V281; in V200, the ‘smaller’ sibling, this sense is there but not in as obvious a fashion. This is not surprising given the circuit configuration of each HPA.
• What I hear the V281 doing with the RS-1x is to: ‘wring’ out deeper bass, ‘flatten out’ a slightly uptilted frequency response, add gravitas to the wonderful airiness. Wow!

 

[UntilThen]

With great resolves I have given up head-fi for ear-fi. This thing does everything including predicting your future.... and no clutter.

 

[hifixman]

Not mine but it is so cool that I really wanna share… could look even more consistent with a silver woo234ii

The choices of cables, source and so forth are so typical of Asian audiophiles

 

[CaptainFantastic]

A new arrival (left)….now part of the ‘Amps of Navarone’ : First dibs goes to V281 with ZMF Atticus (Bocote):

Nice addition. I recently (re)acquired a V200 and I am amazed how much I enjoy it. It's like a new category... there's my Bottlehead Crack for tubes, my TT2 for solid state and then the V200. Very "musical".

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I have the ‘pre-gain’ set at 0 (all the tabs down). V281 is connected to Mystique DAC by XLR / XLR interconnect cables. The XLR outs from Mystique are 5.0V: plenty! The ZMFs are plugged into the front XLR socket. The Grados are plugged into the front left SE socket. Speaking of which, the GH2 and the RS1 (original, a recent purchase) are glorious with V281 !!

@Pharmaboy and I and some other guys all run our V280/281s at -12 dB.

Even with the attenuation, HD 800, 600 etc. get scary loud fast on the volume dial.

 

[Ilomaenkimi]

I think this is some kind of quest.... "find my installation".
Hmmm.. I think she's behind the globe.

Okay, here is better image.

 

[jonathan c]

With great resolves I have given up head-fi for ear-fi. This thing does everything including predicting your future.... and no clutter.

…you can send your headphones to me via StrayPal …

 

[jonathan c]

….no wonder that there are electricity outages in Texas with ‘nucular’ power….did they also spell incorrectly ‘on / off’…. / …

….the power must be out, @Ripper2860 would have checked in with a response by now…..

 

[Ripper2860]

Knucliar power. No freakin' chance as long as there is oil and gas that can be fracked and pumped out of the ground. That meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs for nothing.

Nah. Just been really busy shopping for a generator as we get closer to Feb.

 

[jonathan c]

Knucliar power. No freakin' chance as long as there is oil and gas that can be fracked pumped out of the ground. That meteor didn't kill off the dinosaurs for nothing.

Nah. Just been really busy shopping for a generator as we get closer to Feb.

….when you celebrate the Valentines Day Grid Massacre…. escargot for ERCOT….

 

[hifixman]

This streamer is OMG!