[Ultrainferno]

Nice pic Sorensiim. The X2 is quite nice. Wouldn't really call the Nighthawk an upgrade though.

 

[Sorensiim]

X2s are great. Have you tried the Nighthawks? They make a nice upgrade from the X2

99% of my music listening is via my CIEMs. The X2 was bought for when I want to listen to a few tracks and still be able to hear the kids and for those "hey you gotta listen to this" moments. The Nighthawk looks good, but are priced waaaay beyond what I want to spend on a headphone for casual listening

 

[Loquah]

99% of my music listening is via my CIEMs. The X2 was bought for when I want to listen to a few tracks and still be able to hear the kids and for those "hey you gotta listen to this" moments. The Nighthawk looks good, but are priced waaaay beyond what I want to spend on a headphone for casual listening

Fair call - makes sense

 

[jjacq]

 
My RWAK240 + SE846.

 

[x RELIC x]

 

[x RELIC x]

Old rig.

 

[Sorensiim]

Nice pic Sorensiim. The X2 is quite nice. Wouldn't really call the Nighthawk an upgrade though.

Thanks! And yep, the X2 is really something, isn't it? Sure, the planars are tighter and other dynamics might have better treble, but as a whole, especially at that price and being so comfortable, I'm wildly impressed.

 

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[FullCircle]

 

 

[Hisoundfi]

 

[HiFiChris]

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[zilch0md]

Vintage Tubelicousness
 
(Oops! Where's the headphone jack?)
 

 
1937 Silvertone Model 4569 AM shortwave radio


 

 
This is the so-called "Magic Eye" (a 6G5 tuning tube) - my avatar, here at Head-Fi.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6g5.html

As signal strength increases while tuning, the dark area at 6 o'clock gets smaller. When a signal is weak or you are slightly off frequency, the gap widens.



It's never been restored, yet plays beautifully, and it's 79 years old. I should really have the caps and resistors replaced, but I only turn it on for a few minutes every month and I love being able to say that it's completely original, with the exception of the tuning tube, but I have the original 6G5 and it still works, but the phosphor has faded, so I keep the NOS tube in the radio for cosmetic reasons.

It's mono, of course, but get this: The speaker has four wires feeding it because there is no permanent magnet. Instead it has two electromagnets - one coil is fixed stationary to the frame and the other coil moves with the cone. The tone is very full, wet, smooth and rich sounding. Mids are a bit suppressed, however. One of the knobs is a "Tone" control, that acts against the treble, primarily.
 
Mike