The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

[Emvo]

You may "miss" that last 5% of technicalities while in the gym, but will you really be able to notice the difference while using Fei Wan which is superb in itself? If you really do, work harder!


Tell her I look just like your avatar and you're good.

drftr

Ha right! The moment I'm in the doors it's about weights and less about the music.

I see FiiO makes a set for 170, UTWS5 2025 version. I'll check that one out too to see if it might pair well for the price.

 

[aaf evo]

My apologies, the eartips.

No ear tips for CIEM

 

[icnaiwhimor1975]

Bought one
Soranik Mems 3s 2025
Best Sonic representation in terms of price to performance at CanJam SG 2025
Can’t wait for your next offering! Great work guys!
#soranik_vietnam

looks pretty portable, including the cat))

 

[fidgeraldo]

Tell her I look just like your avatar and you're good.

drftr

That would get me into even bigger trouble; she loves my avatar.
I'll figure something out... I'll just have to be more careful in the future. With you, one can never know what's coming.

Cheers!

 

[tresvigint]

New reference AMP from Brise looks to be on the horizon.

https://briseaudio.com/en/pages/watatsumi

Watapricetag too.

Bet my money this will be very good amp
It mention Fugaku tech too so I can imagine it sound "like" Fugaku
I mean more body and more 3D than Tsuranagi

Someone will review it here later IMO lets wait 26 April

 

[fabio19]

Tells us sliiiiightly more than yesterday's dot, but not much . What and where is this, my friend? Looking for a place to commit a crime?

drftr

This is Rome. And I live in the buildings you see there behind the ancient walls.

 

[drftr]

This is Rome. And I live in the buildings you see there behind the ancient walls.

Wow, that's super cool to be honest

drftr

 

[fabio19]

The Porta Maggiore, Rome. You amateur!

Cheers!

EXATLY!!!!!!!!!!! Porta Maggiore

 

[emdeevee]

Have you ever tried something like the iFi Go Pods for gym purposes, Bobby?

drftr

The Go Pods with my CIEMs are actually perfect for any activity!!

 

[Valrhona]

Thank you everyone that gave it a listen.

Ciara gets compared to Sinead O'Connor, Natalie Merchant, Dolores O'Riordan, Aurora, and Loreena McKennitt, a lot, depending on the age of the listener. Being she is my daughter I am biased though I find her voice her own, and I hear in her singing that wonderful child I have loved watching mature.

There is something special in how much of her comes through, Ciara has been doing open mic nights at local bars and she has let me go to a couple nights, the bars equally split by genres between light rock/folk covers, and heavier rock/metal covers, and always the crowd at the bar doesn’t listen much, loud conversations and laughing interrupting the performers. When my daughter steps up to the mic, hits a starting note on her keyboard and lets out the first quiet sensitive note the place goes silent, the people at the bar turn and get instantly engaged. I just know it is not my fatherly pride and there is something special with what she offers the world.

Thanks again everyone for giving her song a listen I can’t wait to let you know when the next one is posted.

This is one of the reasons I like returning here. To take a sip of some happiness from others. Happy for Ciara and yourself. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next one.

 

[RonaldS86]

Almost looks like some kind of persiflage on audiophiles as why would you restrict access to the volume knob by 60%? Why not taking it off completely "because it sounds better"? Getting more weird by the day.

drftr

Kinda reminds me of this

 

[Raymondthebaba]

I would like to buy the cat. You can keep the gear!

Ha, none of the cats are for sale I’m afraid

 

[Rockwell75]

As we approach the Watercooler's 4th birthday here is our Spring Poll of 2025. Please take the time to fill it out. It's been two CanJams since the last poll and I'm curious to see how things have shifted.

 

[RonaldS86]

As we approach the Watercooler's 4th birthday here is our Spring Poll of 2025. Please take the time to fill it out. It's been two CanJams since the last poll and I'm curious to see how things have shifted.

Already fill the poll but everytime there's a question about top 3 set below $2k I always have a hard time
I only tried Lee's tribrid on CJ SG and then nothing else. I want to fill Yu9 Que and maybe Crin's Meta but it's not valid because I didn't tried them.

 

[Audiophiliac]

It's very bad news for the world.
Marilyn Manson set a new record for letting me hear my amps power at it's optimal power attenuation of 1:00, instead of usually past 10:00 is too loud, in his track Sacrifice of the Mass, by adjusting a FR basically into a point up high, but with large gaps. If you find trying it way too joke to be reality at lesser levels, this has achieved a new benchmark term in headphone world:
Jumping earcushions.
See my sig for details.
It really is too bad he's tried bad now too. Evil, actually. If you thankfully didn't do it, Marilyn Manson still could. How could he be that guy? Hey, HEY! "It hurt yeah sure, but so sweet now!"?
Seriously, I bet you haven't heard 1:00 on your dials yet...