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Thought this was funny. Are you allowed to criticize Simone Biles?: A decision tree.

^^ Must be the same Seventy Three from his vids - One of the best sounds that can be made. Me: Back to another 1958 (good year) Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Miles Davis 1958 Example:

Sings For Only The Lonely (Deluxe) Frank Sinatra 1958 This edition contained the complete Mono and Stereo versions of the Album. I would not really call the Stereo "stereo", more like a diffuse mono, and his voice is dropped back in the mix. Here is a nice Mono track:

Listening to some delicious Fender Rhodes by Marcin Grachowina: https://jazzijazzful.bandcamp.com/track/sad-frog

This seems like it's perfect for Head-Case—an electrostatic headphone tuned like the HD650: https://www.audeze.com/products/crbn

I should be getting one of these to try out soon and can't wait. It wasn't fun sitting out the press embargo... 😉 I would take those measurements with bags of salt given the amps used and the people doing the testing.

And I'm being a pedantic prick so ignore me 😀 Regarding "progress..." If electrostats were really old these days, maybe some of these new planars and dynamics that came around as a result of this progress would actually sound better than the old electrostats. But that hasn't been the case in my experience. IMO this progress malarkey is just another FOTM, with the big revelation being - drumroll please - that "neutral" doesn't mean "bright as fuck!" Wow, we've come so far! But, seeing more electrostatics, or cool new things like RAAL - and they've got a new circumaural headphone announced too - is actually interesting, and the more good headphones out there, the better. Besides somebody needs to light a fire under Stax's ass and what better way than actual competition. Maybe this way they'll stop making headphones with headbands that crack, ergonomics not designed for human heads, amps that are defective by design, or tuning that's best served as an advertisement for EQ plugins. And if not, well other people will make stats too.

Not of sound mind? What gives you that idea? 😋

I've never once listened to the HD650 and thought, "You know what? I wish these had less treble energy above 4 kHz" Still the technicalities of an electrostatic with a crowd-pleasing dynamic tuning could be really interesting... *me checks price*... to read about when someone else buys them.

Listened to a wide variety of Chopin's Preludes. Got a little...uh...feverish...towards the late afternoon.

That is pretty much the same way that I see her as well. As far as the rest of the cast... I find it quite refreshing not to need to build a sympathetic feeling for them. It's not that they're horrible people, but they're severely flawed in the most appetizing way. The manager for example is a complete train wreck, and I get to go along for the ride without actually derailing myself. Besides, he is almost a montage of several creepy guys from my past. Of which I'm still thankful I was able to dodge and weave.

No, you make some great points. I completely agree with most of what you have to say. Besides, I've always had a soft spot for pricks.

Oh totally, I was mostly being facetious. But even then, a couple dB across several kHz is definitely in the audible range. Indeed! What struck me is that the specs claim these only weigh 300g. That's half the weight of the other mainstream Audeze. Do the magnets account for that much weight loss, or have they been able to trim a whole heap of fat from the frame and housing?

Looks like they've gotten so big, that people are considering getting into stats just because they are making one, while in the past years the trend looked like this: "electrostats are getting old these days, ribbon transducers, planars etc. are evolving and steaming ahead..." I wonder if their next model is going to be cheaper or more expensive, I would have expected a heavier SR-009 tank-like build at this price (even though that is still plagued by issues)

HD650 has a slight resonance around 5k together with a very small peak. But we're talking a few db at most. Definitely interested, but don't know if $4500 interested.

I guess I just have a cold heart 😉. Even with those two I'd think the wife would have had to have some sense of what she was getting herself in to and the masseuse is trying to forming a business with someone not of sound mind. 🤷‍♂️

This makes me happy.

I've kept up, but I still don't know what to make of the show. It is keeping me engaged, but the characters are so unlikeable! It is hard to feel sympathy for any of them!

Oh it's picked up alright! This is my favorite show in a long while. I'm watching it alone, in my apartment, and I literally can't contain my laughter. The writers must have had a flippin' ball writing this stuff!

Deck Brunch

Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 2021 Opening track:

Thanks everyone! My family has been in town this week so that's been nice. Had a cookout over at my mom's place + cake, not a bad way to spend the day.

A Very Happy Birthday, Todd!!!

At @Grahame's suggestion, I started in on The Prisoner. (Streaming free on IMDB TV) Wow! First two episodes are great! Using the search function here I can see many others are fans as well.

If your Carbon board has the offset servo, you need to deactivate the servo before making the offset adjustment. Then activate the servo afterwards. I don’t remember the detail steps but that information is in this thread somewhere.

I think I’m the minority here, maybe I should have some time in the corner. Just don’t get me started on the dot illuminated variety... 🤮 ... to add fuel to the fire and to further rant aimlessly, I’ve rarely seen any commercial audio companies using these switches, I just can’t see the likes of Accuphase or Audio Note banging one of these bad boys on the front of their products. But hey this tots my personal pref, just throwing it out there

Great, this is the first time I see them boards, even if it’s just on photo. I want to add that one name is missing on the boards – Kevin Gilmore. Kevin added a few things like trimmers to set output current, test points to measure it, terminal blocks, part values, labels etc. etc.. During the work with the boards he taught me how to quickly make a mirrored (as far as possible) board from the first one. Thank you, Kevin. Welcome to Head-Case, Rich (sweetleaf)!