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And..... if the emperor has no clothes on - It's easier to admire his trouseau...........
and everything else.... 
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We are pleased to introduce our newest headphone, FOCE! FOCE is Italian for mouth (pronounced fo.t͡ʃe, though that may not be any help at all).
FOCE is an electrostatic headphone designed to deliver no electrostatic resolution and clarity with bass output that extends deep into the sonic mud. Very night and day performance, with an extremely loud soundbleed and a colorful voicing FOCE is our most articulate headphone that fills in all the missing sounds that should be there.
FOCE is designed and built in San Domingo, CA and comes with the following innocuous features:
· Super-large 888mm diaphragm for super-extended low frequency output
· 2.4 picron driver, randomized for style and revolution
· Ultra-thin metal stators for superior noise
· MrElectrostatics’ signature NiTro memory metal headband for more bang for your buck.
· Detachable* custom fabricated silver-plated copper cable that is non-sonic, obloid and super-supple, yet low capacity.
· Proprietary machined Teflon amplifier plug with machined unobtanium housing, brass plated solid copper pins and a machined zincalume headphone connector**
· 580V “Pro-bias” comparable for use with any Stax-like compromised amplifiers
· Italian Sicilian leather ear buds
· Vat-dried Mongolian made faux leather headband
Proper storage of electrostatic headphone helps reduce service issues by reducing dust accumulation on the stators. Our attractive shipping box is designed to not only reduce packaging waste but to serve as a stylish and functional way to prevent usage of a FOCE (or any) headphone.
Box features include:
· Real blackbutt hardwood
· Sealed clear acrylic front panel with frosted finish
· A built-in integrated headphone stand
· A convenient front-drawer for the cable so the headphones may be left sealed and stored
Pricing
FOCE is $29,999.99 in Argentina.
A comment on this price to our friends and followers; we realize this is vastly higher than we’d committed and for this I regret we said it’d be “well-under” $30,000. The reality is essential changes to the stator design, higher than expected cost of the project and custom plugs, and the enhanced storage and display case added too much to the cost to achieve our original price target. While our original thought was the headphone would be $28,000 we hope you'll agree the benefits of improved aesthetics, ergonomics and storage are well worth the monumental cost.
Availability
FOCE is a man-made headphone and quantities will be extremely limited. We will start taking orders January 1, 2048.
First US shipments are expected in February 2048 and orders can be placed on facebook starting January 1, 2038.We will announce the US dealer-list prior to Groundhogs Day. Limited quantities will be available for Mozambique and Iceland. Based on our ability to get any early adopters, we will expand into additional countries as quickly as we can.
*the detachable cable is for show only or 3rd party cables. It is not for any audio use
**Plugs and connector housings will be available to 3rd party DIYers to make FOCE compatible cables
Department of Eye Candy
(note: headphone has a dust screen not shown in these photos, and the cable plug will be non-functional to match the headphone)-
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Just finished a piece of piquant gorgonzola followed by a crunchy peanut butter sandwich, and washed down with a cup of pineapple juice.
I have had a blue stilton which was very nice, but a white stilton with cranberries was better.
I usually stick to a 18 month to 2 year old tasty cheddar.
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14 hours ago, luvdunhill said:
I will defend this one as I do it a lot. Picking JFETs that don’t need degeneration is optimal. It’s done in more than one commercial design as well, such as the First Watt J2.
Now, the other shit I can’t defend
Don't forget, this was aimed at a lot of rank newbies just starting into DIY, and matching JFETs, if it could be avioded, would certainly have helped the cause immensely.
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Being designed by Cavalli at the cheapest possible price was priceless.
Who else would design a power supply for beginners that could not be operated without a load, or else POOF.....!!!!!! Instant junk.
On top of that, the load resistors were specced so that they could not be left on too long as the output voltages were adjusted.
Now, imagine a newbie doing the adjusting and being a little slow.
Result, resistor overheats and goes open circuit. That side of the supply is now in no load condition and hence, blows.
Just what a newbie builder needs to turn him off DIY.
All this for the sake of a few extra parts. Marvellous logic there......
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Cavalli's eXsTaTa had vertical resistors.....
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Agilent 4401A is a good 6.5 digit meter
Agilent 3458A is just about the tops..... 8.5digit. We used to use them to calibrate the DC voltage on the Fluke 3500A and 3520A calibrators.
The AC voltages required an AC measurement standard like a Datron/Wavetek 4920 or Fluke 5790A/B as the Agilent 3458A was slightly too soggy.
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That wasn't my experience.
Rap/hip-hop should be banned from any Hi-Fi equipment on account of intrinsic compatibility alone....
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Infrasound
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Velocette Venom Thruxton for the win....
Or the Vincent black Shadow
This one's for Spritzer....
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Happy birthday Tom.......
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Listening to the Stax SR-303 through the YGGY and KGSSHV and I like it more than hearing the Senn HE-1....
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Who needs analog when you have old ears....?
I'm listening to Acker Bilk through they YGGY. KGGSHV and Stax SR-303 while surfing the net and watching Australia playing England in the first cricket test in Brisbane.
The best part is that I'm enjoying it more than hearing the Senn HE-1 earlier this week.
Life throws up these delicious ironies now and again......
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As long as he doesn't blackball the project...........
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Two pro and one normal outputs, what's not to like..?
You gonna call that dsign "The Black Prince".....?
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I didn't see the users manual anywhere.
I had a look on the top of the phones, but there was nothing there.......
The top arc was covered as far as I remember...
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I don't know if I would be allowed, as I just dropped in out of the blue.
Perhaps I should geve them a call to see if I could drop in with a Carbon, YGGY, and SR-007 & SR-009. They might kidnap 'em for a ransom.
The venue is Len Wallis Audio in Sydney.
This appears to be the set that has been doing the rounds down here in the antipodes.
I didn't see a serial number on the phones, and didn't want to disturb the equipment to look for a serial number on the amp.
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I had a chance to spend a bit over an hour and a half with one this afternoon.
First off, it was powered by a laptop PC and running 44.1K 16 bit flac files.
I didn't look to see whether they were using the internal DAC or a Music Fidelity DAC sitting on the shelf below the PC.
There were sometimes multiple copies of the same ripped CD on the PC, other times they had the same track from different CDs.
Initial impressions were that the treble was a bit on the bright side and the mids were a little too recessed.
I listened to Rebecca Pidgeon on both the CHesky Demo CD and Rebecca's "The Raven" CD and they sounded indentical.
I also listened to Buddy Holly on two different CD rips and they sounded different. One was bright and lifeless whilst the other was far more balanced.
I also listened to Richard Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra (First 2 tracks).
The first was Karl Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orch. This sounded bright and paper thin in the mids.
Switching to von Karajan version was a much better presentation albeit still a little thin, Bass was pretty good on both, but better on Karajan.
I tried Mahler's 5th, and was left disappointed.
Rimsky-Koraskoff's Scheherezade was much better on both recordings, but one was noticably better than the other.
I then tried various tracks by Roy Orbison, Kate Bush, Nilsson, Moody Blues etc. and they varied greatly.
Some tunes were very good. A couple just "sang" such as Johnny Mathis's "What Will My Mary Say"
The Diamonds' "Little Darlin'" was another disappointment.
I put most of the failures down to the Flac files.
A couple times I had the volume control maxxed out, and I am not a loud listener.
Some of the midrange euphony could be had at a louder volume but the treble became just too hot to handle.
In summary, I am glad I have a Carbon and a SR-007 and SR-009.
I would like to try my own WAV files through my YGGY as I truly believe it would sort out most of my grievances.
Don't expect that to happen............
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12 hours ago, mainlythemusic said:
Hmm, a few errors here. The GG has the Amanero USB board which is built in Italy. You will find that board is OEM in so many middle and high end DACs, if you slag that off, well slag pretty much every DAC off on the market then.
Next point, the GG also has a FPGA DSD engine which BTW sounds better than PCM, which already sound damb good.
Next point, tubes can and do special things in amplifiers we all know that here. Stop trying to tell us different with your 'spec sheets'. Why is some of the best electrostatic amps (sounding the best) running tubes? GG, BHSE (final stage) T2, Justins new amp TBC, various other lauded KG designs. Not saying SS isn't good, I have a nice SS power amp for my speakers. We can go on all day about tubes v SS but you cannot claim tubes are beating by SS as a matter of fact, as it is not fact.
Are you trying to say the current Sic Fet Carbon design beats all tube electrostatic amps, I don't think so. It is damb good, but not the absolute best IMO. Lets do a vote on here and see how many say it is v the T2, BHSE and GG shall we, which of course all use tubes in part of the gain stages.
Have you personally heard the GG yourself? As for the power supply in the GG as 'off-bay' this kind of fake news is what they hate in the states. Lampizator have worked tirelessly for the last 10 years developing their circuits. They don't need to 'buy off ebay'. Pure BS. It is you who seems to enjoy buying of ebay while we are on this subject, fair enough to try stuff out. But don't accuse a manufacturer of that without the proof.
Going back to you designing a tweaked up T2, didn't you try to build one before but it turned out to be a cluster fuck of a mess, and you bailed out?
Next, why is your Carbon CC got a half size PS in it, seems like a big empty box with a big pre ice tag - opps.
And many of your KGSShvs being mini style also have scaled done PS's. Bringing that up as you insist on talking about power supplies.
Anything I missed?
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Yep, they're so cool that they're numb to what good sounds like.....
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4 hours ago, Sherwood said:
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I find all these reports of the HD250 very interesting.
Firstly, as far as I can remember all the ones I have had were the older version.
Seondly, the HD600/HD650 with new pads were definitely tighter on my scone than the HD280.
Thirdly, I have bought and given away all my HD280's to friends who wanted a 'phone with good isolation but didn't want noise cancelling.
The first HD280 was bought for US$70 brand new and sounded like cardboard until they were used for over 20 hours.
Then other 4 were a mix of new and used units and pretty well sounded the same as a good run-in set from the get-go.
They were IME pretty good sounding phones for mixing desks.
In fact, going from memory, they sounded better than the AKG K240SS I heard at a meet on Saturday.
I also once bought a HD380 which was extremely coloured, and a real disappointment, It would probably suited a person who wanted to upgrade from the original Beats to something a bit better without the woeful doof doof bass.
Hope this helps....
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Headphones that can been transferred to 3M Optime 105/3 earmuff without soldering.
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