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From the comparison we did at a recent meet, the OPUS with zapfilter sounded identical to my Eastsound with zapfilter... the OPUS with the ballsie output stage seemed to be missing something, but it may just have been a gain matching issue as the zapfilter has higher output. They were very close though in any case, which is why the OPUS is off my radar for now.

FYI, he tried the HD201s and liked them, so all is well.

Yeah, I've been waiting for a good DIY AKM based board to go all crazy on. Anything out there yet? I'll keep my eye on this new twisted pear though... the OPUS wasn't any better than what I already have.

The Bumbacat, destroyer of blue LEDs! I like it.

Hmmm, is it in anything good?

You called? My GOD, blue LEDs have no fucking place in a tube amp! Jeezus.

What is the PCM1794 like? Any other DACs or CD players that use it?

Acid at a rave would be crazy... no thanks.

Oh, probably.

Damn, it sounds familiar, but no. Maybe the Wife will remember, she was more of a candy kid than I. When I went to raves I was more into drum and bass... well, and drugs.

Come on people, all the grado drivers are the same, they just tweak them differently and add doping compound and a couple virgin cunt hairs to the higher models. Still, the higher models do sound better, so unless you want to figure out how they do it yourself you are stuck paying the money... or rolling the dice on a modded pair from headphile or someone similar.

Now, THAT, is crazy...

I just saw this little italian lady get dropped off a bus right into a snow drift... she was not happy.

I think Mama working out to some old Happy Hardcore would be pretty funny.

Maybe the tubes are just for show? Mosfets sound pretty tubey sometimes...

Or like Crap Sandwich...

I've never known people to exactly ask before posting internal pics around here. I say go for it.

I've heard woodied HF1's that sounded like sheyott too, so I think there must be some variance in the HHF-1s. I've yet to hear a RS1 that sounded like garbage, but I have heard pairs that were clearly better than the norm...

I'm slowly slugging through the thread. This guy seems to know his stuff, though I am easily fooled. He really needs someone else to do his design work though... goes way overboard with red and blue LEDs.

I'd like to see that 16 dac one, but with the tubes the 8 dac one uses, balanced output, and some crazy huge film caps.

Actually, it's a blue asterisk.

Is it worth the cost? I thought that this whole TDA NOS dac business was just one of those weird money sink things that didn't really compare with more modern designs... though I could be [and frequently am] wrong. I wonder if there are any DIY designs like that APO/NWO/whatever thing that everyone is talking about? Now that would be something.

They're getting mixed reviews at HF? Nice headphones Justin, congrats. EDIT: Oh, and congrats on the condo Ian.

Though I do think Jay is wrong here, I think he is less of an asshole than he is being made out to be. I think he just has an issue with 'internet speak' or whatever you call it when you type a post and it looks reminiscent of something my little sister would send to me through MSN. It is just like Reks and his constant correction of spelling and grammar. Fuck, we're all assholes here anyways, right? EDIT: Oh, and off topic, but when/why did Dusty get an asterisk?