Icarium
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Question: How much heatsinking will this need in comparison to the BH?
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I'm down.. if we can keep the parts cost at around 2.5k - 3k I should be fine.
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So.. currently what's your rankings for the stats + bhse with optimal tube configs for each?
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Sounds like the thing to do is not mod them though ;p
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My black size 41 ksos just stabbed me through the heart
Stitching near the big toe has bursted apart :/ Time to see how their customer service is.. apparently they only warranty these things for 90 days after date of purchase. -
175 years old? Wow that's amazing. Congrats to Spritzer's family.
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I wouldn't advise opening it up.. the magical pixies might fly out and you'll never get them back in.Besides Wualta probably will just load them up wih NoNoNoNoNoNo-bass.
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I think a solid 72 hrs at slightly higher than listening volume did it for me.. mighta been only 48. If it improved further after that.. well its possible but if so it was more subtle. Then again I'm no Jamato8 so there may be mad improvement hr by hr that I am just not able to really keep track of with my weak auditory memory.
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hrm ill have to check out vivos... i dunno i got used to the stiffness on the vibrams.. my toes have definitely gotten a bit longer/flexible/stronger.
the heat insulation thing is not an issue for me ;p
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I have 2 pairs. I'm a big fan. Yeah you get a lot of shit and you have to be a spokesperson a lot, but they are damn comfy. Been playing badminton in them with mixed results. You have to get a pair that fits well to really pull off sports where you accerlate to full speed and then break or turn rapidly...
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I took some but I'm a shitty photographer with a shitty camera.. there are some nice pics in the norcal meet pics on this site and head-fi though that do a much better job.
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Listening to some Mahler right now.. seems to check out
But I'm not ultra familiar with it or anything. The soundstaging meshes very well with symphonic music, but lack of familiarity means I can't speak to say tone. -
Should get it balanced I think it does make a difference.. not a huge one, but given that you will be balanced dynafet and BA'd up
Why not. Amp brother!
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Yeah.. they do improve quite a bit with burn in. Waiting for the balancing act to come before doing a full on shootout with the rest of my crap.
I like it.. a great value at what it costed and performs decent for a sub 1k headphone.
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I don't think the Dynalo/Dynahi architectures can run at a gain below 5 or so (IIRC?). Like they said, go balanced if you want improvements, although from the pics you posted on HF, I would do a better PSU (can you say sigma22) first. It will make a difference.
Yeah better power supply seems to matter the most for the amp having gone through a gilmore lite v2.. a gilmore v2 and now a balanced gilmore reference.
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OK, now hopefully there will be more people to talk to about the BHSE.
Where's Asr? He just dropped in and spewed some questions and now it appears he's run off to enjoy listening and left us all hanging.
I built up some courage today and bumped up the volume knob. I'm at 10:30 with the O2mk1. I was at 11:00 for a while but it became too much and I had to back off.
I think it's important for us to be aware of listening volumes and protect our hearing. I usually listen at low volume, low enough to be able to conduct a conversation with someone while the music is playing.
But the O2mk1 + BHSE sounds much better at higher volume. There's an incredible sense of body and substance in the sound. It's the closest I've ever experienced with a headphone to feeling that there's an actual person singing in front of me, I only have to reach out and touch her. At this higher volume, I think it's safe to say that the O2mk1 + BHSE provides as close to a visceral experience with the music as is possible with headphones. The BHSE is an amazing amp. The O2mk1 is likewise an amazing headphone, I just didn't know it until now.
I dont think he's really spent quality time with it yet.. its been floating around forever in limbo.
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Huh interesting. I didn't know those were there.
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Sexy that has to be rare as fuck.
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I want one too ;p 3-4 sets of boards at least and at least 1 chassis if its an option
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I think they sold all of them very quickly but due to a few cancellations last I heard they had a couple left... they may or may not do a few more batches I don't know.
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Beer for Breakfast! (Deschutes Brewery Cindercone).
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I was going to say! No way a baller like Spritzer would just rock a Target rack.. though Craig Uthus did suggest one to me awhile back.
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Hehe, but I think it's all right if a large ego is backed up by substance. What I do recall, and respect, is how Spritzer stuck to his guns about the O2mk1 versus the HE90 when a lot of people were giving him crap about it, about two or three years ago?
The Philips/Mullard EL34 metal base are great. But I think the DD-getters are very close, and probably easier to find at lower prices and more are available, which should result in better matching sets.
I switched to Telefunken EL34 today, the Ulm-made type with 5-crimped plates. Not the Telefunken-labeled RFT dimple tops with 4-crimped plates, it seems a lot of people are confused and pay a lot for the RFT tubes.
These TF are very good too, but they're very hard to find. I only have two matched pairs and they're different construction. One type has two round holes and two small rectangular "vanes" sticking out, made in the late 60's. The other type has one slot, made in the early 60's. So with mismatched types in each pair, it's possible that the sound is compromised.
I've got a lot more EL34 types to try.
Damn Elephas.. rolling with crazy EL34s I've never even heard of. You really went all out with tubes
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Huh there are Targets in Iceland? Crazy.
Stitching near the big toe has bursted apart :/ Time to see how their customer service is.. apparently they only warranty these things for 90 days after date of purchase.
But I'm not ultra familiar with it or anything. The soundstaging meshes very well with symphonic music, but lack of familiarity means I can't speak to say tone.
The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
in Do It Yourself
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Basically its like putting together one of those 1000 piece puzzles right? except sometimes electricity might come and kill you.