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6 hours ago, Torpedo said:

I'm going to try to extract the DiFF files from an iso. Should i use the Philips DSDIFF output or the DSDIFF Edit master? Yet another one, do iso files always contain DSD stream or sometimes it could be DST? Were this the case, any way to know? Is it necessary to convert the DST into DSD before creating the DFF or DSF files? I'm too old for this shit, I think that's why I decided to stay with iso files hahaha.

You want to use Philips DSDIFF instead of DSDIFF Edit Master, as this will split the album into one file per track, instead of a single track.

AFAIK, some SACD ISO files do have DST, so you also want to enable the "Convert DST to DSD" option. DST is a compressed format, which cannot be tagged. You do not need an extra step for this, just convert straight from ISO to DFF with that option enabled.

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18 minutes ago, luvdunhill said:

Try TRAX, it seems to work better than Sonore.

Trax (the free trial version) is one of the methods I tried for dsf extraction, but it still gave me a slight click/pop between tracks on gapless albums.

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2 hours ago, Torpedo said:

Thanks, Tyler. If it doesn't play them, what procedure would you recommend to extract the dsf files from the .iso on a Mac? I've tried some command line thing I found, but it ended up being too tedious for the disk space savings.

I use the Sonore Java app:

http://dsd.sonore.us/iso2dsd_OSX_v6.zip

Note that I convert to dff, not dsf, since I find that dsf is never truly gapless in my system (Audirvana to Ayre DAC). Whenever I play a gapless album (DSOTM, classical recording), I get a very slight click between dsf tracks (and I've tried about 4 or 5 different dsf conversion methods), that is only audible over headphones. I have no such issues with dff.

I use Yate to tag those dff files, and Audirvana can read those tags.

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22 minutes ago, JoaMat said:

Me to find that blue plastic water can very interesting. What worries me most is why Vikings like Soren and me are more interested in plastic head phone stands than the head phones???????????????

Here's another view:

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7 minutes ago, sorenb said:

Interesting indeed. There are another member who designed an acrylic box himself for the Stax SR-009, exquisite btw, but he puts the 009 inside the box ... you on the other hand, have it outside ... 

It's a Brita water filtering pitcher. Unfortunately, that model doesn't seem to be able available any longer, which is a real shame for SR-X Mk3 owners.

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12 minutes ago, sorenb said:

...just curious, but how old is the water can?

At least 12 years old too, since it predates our move to our current abode. It's my favorite headphone stand, as it was obviously manufactured with the SR-X Mk3 in mind.

1 hour ago, TMoney said:

A brilliant little headphone, I agree! It was the surprise of @rdreyer's little menagerie. Beautifully clear and transparent in the treble and mids. I thought it lacked in the bass, but prehaps that is due to it being earpad headphone and not getting any kind of a seal rather than being circumaural?

It's probably caused by the stretched headband, to accommodate my franken-head, which caused a loose fit on yours.

1 hour ago, TMoney said:

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing sounds better than a good electrostatic setup. @rdreyer's is just wonderful to listen to.

 

Thanks again for letting me come and listen!

Thanks for letting me listen to the HD800S, and some nice jazz.

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5 minutes ago, sorenb said:

who's responsible for the yellow areas on the chair? was it also there before listning?

I'm going to claim it's due to age, as that chair is 12 years old.

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3 minutes ago, Grahame said:

So I can say *cough* cable management *cough*,

about the first picture...

Yeah, that is definitely on the list for this week-end, when rack membership and arrangement should be more stable.

You can blame Birgir for almost every headphone in the second picture, and of course for the Carbon CC in the first (which is replacing both a BHSE and a KGST).