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  1. On 14.02.2018 at 1:52 AM, laxx said:

    I sent my 13's back after roughly 1.5 years of use due to the mid driver on my left unit not working. I asked what happened and they said moisture damage. Paid $155 including shipping both ways for the repair.

    Not too much for such a repair, hm?

  2. 39 minutes ago, spritzer said:

    Is there anything new from them?  I have the H03 here which is supposed to be TOTL and well... same shit, different name.  I've heard them all and they all suck.  Some of it is down to the poor driver design but those earpads... fuck...

    I thought that perhaps later revisions (if there are any) of their already available goods were improved. But this aside, do you think that even in the context of their price they suck big time?

     

  3. 16 hours ago, EdipisReks1 said:

    We were at a jewelry store getting a piece repaired for Colie, when I saw that they had the silver limited edition Bulova Lunar Pilot, which is no longer made and long out of stock in their inventory system (I've asked).  No idea where it came from.  I wanted it, of course, but didn't want to buy something for myself without getting something for her.  Unfortunately, I have a credit line with this store, so we looked slightly to the right of the Lunar Pilot.  Colie really liked the Bulova Chronograph C, so...

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    I really rather like it.  Funny enough, due to the date window and the modern, as opposed to the vintage, typeface that is on the older, silver LE, the black PVD watch actually looks more vintage, especially with the strap I have it on.  

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    That one on the right, this would do it for me I think. 

  4. 1 hour ago, Dave R said:

    Although my preference is a dress watch as opposed to a sports, I do want a watch I can wear while playing snooker, pool, darts, and with me being left-handed which is where I wear a watch, there'd be a certain amount of shock movement, so I'm not sure if an A Lange & Sohne 37mm ( manual wind ) in white gold  ( which is the watch I was saving for )  would be suitable to wear while playing those game, I'd also prefer a watch in stainless steel rather than white gold or any other precious metal, and apparently ALS don't do any in SS.

    Now I had a suggestion here on HC to consider a Rolex, and I do like the look of an Oyster Perpetual 36mm SS ( Automatic ) with a blue dial seen in the first photo, however, after seeing that in the other 3 photos I much prefer the look of that to the Rolex, which most if not all here on HC will know is an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15450 SS 37mm ( Automatic ) with blue dial.

    In the UK an AP RO 15450 is considerably more expensive than that  Rolex, so would take me quite a bit longer saving for, but that's something I'd be prepared to do, however I'd like to hear thoughts about that AP RO 15450 from anyone here on HC that would like to offer theirs, bearing in mind I would be wanting to wear that AP while playing those games mentioned.

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    Very, very nice.

  5. 59 minutes ago, spritzer said:

    Not sure if we have a KGSS thread but I'll just post this here.  So last year it dawned on me that I built my first KGSS amp 15 years ago and something had to be done to celebrate that.  It started off pretty mild with me reworking Justin's old KGSS board file, changing parts as needed, updating and the like to what we do now.  Then it hit me, that's too easy so I went off the deep end.  I wanted to do something unique so why not the smallest high performance amp I could possibly do?  The KGSS offers some advantages over the KGSSHV here, fewer parts due to the resistor current sources in the third stage.  Now there are performance issues, we all know that but this is how the KGSS was back in the day.  The plan was to be authentic so 2SK389 input devices and the only major change being a switch to 2SC4686A's from the 2SC3675's as they are simply superior and fully insulated to boot.  Power supply is similar to the old KGSS and is a reworked one from my cheap KGSSHV.  2SA1627A based CCS with the regular fet output for a +/-350V output.  The output stage current is set to the standard KGSS setting which is ideal for this tiny chassis.  So how tiny...this tiny...  ;) 

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    Pictured here in the KGSS normal habitat, with a SR-007BL mk1 and a Stax HPS-1.  I did say it was tiny...  21cm wide, 29cm deep with the knob and just 7.5cm tall.  :)  That doesn't leave a whole lot of internal room so very strict transformer specs, about 15 drafts of the fully through hole amp boards to make the ground plane work and for it all to fit strict height requirements of the parts used.  So here are the internals... 

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    Now you can please excuse me, I'm going to go and listen to some early 2000's music on the 007Mk1's...  ;D

    Looks good. Cheers. You happy with it?

  6. On 5.12.2017 at 2:48 AM, Audiojunkie said:

    I've got a DAVE here (along with one of Justin's amp) and while I hold the HD800 in high regard, there is no comparison to the Utopia.

    I like Utopias more as well, that goes without saying, we're on the same page here. Though my point was that not many people have heard HD 800 at its finest. 

  7. On 1.12.2017 at 8:25 PM, purk said:

    Well, you need a really good amp to wake up the HD800.  Doug makes several that compliment them perfectly and the KG SuSy Dynahi and the old Headroom Balanced Max are also great options.  Once they are mated with those amps they are even better than the Utopia.  But Utopia is superb out of portable source and that's an amazing quality to have.  They also match well with Sony NW-WM1A.

    A REALLY good amp, yes. So much potential in HD 800. Still, with most things they sound very average. I tend to think that Utopias are much more easygoing.

  8. On 30.09.2017 at 7:57 PM, ironbut said:

    Headrests like that can make a significant difference in the sound.

    For a mild demonstration, listen normally than fold your hands behind your head like they often show in "dad's relaxing" pictures. 

    To me it sounds a little like having some room treatments (maybe reducing some early reflections?).

    So, just because it changes the sound doesn't mean that's a bad thing. 

    For casual listening, it's obviously up to you.

    Yup, I've experienced this too. The sound is less open with headrest, at least that's how it is at my place.

  9. 3 minutes ago, kevin gilmore said:

    actually there was an electrostatic amplifier made in Canada (mcalister audio) that did just that, 2 extra tubes so that the series filament string came up to the right voltage.

    the rest of those tubes were not wired.

    Was it made as an experiment just for the sake of trolling people?  

  10. On 15.11.2017 at 4:09 AM, SeaWolf said:

    If you throw that dac together spritzer, keep the tube but remove it from the circuit. Just power it so it looks cool, say something about it helping with skin effect. Get a sand cast chassis and sell it for 90k. A quad of mesh pate 300b and you might get over 120 out of it.

    Right, once this happens, I'll be the first in line to listen to. Seriously though, I look forward to that. 

  11. 27 minutes ago, spritzer said:

    This isn't DIY level...this is no skill amateur hour.  Also to think that this shit sounds good needs a high level of delusion to work.  This does fit with what the garbage peddlers push, that hifi can be suited to your tastes in a way that simply roll the tubes and find the sound you like.  More than you find the individual set of tubes that makes the circuit sound the least shitty...

    I'm no LampizatOr pusher and I think that I get your point. Recently I've heard Thoress integrated amp and the guy who makes them was very specific that he uses one specific tube because it does the job better than any other and that changing it in his circuitry is rather pointless. 

    All this I get and I also am able to grasp that Nelson Pass pulled of things in his F7, which most other manufactures would probably sell for five times more. There are engineers who have - I don't know how to call it - a deeper understanding of the subject or they simply know more, that's how I see it. Not sure, maybe you are one of them, I've heard some very nice things about your goods as well.

    Still, I don't see myself as delusioned person as far as audio goes. I share my office with a journo who reviews at least several usually expensive products per month. Point being, over the years of working near the man I've heard way too many things to gush over audio products. I'm past this, new toys became a routine. But subjectively speaking I haven't yet heard a DAC which would be better than GG we share, everything else we've tried gets murdered and there were some fancy sources here alright. Not sure what exactly,  but Fikus has to do something right in order to pull this off. I can't explain this in any other way.     

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