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Somebody (kais in the comment section) pointed out that headphone positioning makes a huge difference for the Utopia. You can see this in the raw frequency response plots of Tyll's original Utopia measurements. The effect is so big, it might(?) even explain the difference between the old and new measurements.

Tyll has measured the headphones Bob Katz used for his shootout, plus another new sample of the Utopia: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/katzs-corner-episode-16-smoking-gun Bob's LCD-4 appears to be more balanced in the treble range than the pair Tyll reviewed. The new Utopias are way brighter than the pair Tyll reviewed....

I went through the original Japanese text about the new model, and I don't see any mention of new flagship headphones. It says that they are planning to release a new flagship amplifier designed to go with the SR-009. EDIT: They are also hoping to release something "wonderful" in 2018 (the new amplifier is planned for 2017).

I'm surprised nobody's done this before. Seems like a great way to make cheap and accurate R2R DACs. I think green label transformer is the one with silver wires.

Unsurprisingly, Scott Foster was one of the referees: http://www.knbr.com/2016/06/16/scott-foster-to-offciate-game-6/ He's the referee with suspected gambling ties: http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/07/14/disgraced-former-nba-referee-tim-donaghy-phone-calls-to-second-ref-raise.html He's also the one that threw out Livingston for (what seemed to be) just a little complaining earlier in the playoffs: http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/was-shaun-livingstons-ejection-the-result-of-a/

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Sennheiser HD598 special edition (black) for $95 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0126HISOO

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Thank you Al and everyone else. I've been very busy lately, but I will now go eat some chocolate to celebrate.

Sennheiser HD-598 for $100: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0042A8CW2/ EDIT: It appears to be sold out....

I don't know whether Smarty-pants works (or shills) for Oppo. However, a quick check of his Head-Fi posting history shows that he mostly posts in the various Oppo threads. I only bothered to read a few of the posts, but he appears to present himself as someone that does NOT work for Oppo. He is certainly not labeled a MoT there.

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