October 14, 200916 yr The shipping cost on the F5 would be prohibitive, it's frickin' heavy. Not to mention that it's case is not fully assembled.
October 14, 200916 yr Don't you know, you are supposed to ship F5s partially unassembled by just tossing them in a box. They dont need padding or any of that fluff. Heck, probably dont even need a box.
October 14, 200916 yr Ah yeah, that's no good. And there's no telling what shipping will do to it, especially if it isn't cased yet. The Hafler and the Yamaha will do a decent enough job in driving everything, I'm sure. Dusty, tubes are good if the output impedance is low enough... Edit: lol @ Colin's comment. Saves on weight costs.
October 14, 200916 yr Don't you know, you are supposed to ship F5s partially unassembled by just tossing them in a box. They dont need padding or any of that fluff. Heck, probably dont even need a box. exactly the line of "humor" I was going for with the suggestion don't worry Steve
October 14, 200916 yr Ah yeah, that's no good. And there's no telling what shipping will do to it, especially if it isn't cased yet. The Hafler and the Yamaha will do a decent enough job in driving everything, I'm sure. Dusty, tubes are good if the output impedance is low enough... Edit: lol @ Colin's comment. Saves on weight costs. Yeah, tubes can do just fine. The mentioned spud would have about 4ohm output impedance, plus the DCR of the transformer secondary (another 4ohm), and 375mA max current output.
October 14, 200916 yr exactly the line of "humor" I was going for with the suggestion don't worry Steve I'm not Scottish damn it!
October 14, 200916 yr When did you order those, Colin? Mine should be on the way to Tampa, if not there already. Matt, do you want to borrow them for a while? Just saw this. When they show up I'm excited to have a quick listen, even if my MPX3 won't be too happy with their 32 ohm goodness. Of course I could just pretend I never saw this, and since Wayne has given me no other form of notification that there are expensive headphones landing on my door soon I could just claim total ignorance on the matter.
October 14, 200916 yr I talked to Fang and am probably going to have the demo HE-5 shipped to me in the last week of October. Halloween Mini-Meet in Los Angeles, anyone? -Ed
October 14, 200916 yr Just saw this. When they show up I'm excited to have a quick listen, even if my MPX3 won't be too happy with their 32 ohm goodness. 25 ohms, and the OTL MPX3 claims to employ no negative feedback. Input impedance: 100K ohm Output Impedance: < 20 Ohms Power supply capacitance: 1340 uF Rectification: silicon Power output < 0.5 watts Usable headphone range: 16 to 2000 ohms. Total distortion < 0.1% Volume control: Noble Input RCA: Gold Plated Teflon insert Output Headphone Jack: Neutrik Standard Chrome Nose Milled aluminum Knob 1/8" thick aluminum chassis piano black powder coated[ wat
October 14, 200916 yr Halloween Mini-Meet in Los Angeles, anyone? How much do we have to pay up front?
October 15, 200916 yr Fuck nuts. Fang can't send a demo unit to me because it's going to be hogged for that Head-Fi magazine? Does there really need to be a Head-Fi magazine?
October 15, 200916 yr Fuck nuts. Fang can't send a demo unit to me because it's going to be hogged for that Head-Fi magazine? Does there really need to be a Head-Fi magazine? There's a magazine?
October 15, 200916 yr Yup. by far the most stupid idea on HF in a long while. Heaven forbid they try and have a little fun with it. I'm at least interested to see what they do with it and hope it fares better than the podcast idea.
October 15, 200916 yr There's a magazine? It's only a bad idea, because my memory of Jude's ability to actually finish (and post) reviews...well, sucked, not to mince words. Has he gotten better about them?
October 15, 200916 yr Dear God please don't let me happen across the centerfold! Tyll's really outdone himself this time.
October 15, 200916 yr The magazine as such, probably isn't a bad idea. Entertaining nonetheless. It all depends on what kind of papers do it, if opinions will be accurate and honest, and how much advertising pressure is allowed biasing the writings. If they include divulging articles about electronics, acoustics, psycho-acoustics... it can even become an useful resource for many people.
October 15, 200916 yr It seems like a good idea for people who are interested in headphone hifi but dont have to the time to check head-fi all the time
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