swt61 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 The shipping cost on the F5 would be prohibitive, it's frickin' heavy. Not to mention that it's case is not fully assembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 exactly the line of "humor" I was going for with the suggestion don't worry Steve I'm not Scottish damn it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Halloween Mini-Meet in Los Angeles, anyone? How much do we have to pay up front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Let me check with iPodBJ first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sachu Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 i gotz me a pair of HE-5s waiting at home.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Impressions or ban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wualta Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Truth or Fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRc Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Let me check with iPodBJ first. You'se Buddy:chair: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 There's a magazine? Dear God please don't let me happen across the centerfold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 There's a magazine? Yup. by far the most stupid idea on HF in a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Dear God please don't let me happen across the centerfold! Tyll's really outdone himself this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I'd pay to read Patrick82's blogs, so this may turn out to be quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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