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Roasty reacted to goldwerger's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Just made me think of Donald Fagen's album "The Nightfly". Listening to it as a teenager and love it to this day. One of those albums...
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Roasty reacted to Mattyjm's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.been lurking here for a while; was always (secretly) hoping for a watercooler headphone edition. happy to be joining this thread! thank...
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Roasty reacted to normie610's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.This review is outdated. He has since tried Susvara with other amps, and he concluded that the best amp for Susvara is Trafomatic Primavera.
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Roasty reacted to goldwerger's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Like Jim, for me the Susvara has peaked with the AIC10 (following doznes of amps I've tried with it over time).
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Roasty reacted to paradoxper's post in the thread RAAL-requisite: The Official VM-1a Discussion Thread with Like.You'll be limited with 6LS7 selection and want to roll through the Mullard XF EL34 range as they're by far the best.
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Roasty replied to the thread RAAL-requisite: The Official VM-1a Discussion Thread.get in touch with Dale at vacuumtubes. he should have some KR VT231. yes, you can use 6SL7 tubes. I've used mullard ecc35 with nice...
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Roasty reacted to kumar402's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.They do sell grounding solution but I’m using normal 3 prong plug for grounding. All my electric outlet at home are properly grounded.
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Roasty reacted to Dynamo5561's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Hey everyone, this is my first post in this thread, and I'd like to share some impressions from the Highend Munich show. Disclaimer...
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Roasty reacted to fredfung28's post in the thread RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis with Like.Been busy with opera concerts and finally have time, recently tried to compare the Odin 8 wires to Mundorf gold silver 1mm 12 wires...
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Roasty reacted to Bkido's post in the thread Music Paradise 701 MK2 Preamp and tube rolling with Like.My unit finally arrived 😃
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Roasty replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..Thanks! that was useful info. my country uses UK plugs at the wall too. good to know no issues without dedicated grounding of the unit.
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Roasty reacted to Doug2507's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.I haven't. I've got zero noise so don't see the need for any additional grounding. I use UK plugs so I think by design they're grounded...
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Roasty replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..for those using Puritan blocks, did u ground them? what happens if you don't?
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Roasty reacted to kumar402's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.Another vote for Puritan 156. I’m using it with default classic cable and not the ultimate one. Go for Ultimate to bring more clarity...