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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
Why? Is it silver (it looks like silver)?- Pharmaboy
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
If the Brimar CV455 is wrong--I don't want to be right.- Pharmaboy
- Post #41,098
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
Beautiful setup! That amp sure looks familiar. Really nice headphone cable--who made it?- Pharmaboy
- Post #41,097
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone
Years ago I was in sales. One day I had to call a company customer named Richard Head. The other people I sat next to were all cracking up, because "Dick" is the short form of Richard (who knows why). Everybody knew I absolutely could not call this man "Dick." I dial the guy, he answers, and I...- Pharmaboy
- Post #4,845
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ZMF Aegis Official Thread
I'm desperately trying not to think about how all these tube variants might boost the already amazing sound of this amp....- Pharmaboy
- Post #124
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Final Audio D8000 Planar Magnetic Headphone
I had to google around to find the translation. Pretty strange name for an amp!- Pharmaboy
- Post #4,841
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ZMF Aegis Official Thread
At first I didn't. I used the XLR output on the medium impedance setting & never varied. But after 3 days of that, when Keenan kindly explained the differences between the 1/4" & XLR outputs, and the customization potential of the impedance switch, everything changed. Now I prefer the sound 1/4"...- Pharmaboy
- Post #117
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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ZMF Aegis Official Thread
It's not going to be easy to explain why it's so special, even though my ears clearly tell me it is. We talk about the benefits & shortcomings of tubes vs SS. But the more I listen to the Aegis, the less all that applies. Example: the bass reproduction of the Aegis is exceptional. The "pretty...- Pharmaboy
- Post #112
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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ZMF Aegis Official Thread
I'm tube-rolling the loaner Aegis today. I have an unused, matched pair of Siemens EL-34s that have to be 45 years old. After letting them burn-in 5 or 6 hours, I'm listening right now. They sound different from the stock EL-34s, but it's pretty subtle. The Siemens are a bit sharper on...- Pharmaboy
- Post #104
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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ZMF Spring Limiteds, CanJam NYC and Estimated Release Schedule for Caldera Closed and BOKEH Open!
chatoyance!! (beautiful wood)- Pharmaboy
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- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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Violectric HPA V281 - Vorsprung durch Balanced (September 2023 Update: Limited Reissue Edition up for preorder!)
I'm no electronics expert. I just do things that seem to work (and have worked before). For me, burning in the Reissue would be leaving it on for 150 hours at medium volume with a headphone attached. I usually start out with brownian & gaussian noise files (day-1), then progress to different...- Pharmaboy
- Post #5,944
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Violectric HPA V281 - Vorsprung durch Balanced (September 2023 Update: Limited Reissue Edition up for preorder!)
Several people have asked me this. The URL below links to my answer from the other day. My Reissue just finished burning in, but I'm so busy with multiple review loaners that I might not get to a head-to-head of OG vs Reissue for another week or so...- Pharmaboy
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Violectric HPA V281 - Vorsprung durch Balanced (September 2023 Update: Limited Reissue Edition up for preorder!)
I always found that any good tube amp will put me in an alpha state: calm, focused, thinking magic carpet thoughts. Very few SS amps do this. But my OG V281 is one that usually does. The whole warm/cold sound dichotomy fails to explain this. The V281 has a soothing, chill vibe, yet is dynamic...- Pharmaboy
- Post #5,940
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Violectric HPA V281 - Vorsprung durch Balanced (September 2023 Update: Limited Reissue Edition up for preorder!)
I only heard the Ether 2 a couple times at shows. I remember this planar design being compact, attractive, and very light on my head. But hearing accurately during show conditions is impossible. Never had this headphone in my system or powered by the V281. But ... I currently own 3 wonderful...- Pharmaboy
- Post #5,937
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)