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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
.... make sure that it is not a vacuum-driven tube smuggling apparatus 🤔😏- jonathan c
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
.... you can't find the Incubus 'manual' because (as an orthogonal offset to the device) it is a: m a n u a l .... 😵💫- jonathan c
- Post #153,293
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
.... besides, the thread title "Schiit Happened" implies that success is happenstance -- so why shouldn't the thread topics be that as well? 🤔🤪- jonathan c
- Post #153,262
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
🎼 ..."got to be good looking sounding 'cause he's it's so hard to see hear" ... 🎵- jonathan c
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
..... and you could play: all year long! 😲🤪👍- jonathan c
- Post #153,240
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
From the "Schiit Vali 3: Impressions Thread":- jonathan c
- Post #153,233
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Vali 3 : Impressions Thread
• For sheer / total ability to deliver music, Vali 3 does not topple Icon Audi HP8 Signature, DNA Sonett2, Violectric HPA V281 ... and others. But, at its price -- with tube 'upgrade' -- Vali 3 is ridiculously close to what the aforesaid h/p/a achieve. • For that reason, I get a perverse (?)...- jonathan c
- Post #690
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Back to Vali 3, for a moment .... .... the venerated and inexpensive RCA 'clear top' (and long plate) 12AU7 is a wonderful tube here! [I feel that the soundstaging betters that even of WE 396A / JW 2C51. 😲]- jonathan c
- Post #153,231
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
*** leave the tree up: decorate it by the holiday / occasion (Easter, Cinco de Mayo, July Fourth ... 🤷🏻♂️)- jonathan c
- Post #153,227
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
[Low-impedance headphones are covered (left); and high-impedance headphones are covered (right) at the 'mountain abode audio loft'.] 👍- jonathan c
- Post #153,220
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
[Low-impedance headphones are covered (Vali 3: with RCA 'cleartop' 12AU7 tube); and high-impedance headphones are covered (Beyerdynamic A20: 100 ohms) at the 'mountain abode audio loft'.] 👍- jonathan c
- Post #41,301
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ZMF Auteur Thread
Agreed. And I use Audiophile Ninja XLR --> TRS adapters: ☑️👍- jonathan c
- Post #8,418
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ZMF Auteur Thread
... plus the joy of rediscovery when they get some 'headtime' in the rotation ... 😲- jonathan c
- Post #8,413
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Grado Fan Club!
That's headphone audio life! For me, the setup that sounds celestial one day can sound infernal on another day. When that happens .... workout #3 for the day .... 🏋️.- jonathan c
- Post #65,824
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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ZMF Auteur Thread
***** the spell 🪄cast by a good R2R DAC, higher output impedance tube h/p/a, with a great high impedance headphone !! 🤪- jonathan c
- Post #8,411
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Grado Fan Club!
• .... times are different. For the larger (G-pad) Grados -- Statement Series (GS), Professional Series (PS) -- there are aftermarket aluminium gimbal / rod / block assemblies offered by Nyczaj Audio. • These are 'solid'!, built to last!, and look great! On GS3000x and on PS2000e ....- jonathan c
- Post #65,818
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Schiit Vali 3 : Impressions Thread
.... oops! I may need new 👀 !- jonathan c
- Post #669
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Are Zmf auteur classic worth it?
... good point! I neglected to mention Auteur Classic's 'versatility' -- basically unfazed by any music genre: bring it on !!- jonathan c
- Post #10
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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Schiit Vali 3 : Impressions Thread
I do have 6189s ... and have the 'yellow print, long plate' 12AU7 (as marked on tube). I have not tried 6189s yet. EDIT: Corrected for myopic error 🤦♂️ !!- jonathan c
- Post #665
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
.... Rolling Stones !! 🫰👍 🤣🤣- jonathan c
- Post #153,015
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
.... and if there were a copper Vali 3 .... ☑️- jonathan c
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Grado Fan Club!
An insanely good combination -- Grado GS3000x / Schiit Vali 3 / Telefunken 'medical grade, red tip' 12AU7 via adapter: "It's alive!"- jonathan c
- Post #65,811
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Are Zmf auteur classic worth it?
☑️: DenverW. For those looking for their first (only?) ZMF headphone, I recommend Auteur Classic. It is a headphone that exhibits, in a balanced & neutral way, the many virtues of ZMF design & sound.- jonathan c
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
😲🥃:- jonathan c
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- Forum: Jason Stoddard