Kaynin Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, RePete said: Those Meze Classics are super comfortable. Yeah I really like the expanding head band. Nice and light too...
Bengineer Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 Happy to report cable has stuff all microphonics. If I used no splitter, or a plastic splitter, would basically disappear completely. But maybe its good having it, gently weights the twisted pairs down straight neatly. Toying with idea of a modular system using the Hirose HR10 connectors at the splitter and near amp end, but a pair of those is 18grams, twice the weight of this single viablue. Hmmm.
Bengineer Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Ooops Edited March 24, 2021 by Bengineer
Tarzan Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 I wish my desktop looked like that. My girl would stop annoying me about filing all the paperwork on it. What DAC are you using mate? 1
ColdsnapBry Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 38 minutes ago, Tarzan said: I wish my desktop looked like that. My girl would stop annoying me about filing all the paperwork on it. What DAC are you using mate? Thanks! I clean my desk off every night, sort of a habbit thing. I'm using a built in AK DAC inside the Asgard 3. I'm going to slowly move over to a Bottlehead Crack w/ Speedball and a Modi Multibit this year.
bruc3 Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 3 hours ago, ColdsnapBry said: How things are now Oh very nice, you have my favourite pair of ZMF headphones. 2
Tarzan Posted March 29, 2021 Posted March 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, ColdsnapBry said: Thanks! I clean my desk off every night, sort of a habbit thing. I'm using a built in AK DAC inside the Asgard 3. I'm going to slowly move over to a Bottlehead Crack w/ Speedball and a Modi Multibit this year. Nice, those ZMF's will pair well with the Bottlehead. You don't want to make the stretch to the Bifrost Multibit? It would stack nicely with the Asgard 3 and would be a good SS amp to back up the Bottlehead. It may give you better value in the long term as well. Or a Qutest if your not needing the balanced connections and can make the stretch.
ColdsnapBry Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Tarzan said: Nice, those ZMF's will pair well with the Bottlehead. You don't want to make the stretch to the Bifrost Multibit? It would stack nicely with the Asgard 3 and would be a good SS amp to back up the Bottlehead. It may give you better value in the long term as well. Or a Qutest if your not needing the balanced connections and can make the stretch. For sure, I'd love the Bifrost 2. Still feeling the kick in the gut from the Aeolus price though, haha! 1
Ray H Posted April 11, 2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Took a risk and replaced my LCD-3 with the closed LCD-XC, at first just sounded a bit bright and completely unlike any Audeze I had heard, But after a couple of days burn-in starting to sound just like a very nicely detailed headphone and bass is also improving. The main elephant in the room is the weight, but tbh it doesn’t bother me. Perhaps the main issue is they slide if you tilt your head because of the weight. Cant wait to try them with my Auris HA-2SF, should work well I think. 4
ColdsnapBry Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 I thought the headband of the Audeze's handled the weight very well. That sliding would bug me, could you increase the clamp somehow?
Bengineer Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, ColdsnapBry said: I thought the headband of the Audeze's handled the weight very well. That sliding would bug me, could you increase the clamp somehow? That's what I did when I had. Increase clamp. Where the rod is held by that small tab, bend that tab in. 1
Kevy Posted April 19, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021 Keeping it nice and simple ... Though my preferred set up is: 1. MBP with QOBUZ/TIDAL (I prefer the former) and ROON 2. Hugo2/2Go 3. MEZE Empyrean with the silver plated cable upgrade. For a transportable setup that I can plonk down in bed ; on the recliner or anywhere in the house, I don't think I can do much better. The Empyrean is simply so enjoyable to listen to. 3
Bengineer Posted April 19, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Dr_Kevy said: Keeping it nice and simple ... Though my preferred set up is: 1. MBP with QOBUZ/TIDAL (I prefer the former) and ROON 2. Hugo2/2Go 3. MEZE Empyrean with the silver plated cable upgrade. For a transportable setup that I can plonk down in bed ; on the recliner or anywhere in the house, I don't think I can do much better. The Empyrean is simply so enjoyable to listen to. Another Empy user. Very good! I love mine, jsut easy. Easy to fit, easy to wear, sound great. How you like the Andro's? I have a Mest MK2 and U12T with me at the moment, like both. Can only keep one though, RIP.
Kevy Posted April 20, 2021 Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Bengineer said: Another Empy user. Very good! I love mine, jsut easy. Easy to fit, easy to wear, sound great. How you like the Andro's? I have a Mest MK2 and U12T with me at the moment, like both. Can only keep one though, RIP. Absolutely love the Andromeda's. It should come with a balanced cable as most would use the balanced port on a DAP. And it doesn't. (I had to buy the ALO audio silver plated super litz 2.5mm). Andromeda 2020's are phenomenal in the SP2000. Excellent clarity, detail and driven to near perfection (as the SP2000 damn well should). Neutral, subtly bright tonality. Treble extension is fine. Soundstage is surprisingly wide for an IEM. Detail, separation and clarity are on par with full sized headphones exceeding its price point. Though not quite up to the standard of Susvara driven out of a Moon 430HAD (which has set the reference standard for me). But it's 75% there. I find the ROON -> SP2000 -> Andromeda 2020 pairing to be better than the Hugo2 pairing. There's a lovely synergy there. The Hugo2/2Go -> Empyrean is a better than the Andromeda's. Different sound signature. But the musicality and strengths of the Empy's really shine. Faults? Sensitive to tip selection. And source selection. Balanced armatures have a subtle plastic tonality to them, especially on piano tracks. Bass isn't a strong point. The attack and dynamics isn't up to par with the dynamic drivers. I auditioned pretty much the entire range of CFA IEM's and outside of the custom options, between the Solstice, Ara and Andromeda2020, the latter are just amazing. Edited April 20, 2021 by Dr_Kevy 1
Kevy Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Testing out the new transportable set-up for the first time. ROON -> Astell and Kern SP2000 (DAC) Effect Audio balanced adapter -> Ifi 4.4mm balanced cable interconnect -> Woo Audio WA11 Sennheiser HD800S I must say, this is perhaps the nicest I've heard the Sennheisers in a transportable set-up. The WA11 lends itself to a lovely warm neutral tonality. Plenty of power for the HD800s which seem to be driven well. Detail, clarity all there. And a wonderfully, refined vocal presentation. The sound is just so damn 'clean' and controlled. I'm enjoying this as much as the Susvara I was auditioning earlier. Bass isn't quite there but that was never a HD800S strong point. Much better than out of the SP2000 directly or via the ESS DC of the WA11. I am reminded that for the cost of the SP2000 and WA11 I should have just bought a decent desktop solution. Listening to "Let it Go" ; Sarah Alainn. Edited April 22, 2021 by Dr_Kevy 1
Bengineer Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 Can't decide. Like them both. When I think I'm leaning one way, I listen to the other. 2
Bengineer Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 42 minutes ago, deafenears said: Keep them both! I can't! I'm not actually keeping either. I can't decide which to get in Custom form! Argh!
npw112 Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) I think I just reached my endgame. Audeze LCD2 Classic Schiit Asgard 3 Rega Planar 1 Plus Edited April 23, 2021 by npw112 1 1
Niktech Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 The Asgard 3 Is a nice unit. I quite like the Schiit house sound./filter. I have the multibit card inside mine. I was going to sell it at one stage, but decided to keep it as a very reliable back up. You don't want to be left without tunes if something in your system fails. 1
Ehrmantraut Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 13 hours ago, npw112 said: I think I just reached my endgame. Audeze LCD2 Classic Schiit Asgard 3 Rega Planar 1 Plus Lovely set up and one of the finest albums around.....
Odyssey Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 14 hours ago, npw112 said: I think I just reached my endgame. Audeze LCD2 Classic Schiit Asgard 3 Rega Planar 1 Plus I just love using TT in my headphone setup, along with DAC and CD player. Yours is a very neat and nice setup. Enjoy.
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