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Post by urbino on Apr 2, 2024 17:03:22 GMT -5
Trying out some Meze 11 neo ear buds 30bucks just for fun. I don’t really keep up with headphones and earbuds since I can barely wear them, but I know Meze has a great reputation. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 2, 2024 18:28:58 GMT -5
To be honest I can't remember the last time I wore a IEM so we are just looking to see what we might be missing or just messing around..
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Post by urbino on Apr 4, 2024 22:59:28 GMT -5
How are they sounding?
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 4, 2024 23:11:12 GMT -5
They sound good but I fatigue pretty fast with them even though I they came with a assortment of ear tips that have not tried yet. The sound stage all but disappears. Titanium driver might need more burn in. Build quality is top notch way better than cheaper IEMs out there.
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Post by urbino on Apr 4, 2024 23:22:44 GMT -5
They sound good but I fatigue pretty fast with them even though I they came with a assortment of ear tips that have not tried yet. The sound stage all but disappears. Titanium driver might need more burn in. Build quality is top notch way better than cheaper IEMs out there. Same problem I have with earbuds, yup. And none of the supplied tips ever seem to quite fit. I guess I've got tweener ear canals. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 5, 2024 4:22:54 GMT -5
Right ear fits good but the left is off with the preinstalled set I did order a extension 3.5 cable as I think the length is for wearing rather than a desk set up like mine.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 5, 2024 10:57:03 GMT -5
They sound good but I fatigue pretty fast with them even though I they came with a assortment of ear tips that have not tried yet. The sound stage all but disappears. Titanium driver might need more burn in. Build quality is top notch way better than cheaper IEMs out there. Same problem I have with earbuds, yup. And none of the supplied tips ever seem to quite fit. I guess I've got tweener ear canals. I've got old ears and I have only ever one set of buds that I can endure, and off brand Chinese that were immediately discontinued. I would like to know who was selling the Meze for $30 instead of $700. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 5, 2024 17:47:28 GMT -5
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Post by urbino on Apr 13, 2024 17:36:40 GMT -5
Just ordered a new set of tubes for my Freya S+. They're RCA 6SN7's. They should be an improvement over the JJ tubes it came with and hopefully will last longer. I wasn't thrilled with how quickly these developed a channel imbalance.
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 15, 2024 9:41:42 GMT -5
Cool deal Urb I hope you get a good set.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 15, 2024 13:08:35 GMT -5
I remember the days when you could go into the store and pick from a huge selection of tubes, usually 3 or 4 different brands of each. They has machines to test the tubes and you could take them out of the box and test them yourself to get a matched pair. The last time I priced a matched pair of Russian tubes, I decided to just go solid state. Honestly, for the music I listen to, I don't notice a difference. With the LaScalas I could tell, but it didn't bother me either way. I really think that solid state has come a long way.
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Post by urbino on Apr 15, 2024 16:22:46 GMT -5
I remember the days when you could go into the store and pick from a huge selection of tubes, usually 3 or 4 different brands of each. They has machines to test the tubes and you could take them out of the box and test them yourself to get a matched pair. The last time I priced a matched pair of Russian tubes, I decided to just go solid state. Honestly, for the music I listen to, I don't notice a difference. With the LaScalas I could tell, but it didn't bother me either way. I really think that solid state has come a long way. You can still get inexpensive tubes (like those JJ's), but the good, NOS ones are definitely not in that category.
I wouldn't have bothered with tubes, either, if a bunch of Tannoy owners hadn't kept telling me how much those speakers love tubes. Once I tried it, could I tell a difference? Yeah, surprisingly, I could. Is it worth the extra fuss and cost? Meh. Depends on the person.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 15, 2024 19:05:42 GMT -5
I remember the days when you could go into the store and pick from a huge selection of tubes, usually 3 or 4 different brands of each. They has machines to test the tubes and you could take them out of the box and test them yourself to get a matched pair. The last time I priced a matched pair of Russian tubes, I decided to just go solid state. Honestly, for the music I listen to, I don't notice a difference. With the LaScalas I could tell, but it didn't bother me either way. I really think that solid state has come a long way. You can still get inexpensive tubes (like those JJ's), but the good, NOS ones are definitely not in that category.
I wouldn't have bothered with tubes, either, if a bunch of Tannoy owners hadn't kept telling me how much those speakers love tubes. Once I tried it, could I tell a difference? Yeah, surprisingly, I could. Is it worth the extra fuss and cost? Meh. Depends on the person.
I could tell a difference on the Klipsch, but was it better? That I couldn't say. And it wasn't really about the money, but the hassle. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 15, 2024 22:24:57 GMT -5
No more tubes means solid state rocks my world for the better.
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Post by turbocat on Apr 15, 2024 22:42:01 GMT -5
I did away with tube gear years ago. I’ve never regretted it.
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 15, 2024 22:49:26 GMT -5
At one time I had a full Sherwood tube set up and it was more trouble than I thought it was worth. Replaced with Sherwood Newcastle all solid state.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 15, 2024 22:55:55 GMT -5
At one time I had a full Sherwood tube set up and it was more trouble than I thought it was worth. Replaced with Sherwood Newcastle all solid state. Just as long as you use the pure, oxygen free silver power cords. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 16, 2024 19:47:48 GMT -5
I do have some silver oxygen free Meze headphone cables.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 16, 2024 21:53:01 GMT -5
I do have some silver oxygen free Meze headphone cables. Of course you do. 🤣 |
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Post by urbino on Apr 16, 2024 22:07:21 GMT -5
The place I ordered the tubes from is actually right here in Memphis, as it turns out. Got a shipping notification Sunday night, but USPS still doesn't have the package. I hate it when sites do this -- print the label just so they can say it shipped. Shady practice.
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Post by urbino on Apr 17, 2024 19:52:18 GMT -5
And today, they arrived, with USPS still showing they haven't received the package yet. Gotta love the USPS.
The Freya takes 4 tubes: 2 gain stage, 2 buffer (cathode followers). I'm going to start by trying replacing just the gain stage tubes. That should take care of the channel imbalance. If it does, and I'm happy with the sound with the original JJ tubes still in the buffer circuit, that leaves me the other 2 RCA tubes to use when these 2 burn out.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 17, 2024 20:26:40 GMT -5
Audiophiles? Don’t I wish. My hearing simply won’t allow it. But long ago, before the ears went, I worked at a small documentary/TV commercial film studio. We used a Nagra for location sound. Made like a Swiss watch. Not surprising since it was made in Switzerland. I played with it a lot. I was on the camera end and we had two sound guys so I never got to do location sound. But I would borrow it on weekends. I always had a secret desire to be a foley artist. Much later I had two Sony reel-to-reels that provided me with much silly fun. (While I messed with these I discovered how the Wookie growls were made. Drag a tall wooden stool across a concrete floor and record at 7.5ips. Play-back and transfer at 3-3/4ips. Done!) Anyway I never managed to become a foley guy, but I still have a fascination with sound— if I could only hear it.😜  |
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Post by urbino on Apr 17, 2024 23:40:37 GMT -5
Audiophiles? Don’t I wish. My hearing simply won’t allow it. But long ago, before the ears went, I worked at a small documentary/TV commercial film studio. We used a Nagra for location sound. Made like a Swiss watch. Not surprising since it was made in Switzerland. I played with it a lot. I was on the camera end and we had two sound guys so I never got to do location sound. But I would borrow it on weekends. I always had a secret desire to be a foley artist. Much later I had two Sony reel-to-reels that provided me with much silly fun. (While I messed with these I discovered how the Wookie growls were made. Drag a tall wooden stool across a concrete floor and record at 7.5ips. Play-back and transfer at 3-3/4ips. Done!) Anyway I never managed to become a foley guy, but I still have a fascination with sound— if I could only hear it.😜 Nagra still makes gear, and it still looks basically like that. Crazy expensive, though. |
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Post by urbino on Apr 18, 2024 1:34:57 GMT -5
And today, they arrived, with USPS still showing they haven't received the package yet. Gotta love the USPS. The Freya takes 4 tubes: 2 gain stage, 2 buffer (cathode followers). I'm going to start by trying replacing just the gain stage tubes. That should take care of the channel imbalance. If it does, and I'm happy with the sound with the original JJ tubes still in the buffer circuit, that leaves me the other 2 RCA tubes to use when these 2 burn out. Nope. Had to replace all 4 of them. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 18, 2024 5:39:46 GMT -5
Urb welcome to the never ending wonderful world of tubes  |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2024 8:21:43 GMT -5
Audiophiles? Don’t I wish. My hearing simply won’t allow it. But long ago, before the ears went, I worked at a small documentary/TV commercial film studio. We used a Nagra for location sound. Made like a Swiss watch. Not surprising since it was made in Switzerland. I played with it a lot. I was on the camera end and we had two sound guys so I never got to do location sound. But I would borrow it on weekends. I always had a secret desire to be a foley artist. Much later I had two Sony reel-to-reels that provided me with much silly fun. (While I messed with these I discovered how the Wookie growls were made. Drag a tall wooden stool across a concrete floor and record at 7.5ips. Play-back and transfer at 3-3/4ips. Done!) Anyway I never managed to become a foley guy, but I still have a fascination with sound— if I could only hear it.😜 It all comes together with your updated picture, Mr Phelps really exists. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 19, 2024 15:30:10 GMT -5
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Post by urbino on Apr 19, 2024 15:40:00 GMT -5
Nice. They're gonna have to give you stock in the company, man. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Apr 20, 2024 7:22:10 GMT -5
I still want the surround sound piece Schiit SYN |
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Post by urbino on Apr 22, 2024 0:49:24 GMT -5
For the first time since I bought them, I've taken the Maggies out of the system and gone back to the Tannoys. Wow. For all the immediacy and detail the Maggies give you, the richness and palpability of the Tannoys is stunning. I will very happily go back and forth between these 2 sets of speakers over the years. (Which will be no sweat, given the ease of moving the Maggies.)
I know that all sounds like audiophile bs, but I'm really not kidding.
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