Let's start a new watch thread on the new site!

I should have kept the HD250 II Linears. You Brits taught me a that some audio gems are like Sphongle.

One of my favourite bands. Now you have me wondering who you are in real life!!! You obviously know me.....

I still have an hd250II here. In fact, I have WAY too many headphones here. Some I bought myself and others from work. No I've retired, they're just mine for pleasure.

Hey, im curious, can think of a solid state amp with that "final bit of refinement" ? I'd really rather not go tubes.

Eddie Current Black Widow.
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Rex. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your posts and great sense of humor on Changstar. I have missed your presence on the site. I am a bit older than you at 59, but have been into the audio thing since about 16.

I have hit the "end game" more than once. ESS,  JBL's, Pioneer's, DBX's. If anyone remembers Drew Kaplin. Then Infinity Prelude MTS surround (stay away, the midrange drivers are defective and US division refuses to acknowledge but UK replaced the drivers out of warranty)  Quads and now Dunlavy. Amps. 1970's Marantz was the one that got me hooked on speakers. Then Carver's. And surround sound receivers. So many. Then tubes. BAT-VK60 and a BAT pre. Wadia source. It goes on.

My point is, if you have found the end game that makes you happy with your music just stop and enjoy. I'm am very happy for you. No sarcasm here. I'm still looking for the end game. Go listen to the music!

And I really hope you are on the new site. You would bring a nice positive attitude to the discussion.

Thanks. Thing is after I got my altecs off my friend after hearing them at his place when I went drop off an amp to him to have, I went listen to them cause fascination with old school pro altec lansing stuff..I became amazed. Never heard such midrange clarity and transparency so, I asked him how much. He was selling them for over 1.5k on Craigslist but, gave them to me for couple hundred cause even though we barely knew each other he liked me and honestly that I always had. Also his wife told him they were ugly so be wanted to get rid of them quick. They were used for schools,theaters, and bands and he got them off a band and then fixed them up,redid crossovers completely and added better upgraded original altec 921-8a woofers. He had them completely rehauled for me. But, after I got them home and booked them up to my 400wpc crown I was amazed and blown away and that's very hard for me to be especially how I had a dislike for horns period from other horn speakers I had experience with from big pioneers ,evs, and klipsch LA scalas..but, those 511b horns are something special and seem altec lansing got them right.

They also resolve extremely well for speakers from late 60's to mid 70's and let you know what you're feeding them. Lot people like tubes but, the altecs also love clean high power for some reason. Hook them up to my crown xti 4002 which is 650wpc@8ohms/dual/stereo and they even better/cleaner but, I keep them hooked up for now on my xls 2500 which is exceptional and enjoyable to me.

The jbl 4648-8a bass bin,while some not consider a subwoofer(even though it has very good and usable response down to 30hz easily with zero eq), I love them cause they litterly never die...seriously... They don't. I tried sholving 2400w from my crown into them for good hour and half with nothing but, bass heavy music and they never crapped out,got hot, or burned up on me..they still cease to impress and amaze me on how good they perform, have very low distortion and resolves oddly well with different amps/sources..I just keep them home with my altecs and have them crossover at 35hz using linkwitz-riley 48db/octave low pass filter. Have parametric eq with 20hz/6db+,  21hz/6db+, 22hz/6db+, 23hz/6db+, 24hz/6db+, 25hz/3db+, 26hz/3db+, 27hz/3db+, 28hz/3db+ to compensate its natural roll off. Yea seems lot but, I have the fire power to compensate in needed double output continuous power.

This bass bin can shake some serious foundations with good torque behind them. The 4648-8a was ripped from a theater from some hipster kid I met and was used during his col lege days for parties lol. I got them for basically next to nothing and probably best dual 15's I ever used so far. Jbl still makes the 2226 woofers but, they're extremely expensive if you buy brand new and the 4648 bass bin is over 1k per bass bin but, I assume shipping be outrageous due to it being 150lb subwoofer.

Well, anyhoo, the altec lansing+jbl combo I made has made me happy to point wanting anything else. I haven't found anything yet so far to give me that fuzzy feeling like the altecs. It has everything I would expect from full range system. Yea my altecs people say they have bad drop between 10khz-16khz roll off with the compression drivers but, it's gental and preferred for my taste and its dispersion capabilities for height, depth and width has been amazing.

I will definitely still be around and be as special than ever haha. I will also still share music and state my opinion and spread info since even though I'm done with my system doesn't mean I won't be exposed to other audio stuff. Always played music and always around gear so my opinion/talk bout audio never ceases. Besides who else be around to remind people bout ancient aliens and my little pony, or how uber ghey mr. Speakers still is(seriously. He loves tentacles up his bun-hole and his favorite show is as the world turns).

^I finally just have to break down and get an HD650. Then mod it. Thanks.

Pm if your successful, please!!

Do not expect "Headphone Flowchart" posts from me in the future.

Did you catch a lot of flak for the chinchong thing on the flowchart? I was under the impression that people didn't get ruffled by that.

Hey, im curious, can think of a solid state amp with that "final bit of refinement" ? I'd really rather not go tubes.

Well that's the million dollar question isn't it.  I'm yet to hear Yggy with any other amps under non-meet conditions, but as far as other amps I've heard that have impressed me...Wells Audio Headtrip, EC 2a3 MKIV, McIntosh MHA100, Trilogy 933. As far as synergy with Yggy though, at this point I have no idea.

  Having retired this year, I know what it feels like to start to accept what you actually have got now and appreciate it's good qualities rather than hanker after every new thing that's come out. It is actually quite reassuring  and beneficial to get your ears trained into your head phone properly and not keep wanting something else all of the time. It also saves an awful lot of money.

I should have kept the HD250 II Linears. You Brits taught me a that some audio gems are like Sphongle.

hello,

agreed wholeheartedly. however. the politics need to be left behind. just my opinion, YMMV, yada, yada, yada...

To keep the new place pleasant yes. Do not expect "Headphone Flowchart" posts from me in the future.

A good joke is still appreciated there so all is well.

Hi Money.  Honestly,  the Rag never impressed me when I heard it at shows,  and now that I have it here I'm still not blown away.  At the moment I don't have another amp to compare other than the built-in amps in the DAC212 and Pulse,  neither of which are stellar (although the Pulse amp section is better than DAC212 - the latter can be a tad dry).  The Rag strikes me as lacking the final bit of refinement that a top end amp should have,  strikes me as a tad rough.  There's no denying it's versatility though.  If I needed a speaker amp too them it might be a different story.

Hopefully my incoming Wells Audio Enigma  will arrive in time for a comparison with the Rag.

Hey, im curious, can think of a solid state amp with that "final bit of refinement" ? I'd really rather not go tubes.