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Hiker816 replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..Anyone at Munich get ears on the new Solaja Audio amps? I'm very interested to hear impressions. (So interested I started a thread to...
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Hiker816 replied to the thread Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please....Did someone say something about gear in jail?
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Hiker816 reacted to normie610's post in the thread RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis with Like.This is actually the first TOTL headphone that has consistent positive impressions from fellow members here. I’ve been a fan of Raal...
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Hiker816 reacted to goldwerger's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.would be great to compare notes when we both get our home demos. Really keen to get your comparison with our Shang Sr. most of all.. pls...
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Hiker816 reacted to number1sixerfan's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.They're very unique, so some will love them and others not so much. The Valkyria shines with timbre, particularly with vocals, piano and...
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Hiker816 reacted to normie610's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.As @Hiker816 said, it’s totally different between Susvara and Valkyria. The overall presentation is darker with Valkyria, but it does...
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Hiker816 replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..I haven't heard the LCD 4 so I can't compare. The Valkyria are on the darker side of neutral, but I don't find it excessive.
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Hiker816 replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..I loooove my Valkyrias. Amazing tonal weight and timbre. Yes, they're tuned a little funky and are better with some music genres than...
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Hiker816 reacted to goldwerger's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.I've demo-ed both at the recent CanJam NYC (my detailed notes). The Immanis was absolutely a show hightlight. It was nothing short of...
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Hiker816 replied to the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings..I don't have much experience with the Susvara, but the Valkyria is its own animal and sounds nothing like the Immanis or 1266TC. Or...
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Hiker816 reacted to Jon L's post in the thread Solaja Audio Amplifiers Impressions Thread with Like.More of expression of my curiosity. Does the Solada 300B amp have speaker outputs in the back or headphone only? For speaker amps...
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Hiker816 reacted to slumberman's post in the thread THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings. with Like.I am upgrading without a doubt. I was really blown away. Transients were so effortless that while listening to Kraftwerk it almost...
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Hiker816 replied to the thread Feliks Audio ENVY.I have a pair and have found them quite comfortable. My max thus far is about 6 hours of straight listening, but I bet I could wear...