That light wood with the black always looks stellar. Very nice aesthetics. And nice bases too. Maple bases?

Thanks! That driver could possibly be made by Elega, one of the very early OEMs from Japan. Just a hunch looking at it. It certainly predates the Universum one. Saved those pages to file thanks so much for posting them up. I had asked if they had a secret warehouse stash of things a few...

They are definitely no doubt a P.W.B. model. P.W.B. gave up headphones and other audio in favour of tweaks as he progressed through his offerings. Their dynamic closed backs came in your grey and a mustard yellow version, not seen a white or black dynamic housing *so far*. Yes should be a...

@jonathan c what made you decide on the Musician Taurus DAC? Looking at some of their stuff now , interesting. Great setup there looks awesome.

What mods did you do to the ECA-80 unit? Just curious. Thanks very much for the post always been curious about these Pioneers. Not saying to do this, but very careful light application and proper buffing of shoe polish ( maybe Parade Gloss ) on that headband style often works well. I have done...

Did you ask Vesper Audio to see if they can make some for you? They do custom pads to order.

AWESOME. You have impeccable taste. Good to see some Teddy Pardo there = a PSU, PR1 Preamp, TeddyDac, and 2x MB100 Monoblocks.:) All you are missing is his HPN Headphone Amp... I did see something about the HPN being released again "coming soon" as they said on their FB page. But I have yet to...

Long-winded private message sent :) Appreciate the post thanks very much ! This helps my timeline guesses.

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Yes I see that now upon closer inspection of the photos. Good call!

Awesome, thanks a bunch for this post. I am guessing since they were for fancy studio use, those contacts get pressed down when you wear them and when you take them off it breaks the circuit contact and stops the music. There is another headphone that also does that but I forget what it was (...

I really appreciate the graph ( and of course real life listening impressions ). So far I only have 2 Edifier pad sets, might need some more as you never know when things will get phased out. Pleather coatings these days sure don't seem to hold up as well as the old days. Need to use them on...

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After watching the video I have a better appreciation of AUNE's approach. I wasn't aware of the Hifidiy influence ( I have used that in the past for a few things using translator tools). This AR5000 has a rather timeless look to it. My first impressions were of a classy Machine Age / Art Deco...