Ooh, is that the Phoenix USB (or Net)?
Really curious to hear about this one.
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Yeah, what’s crazy is the Alps RK50 that the Woo WA23 Luna has. That one is $1200. 
Are totl attenuators more expensive than totl pots?
PhoenixNet.
I had to RTFM… apparently couldn’t just plug it in and go.
And it might not be compatible with my Network Acoustics Eno filter. Still figuring it out.
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Yes they can get silly, the relay based one lampizator uses is multiple thousand dollars.
High precision resistors can run $20 a piece in quantity and it adds up quickly.
Whether you need 0.005% resistors in an attenuator is a different issue.
And that’s before you get into transformer based attenuators where I’m sure the upper limit is silly.
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Hopefully it’s compatible.
The circuit design of those looks very impressive, IMO. I haven’t heard one, but it’ll be nice to get your feedback.
For any that are curious.
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What a beautiful grain and color 
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What is the wood for those? They’re gorgeous!
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Picked up some Diana suede bass ported pads to compare to the leather bass ported and Kimber Select Hybrid USB cable.
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The suede pads are SO comfortable. I want to hear the ported out of curiosity because I’m definitely not missing bass on MR now…
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Suede pads are good. Not too much gets lost but are smoother. Leather has a little more detail but are a little spicier. Leather offers more low end and more reverb.
I don’t find the leather bad or anything but if you want a chill headphone but still detailed the suede is a nice option to have.
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Redwood burl (Summer of Burl) Calderas.
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Yamamoto A-08S Ballon, 2wpc stereo amplifier made it into my hands finally 
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That Kimber Select is gorgeous.
Looking forward to hearing some impressions.
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You just can’t help yourself falling in love with those beauties. Congrats. Hopefully it’s not another of your hernia inducing amp variety.
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Very curious as to the character of these compared to the WE.
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Was that the head fi one I linked a while back?
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