Had this one for a while thanks to @oberon . A nice cheery burl. The felt feet are on me as i fear every type of rubber on my shelving.
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That looks gorgeous with the light effect going from the top through to the base. Those felt feet however are a faux pas. You can probably find clear stick on pad somewhere.
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Nope its a different one, buy his asap sell your v550 
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What is it the Niimbus does better than the V550 in your opinion?
Its just more authoritative and has explosive dynamics in comparison, sounds so effortless. It will drive anything, sooo much power and driveability in reserves, it makes the Susvara open up and really move while the v550 was tame about it.
You will notice the bass and subbass quantity and quality (if you thought while listening to the v550, hmm feels polite), this thing fixes it. Also has more body.
One of the v550 traits that i liked was the treble, this one just makes the v550 sound muted veiled in comparison, its more clean and open in a good way. ((Not bright or analytical, just better)).
Its basically an upgrade over the v550 in every possible way, extension, bass, mids, treble, details, background, stage size, imaging, texture, energy, and anything i could think of.
Its so transparent too, like a chameleon, any change in your chain will make you notice the change more than amps like Aic for example (the Aic will always try to sound like an Aic). Which is fun if you have multiple things to play with.
I don’t think its worth the new price of 6.6k$, but for the current used prices of under 4k$ compared to a new priced v550? Save a little more and get the niimbus, you won’t regret it.
Also, the pro stepped volume doesn’t crackle, even with sensitive headphones like 15ohm lcd 4z.
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Oberon put on clear feet, like i said i dont want any rubber on the shelves that isnt herbies as everything else has left mars and marks.
I can put on some black herbies or find some cork. Cork would look best imho.
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Spike it…heheeh😈
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There’s some 3M tape that is completely clear but has enough of a thickness that it may work as a footer. It’s the kind of tape they use for clear car bras. I’ll ping you and mail you some for you to try.
Nah, i think cork would look very good
The updated 1266tc hybrid pads. Slightly bigger and roomier. Its a hair warmer and relaxed than the og pads. Also sealed vs sealed has a hair more bass, i don’t feel i need to wear it floating as much like it was kinda mandatory with the og to bring up the bass.
The comfort is pillow on ears now which is great.
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A rectangle to replace a 13 year old rectangle.
Someone was selling a Cowon Plenue 1 for criminally cheap so I jumped on it to replace my old S9. It will mostly be for when im wood or yard working. It has the same BB dac chip as my Plenue S. For $250 it is 80% of the sound, with 80% of the features, at 80% of the weight, and puts out 80% of the heat. Which the one bad thing about the S is it gets pretty hot during summer use, this one is more even tempered.
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